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  • Child marriage rates increase in Jordan 

    13:16

    Solidarity Is Global Institute (SIGI) is a non-governmental organization releasing reports on child marriage and unemployed women. The child marriage rates have increased and women are kept away from the labor force, says the latest report released by SIGI.

  • Yazidi women run for PADÊ 

    15:44

    15 young women participated in a running race held in the Guhbel village of Shengal for the Freedom and Democracy Party (PADÊ). Two sisters won the race. The participants called for support to PADÊ.

  • Sit-in protest for justice enters its 189th day 

    15:03

    Şenyaşar family has demanded justice for 189 days. Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar wants their voices to be heard.

  • Interview with Ayfer Kantaş on Turkey’s 1980 coup: What is happening now is worse 

    13:52

    Ayfer Kantaş is one of the witnesses of Turkey’s 1980 coup that took place on September 12. There is no difference between those times and today, Ayfer Kantaş said, adding, “Women face incredible oppression. They face economic, political, and sexual oppression. I mean, there is no need for a military coup like the 1980 coup. The laws of the 1980 coup exist today. As a woman, I don’t feel free.”

  • Taliban militants attack women protesting for their rights 

    15:50

    Afghan women took the streets of Karte Sakhi and Dashte Barchi on September 8 to demand women’s participation in the country’s new government and their guaranteed rights. The Taliban militants attacked women.

  • Emine Şenyaşar summoned to testify 

    14:56

    Today, Emine Şenyaşar was summoned to testify on allegations that she insulted Turkey’s Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu.

  • Kidnapped Şilan Topal rescued 

    13:32

    Şilan Topal, who was kidnapped by Mithat Topal after filing for divorce in Istanbul’s Şişli district, has been rescued.

  • HDP’s press employee detained 

    11:40

    Many people, including HDPs press employee Ece Şimşek, have been detained in Turkey.

  • Emine Şenyaşar faces up to 4 years in prison 

    12:45

    Emine Şenyaşar has faced up to four years in prison for demanding justice in front of Urfa Courthouse.

  • Kurdish Women's Initiative to be established 

    15:45

    Final declaration of the European Kurdish Women's Workshop has been announced. The women, who attended the workshop, decided to establish the Kurdish Women's Initiative. The women called for national unity against Turkey’s attacks.

  • Emine Şenyaşar: How long this cruelty will last? 

    15:31

    Şenyaşar family drives 48 km every day to go to Urfa Courthouse. Emine Şenyaşar, who has held a sit-in protest in front of Urfa Courthouse to demand justice for 183 days, asked, “How long this cruelty will last?”

  • Women in Pakistan take to streets for Afghan women 

    12:40

    Women in Pakistan took the streets to support Afghan women.

  • Afghan women protest Taliban 

    11:40

    Afghan women took to the streets to protest the Taliban. They declared that they are ready to fight on the frontline of resistance. Asal Parsi, an Afghan civil rights activist, called on women all around the world to not leave them alone and asked the women of western Kurdistan to show them how to fight.

  • Nida Salih condemns violence against child in Hasekê: We should raise awareness 

    13:30

    Last month, a 13-year-old girl and a woman named F.Ş. were subjected to violence by men in Hasekê. The girl and woman were taken to a hospital but the girl is reportedly still in critical condition. Nida Salih, a member of the Kongreya Star Coordination in Hasekê, condemns the attacks, “We should carry out works to raise awareness of public against violence.”

  • Sit-in protest for “justice” continues on its 179th day 

    14:21

    “You can only extend the process by relying on a king whose hands are shaking,” said Emine Şenyaşar and Ferit Şenyaşar, who have held their sit-in protest in front of Urfa Courthouse demanding justice for 179 days.

  • “My Name Is My Mother's Name” petition for unregistered children 

    13:55

    In Federal Kurdistan Region, 4.000 children have no ID card or birth certificate. “My Name Is My Mother’s Name” petition was launched on December 5, 2018, for these children to have an ID card. “The aim of the campaign is to support the mothers of these children to have their ID cards. We submitted the signatures to the Iraqi Parliament,” said lawyer Soma Yasin, one of the petitioners.

  • “August 2021 Rights Violations Against Journalists Report” released 

    16:16

    The Dicle Fırat Journalists Association (DFG) has released its August report on rights violations against journalists. Five journalists were detained, eight were subjected to attacks, access to 221 news websites was blocked, says the report. “But everyone should know very well that brave journalists will continue to report, write and show the truths,” says the association in the report.

  • 178th day of sit-in protest for justice: The whole world is watching this cruelty 

    15:10

    Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar have demanded justice for 178 days. “The whole world is watching this cruelty,” said the family.

  • Sit-in protest for justice enters its 177th day 

    13:52

    “We will keep demanding justice,” say Şenyaşar family members, who have demanded justice for 177 days.

  • 3 women killed in 3 cities of Turkey 

    09:28

    Femicide rates are increasing every passing day in Turkey. Hediye Tokay was killed in Urfa, Ebru Y. in Ankara and Saadet Kazak was killed in Siirt while a woman named Besê Ceylan was about being one of the victims of femicide in Şırnak province.