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16:22

The protest of 22,000 non-contract teachers demanding permanent employment has continued for two weeks. They held a protest in Halabja today to make their voices heard.

14:50

Kurdish lawyer Necah Omer Eros has been reportedly kidnapped by Turkish-backed factions after returning from Aleppo to her village in Afrin.

14:20

Yemeni National Cancer Control Foundation has launched a campaign to raise awareness about the impact of breast cancer. Sanaa Seif, head of the Women and Child Department at the NCCF, said the foundation provides free medical services for cancer patients in their clinics. In 2020, 1,121 women visited the clinics of the foundation. Sanaa Seif said, “Women should be educated about the risks of breast cancer.”

14:15

Sit-in protest staged by Emine Şenyaşar, whose husband and two sons were killed, and her son Ferit Şenyaşar has entered its 234th day.

15:01

“Injustice is the reason for all ongoing problems in Turkey,” says the Şenyaşar family on the 233rd day of their sit-in protest for justice.

11:48

Gazan women diagnosed with breast cancer spoke to our news agency about their difficult treatment process. They hold on to the life stronger after recovery, “You should resist breast cancer.”

14:38

Emine Şenyaşar, whose husband and two sons were killed, and her son Ferit Şenyaşar have demanded justice in front of Urfa Courthouse for their killed relatives for 232 days.

14:22

Afghan women take to the streets every week to draw attention to the ongoing rights violations, unemployment, and poverty in the country since the Taliban took the control of the country. This week, Afghan women called on the international community and said, “History is ashamed of your silence!”

13:32

61 representatives of institutions and NGOs headed by women held a meeting to participate in preparing CEDAW Shadow Report on the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) in Yemen to be submitted to the 80th session of the CEDAW Committee. Amal Basha, the president of the Sisters Arab Forum for Human Rights (SAF), spoke to our news agency about the Shadow Report and said, “It is the result of a voluntary feminist effort that lasted for months.”

14:24

Şenyaşar family has demanded justice in front of Urfa Courthouse for 231 days, “Don’t remain silent to this scream.”

13:11

On the 228th day of their sit-in protest for justice, the Şenyaşar family has tried to make their voice heard again.

13:06

More women are diagnosed with breast cancer than other types of cancer. Anc Xelil is one of the women diagnosed with breast cancer but manage to overcome it. “Early diagnosis is important so women should get mammograms every year.”

15:42

Women are abducted in Afrin by Turkey-backed groups. A pregnant woman named Nemet Behçet Şêxo was tortured to death by Turkey-backed groups. Emine Mele Hesen, the executive of the Women's Council in Afrin, NE Syria, called on international organizations to protect women in Afrin.

12:35

Şilêr Committee for Children has launched a campaign with the motto, “Our Children are the Hope of the Future”. The campaign aims to raise awareness against the effects of migration, violence, abuse, and child marriage on children.

11:20

Rojava University Women's Council held its 2nd Extended Meeting with the motto, “No science without women, we will develop science with the spirit of women's revolution”. At the meeting, the women promised to struggle for entering the science world against the patriarchal mentality.

10:50

Women's Platform for Equality (Eşitlik İçin Kadın Platformu-EŞİK) has announced its new campaign called, “Just implement laws”.

16:00

Contract teachers have taken to the streets across Federal Kurdistan Region for more than a week to demand their appointment from the government. Today, the contract teachers took the streets in Sulaymaniyah and many cities in the region to demand their appointment.

15:05

3rd Conference of the Democratic Alevi Women’s Union was held at the weekend. The Alive women have announced the final declaration of the conference.

12:36

Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar have demanded justice in front of Urfa Courthouse for 225 days.

12:28

Mai Mohamed is a doctoral student searching for the effects of music on gender in Egypt for her doctoral dissertation. The results of her doctoral dissertation are shocking.