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14:32

Soil has been turning green and flowers have been blooming in Amara, where people are excitedly waiting for April 4.

14:17

France’s General Confederation of Labour (CGT) on Friday elected Sophie Binet as secretary general, making her the first woman to hold the post.

13:25

“When the government changes after the elections, they will be remembered for the pain and corruption that they have caused,” said the Şenyaşar family on the 739th day of their sit-in protest demanding justice.

09:32

The Taliban continue to violate women’s rights in Afghanistan. The Taliban fighters have closed the door of Women’s Voice Radio in Badakhshan.

08:40

Students and teachers play a leading role in the protests that started following the killing of Jina Mahsa Amini. “The new generation will replace the dictator’s shadow with the light of freedom,” said Fahima Sharifi, a school manager in Tehran.

14:08

Divorced women in Iran are subjected to social pressures and challenges due to patriarchal laws.

12:54

“We are here, we will change this unjust system together,” said the Şenyaşar family on the 738th day of their sit-in protest for justice.

12:34

The Yazidi Free Women's Movement (Kurdish: Tevgera Azadiya Jinên Êzîdî-TAJÊ) distributed 2000 tree seedlings in Shengal to be planted on April 4, the birthday of Kurdish people’s leader Abdullah Öcalan.

11:19

The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University has chosen Iranian journalists Niloofar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi for the 2023 Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism.

11:18

Nermin Issa, member of the Association of the Egyptian Female Lawyers, thinks NGOs should work together for women to get their rights. “Women should struggle to overcome all obstacles faced by them,” she said.

10:02

Hîlala Zêrîn Cultural Movement has released a music video for its song “Jin im jiyan im (English: I am woman, I am life)”.

09:20

The Turkish Ministry of Family and Social Services has announced that 35 earthquake survivor children have been still unidentified.

07:55

The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) has declared the Akitu Festival as a public holiday.

07:53

Democratic Union Party (PYD) member Îlham Mihemed condemned the killing of four people in Jindires and said, “The voice rising from Jindires is a call for the freedom of the Kurdish people.”

13:39

An Afghan mother named Tehmina Mangal, who is worried about the future of her children, wrote a letter to her children, calling on them to respect gender equality.

13:14

The sit-in protest of the Şenyaşar family in front of the Urfa Courthouse demanding justice has entered its 737th day.

13:01

The Young Women’s Union of North and East Syria has launched a new campaign in Kobanê against gender-based violence.

12:10

Without urgent and dedicated support, poverty, informality and child labour are expected to increase, according to new International Labour Organization (ILO) assessments of the labour market impact of the disaster.

10:20

Women doctors and nurses in Afghanistan’s Ghazni province are required to pass a religious exam to work.

09:43

On the 50th day of the February 6 earthquake, a dead body was found under rubble in Hatay’s Defne district.