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11:00

In 2020, the female unemployment rate in Morocco reached 16.5 percent, increasing from 13.5 percent in the preceding year, the Moroccan national statistics office said on Wednesday.

15:10

Mobile Mammography buses of the Donia Center for Gynecologic Oncology Research encourage breast cancer screenings. “The mobile buses have visited many rural areas and provided free breast cancer screenings to 40 women until now,” Nafth Maslamani, the director of the center, told us.

12:37

Gohar Eshghi, mother of Sattar Beheshti, and his sister Sahar Beheshti have been reportedly arrested in Iran.

12:30

Emine Şenyaşar is holding her sit-in protest for justice in front of the Urfa Courthouse with the intravenous drip attached to her arm.

11:48

Moroccan women have been subjected to political violence. Drawing attention to the political violence they have suffered from, they call on the authorities to protect women.

10:44

First graduates of Kobanî University are happy to have received education in their mother language.

16:07

High school graduates in the Federal Kurdistan Region must take an entrance exam to enter university every year. The high school graduates, who couldn’t enter university despite getting a high score in the exam, have taken to the streets to demand their rights. Aram Mohammad Qadir, the Minister of Higher Education, promised to solve the problem six days ago but he hasn’t taken any step until now.

15:19

Sit-in protest staged by Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar in front of the Urfa Courthouse has entered its 240th day.

08:54

18 women were killed in October 2021, 19 more died under suspicious circumstances, 72% of women were killed at home, according to the report of the We Will Stop Femicide Platform.

14:06

At least 19 women journalists faced physical assault in October; Turkey was the leading country with the most cases in October, according to the report released by the Coalition For Women In Journalism (CFWIJ).

14:04

“Justice should be immediately delivered,” said Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar, who have demanded justice in front of Urfa Courthouse for their killed relatives for 239 days.

11:48

“Women should form your unity, they should form a circle around the women's revolution and defend it,” said Eyla Oglo, who worked for organizations of the Syrian regime for many years but has worked for the organizations of the Autonomous Administration after the revolution in Rojava.

15:53

Nusrat Beheshti, who started a hunger strike to protest the bad condition in the Central Prison in Vakilabad, Iran, has reportedly ended her hunger strike after being hospitalized.

15:11

Democratic Union Party (PYD) member Almaz Romi spoke to our news agency about World Kobanê Day. Drawing attention to the possible new attacks, “The people will respond to these attacks with unity,” she told us. Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and Democratic Regions Party (DBP) issued statements to draw attention to the resistance of Kobanê.

14:18

On the 238th day of their sit-in protest demanding justice, Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar called on the authorities to deliver justice once again. Ferit Şenyaşar called for support.

11:38

Yesterday, Afghan women took the streets after poverty and hunger killed eight children in western Kabul. They were subjected to insult and violence by the Taliban militants. “We will keep taking to the streets even if they kill all of us,” Afghan women said.

09:20

Makbule Berktaş, one of the founders of the Human Rights Association (IHD) Adana Branch, died from a heart attack.

09:16

The Islamic Republic of Iran executed Susan Rezaipour, who had to kill her abusive husband in self-defense. Soheila Abedi, who killed her husband in self-defense, is in danger of being executed soon.

13:15

The Şenyaşar family has demanded justice for their killed relatives for 235 days.

13:00

A health center named after murdered Kurdish female politician Hevrin Khalaf has provided health services to the people of Manbij. All health workers at the center called, “The Laboratory of Hevrin Khalaf” are women.