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one hurts or kills hummanity and is an antrocitie.
Gino d'Artali
and: My mother (1931-1997) always said to me <Mi figlio, non esistono notizie <vecchie> perche puoi imparare qualcosa da qualsiasi notizia.> Translated: <My son, there is no such thing as so called 'old' news because you can learn something from any news.>
Gianna d'Artali.


Thousands of women
Jinha - Womens News Agency 8 Mar 2024
<<Thousands of women flock to streets in NE Syria
Thousands of women flocked to the streets in North and East Syria to celebrate the International Women’s Day and say 'No' to genocidal attacks, occupation and the policies of isolation.
News Center- Thousands of women flocked to the streets in seven cities of North and East Syria today to celebrate the International Women's Day and say 'No' to genocidal attacks, occupation and the policies of isolation.
Qamishlo
Women participated in the rally held in the Direcik village of Qamishlo's Tirbespiyê town by wearing their traditional clothes. The opening speech of the rally was made by Kongra Star Spokesperson Rihan Loqo. She began her speech by wishing a happy International Women's Day to women all around the world. <On the day of resistance and struggle, we commemorate commander Sakine Cansız and all our martyrs who lost their lives while fighting for freedom. Leader Apo (Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan) has been isolated for 25 years to destroy the women’s struggle for freedom. For this reason, women in Kurdistan and in the Middle East are targeted. Leader Apo said that the 21st century would be the century of women's freedom. As women, we will make the 21st century the century of women's freedom. The revolution in Rojava was led by women and we will always follow the Jin, Jiyan, Azadi philosophy.>
Hasakah
The rally, which was held in Hasakah's Sed Xerbi for the International Women's Day, was participated by thousands of women from Shedade, Hol, Til Berak, Til Temir and Dirbesiye towns. Wearing their traditional clothes, women chanted the 'Jin, Jiyan, Azadi' slogan and held the photo of Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan. At the rally, Democratic Union Party (PYD) Co-chair Asya Abdullah made a speech. Indicating that women of North and East Syria have achieved many gains thanks to the resistance of women and martyrs such as Sakîne Cansız, Şilan and Arin, she said, <We thank them for paving the way for freedom. They made the supreme sacrifice to save women and defeat oppression. Thanks to them we have reached this level.>Shahba
International Women's Day was celebrated in the Ehdas town of Shahba with the motto, <We will defeat the policies of genocide, occupation and isolation with the free will of women.> Thousands of women of Afrin and Shahba participated in the celebration by wearing their traditional clothes.
Making a speech at the celebration, Kongra Star member Rihan Elo said, <Our leader says that the women's revolution is the revolution of thousands of people. We believe that the women's revolution will achieve its goal with the will of women.>
Aleppo
A rally has been held at the Newroz Square in Aleppo's Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood to celebrate the International Women's Day with the participation of hundreds of women. Fehima Hemo, coordinating member of Kongra Star made a speech at the rally. In her speech, she said that the struggle of Kurdish women and Middle Eastern women moved forward thanks to <Abdullah Ocalan, leader of free women.> The rally ended after the performances of the Hilala Zerin Cultural Movement and the Cemil Horo Culture and Art Center.
Kobane
The celebrations for the International Women's Day started in Kobane with a march to the Kobane Park with the participation of thousands of women wearing their traditional clothes. After a minute's silence, women began to celebrate their day.
Zozan Bekir, coordinating member of Kongra Star, made a speech at the rally. <We celebrate the International Women's Day today with the ideology of leader Apo, the 'jin jiyan azadi' philosophy and the women's struggle. Thanks to the resistance of women in North and East Syria, women unite against the patriarchal system that aims to deprive women of their freedom. We once again say no to slavery, occupation, violence, femicide, oppression and restrictions. Free women will free their societies. We are determined to struggle for freedom.> >>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/thousands-of-women-flock-to-streets-in-ne-syria-34723

Jinha - Womens News Agency 8 Mar 2024
<<Jinnews' Kurdish X account suspended
X platform (formerly Twitter) has suspended the Kurdish account of Jinnews, the only all-women's news agency in Turkey on International Women's Day.
News Center- X platform (formerly Twitter) has suspended <@AjansaJinnews>, Kurdish account of Jinnews, the only all-women's news agency in Turkey, on International Women-s Day. On February 17, 2024, the Kurdish account of Jinnews was also suspended by X platform and the news agency created a new X account.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/jinnews-kurdish-x-account-suspended-34722?page=1


Women in Amed 'Jin Jiyan Azadi'
Jinha - Womens News Agency 8 Mar 2024
<<Women chant Jin, Jiyan, Azadi in Amed
Women in Amed came together today with great enthusiasm to celebrate International Women’s Day by chanting the 'Jin, Jiyan, Azadi' slogan.
Amed (Diyarbakır)- Women of Amed gathered at the rally led by Dicle Amed Women's Platform (DAKAP) with the motto, <Towards Freedom with Jin, Jiyan, Azadi> to celebrate the International Women's Day. Chanting slogans such as 'Jin, Jiyan, Azadi', <Our labor, our body, our identity are ours> and <We are determined to struggle for freedom,> the women wearing their traditional clothes held banners reading, <Our revolution is a women's revolution> and 'Jin jiyan azadi'. Hundreds of women participated in the rally, such as Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) Co-chair Tulay Hatimogulları, activists of the Free Women's Movement (Kurdish: Tevgera Jinen Azad-TJA), Dem Party MPs, mothers, who have held the Justice Vigil, members of the Peace Mothers' Initiative, the Rosa Women's Association, the representatives of political parties and NGOs.
'We do not accept slavery'
Democratic Regions Party (DBP) Amed Co-chair Sultan Yaray made a speech at the rally on the behalf of the rally organizing committee. Starting her speech by greeting the imprisoned women, she said, <For a century, Kurdish people have been denied and their language has been attacked. We saw these attacks when trustees were appointed to our municipalities; the trustees first attacked women and the Kurdish language. Everyone should know that Kurdish people exist; they have their own language and live in this region. We do not accept slavery.> Besna Tosun also made a speech at the rally on behalf of Saturday Mothers. <I greet all of you on behalf of the Saturday Mothers, who do not take even a step back from their struggle for their loved ones,> said Besan Tosun and then read the names of the disappeared women in police custody.
'We will bring peace to this land'
DEM Party's co-mayoral candidates for Amed and its districts took to the stage and greeted women. Serra Bucak, Dem Party's co-mayoral candidate for Amed made a speech at the rally. <We owe this women's organization and struggle to our women comrades. We are sending our greetings to Kandıra and Sincan (Two prisons in Turkey). The doors of these prisons will be opened. Believe that we will bring peace to this land despite the patriarchal mindset. As women, we will bring it. We will win the majority of votes in the elections (the upcoming local elections to be held in Turkey on March 31).> After her speech, Dem Party Amed MP Adalet Kaya made a speech on behalf of the TJA. <I commemorate the women, who were murdered, raped and harassed by despotic regimes. Women are killed in Iran. Kurdish women are killed in Başur (Southern Kurdistan) by Turkish intelligence. We call on them to immediately give up these dirty policies. I greet our friends, who have been on a hunger strike in prisons for 104 days.>
'We have to rebuild life'
<As women, we resist everywhere against torture and isolation in prisons,> said Ayfer Koçak, Co-chair of the Confederation of Public Workers' Unions (KESK). <We have to rebuild life so that our labor will be visible.>
'Co-presidency is our purple line'
Dem Party Co-chair Tulay Hatimogulları took the stage at the rally. <Co-presidency is our purple line,> she emphasized. <The intensified attacks on the co-presidency system started when trustees were appointed to our municipalities. We currently have 5,000 women co-mayoral candidates in Kurdistan and Turkey. As Amed, as women, we will use a system based on democracy and gender equality in municipalities with our women co-mayors. We will rebuild our municipalities based on gender perspective.> After the speeches, the concerts of Koliva and Jin Ma took place at the rally.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/women-chant-jin-jiyan-azadi-in-amed-34721?page=1


Girls and women FGM
Jinha - Womens News Agency 8 Mar 2024
<<UNICEF: Over 230 million girls and women worldwide have undergone FGM
Over 230 million girls and women alive today have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM), according to a newly released UNICEF report.
News Center- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has released a report on female genital mutilation (FGM) on International Women's Day.
The data shows that the pace of progress to end FGM remains slow, lagging behind population growth, especially in places where FGM is most common, and far off-pace to meet the UN's Sustainable Development Goal to eliminate the practice. The global pace of decline would need to be 27 times faster to end the practice by 2030. Over 230 million girls and women alive today have undergone FGM, a 15 per cent increase, or 30 million more girls and women, compared to the data released eight years ago, the report said. <The largest share of the global burden is found in African countries, with over 144 million cases, followed by over 80 million in Asia and over 6 million in the Middle East. FGM is also practiced in small, isolated communities and among diasporas globally.>
Some hopeful news
The rapid population growth in countries where FGM is practiced presents a considerable challenge, highlighting the need for increased prevention efforts to safeguard a growing population at risk. Despite this, the report illustrates some hopeful news, revealing significant strides in combating FGM in some countries, with half of the progress of the past 30 years achieved in the past decade alone. Country examples include Kenya, declining from moderate to low prevalence; Sierra Leone, dropping from high to moderately high prevalence; and Egypt, beginning to decline from a previously near-universal level. <Female genital mutilation harms girls' bodies, dims their futures, and endangers their lives,> said UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell. <We're also seeing a worrying trend that more girls are subjected to the practice at younger ages, many before their fifth birthday. That further reduces the window to intervene. We need to strengthen the efforts of ending this harmful practice.> >>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/unicef-over-230-million-girls-and-women-worldwide-have-undergone-fgm-34720?page=1


Mahrameh Qadri
Jinha - Womens News Agency 8 Mar 2024 - by BAHARIN LEHIB
<<Afghan activist: Women should turn March 8 into a day of solidarity and global struggle
<Women should turn March 8 into a day of solidarity and global struggle,> Mahrameh Qadri, an activist for children's rights in Afghanistan, said in a message to women all around the world.
News Center- This year, Afghan women celebrate the International Women's Day, March 8, under the Taliban's misogynistic rules. Mahrameh Qadri, an activist for children's rights in Afghanistan, sent NuJINHA a message. She is one of the Afghan women, who were forced to leave the country after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. Despite living in exile, she never forgets the women and children of her country; she makes great efforts to stand with them and make their voices heard all around the world. <Today is March 8, International Women's Day. The brutal Taliban took over the country with the support of puppet and treacherous governments. Since then, Afghan women have been oppressed by the Taliban,> Mahrameh Qadri said in the message.
'Afghan women never bow down like their Kurdish and Iranian sisters'
In her message, Mahrameh Qadri emphasized that Afghan women would never bow to the Taliban's oppression. <Afghan women never bow down to anti-feminist laws or Islamists such as ISIS, the Taliban, Al-Qaeda and Mullahs, like their Kurdish and Iranian sisters. Although they are subjected to many inhuman practices such as arrest, torture, execution and assassination, they are determined to fight more. Women all over the world must unite to free us from these oppressive fundamentalists and Islamists and turn March 8 into a day of solidarity and global struggle.> >>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/afghan-activist-women-should-turn-march-8-into-a-day-of-solidarity-and-global-struggle-34716

Palestini
an women killed
Jinha - Womens News Agency 8 Mar 2024
<<At least 6,000 Palestinian women killed since Oct.7
As the humanitarian crisis is deteriorating in the Gaza Strip due to Israeli attacks, this situation deeply affects Palestinian women.
News Center- 60,000 pregnant women in the Gaza Strip suffer from malnutrition, dehydration and the lack of proper health care, the Gaza's health ministry said in a statement on Thursday, on the eve of International Women's Day. Women make up 49% percent of Gaza's population, the statement said, <5,000 pregnant women in the Gaza Strip give birth every month in harsh, unsafe and unhealthy conditions as a result of bombardment and displacement.
At least 9,000 Palestinian women killed
The statement emphasized that all women in Gaza suffered from unhealthy conditions and malnutrition due to the ongoing Israel's attacks that started on October 7, 2023. At least 9,000 Palestinian women have been killed in the Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7, the ministry announced. <As a result of Israeli aggression, Palestinian women face the worst humanitarian disaster, including killings, displacement, detention, abortion, epidemics and starvation.>
Women struggle to survive
In the statement, the ministry called on the United Nations and women's organizations all around the world to immediately stop Israeli aggression and genocide against Palestinian women and their families. <Women struggle to survive in Gaza,> the ministry added.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/at-least-6-000-palestinian-women-killed-since-oct-7-34715?page=1


boko haram
Jinha - Womens News Agency 8 Mar 2024
<<Hundreds abducted in Nigeria by Boko Haram
Hundreds of Nigerian students have been abducted along with their teacher by Boko Haram in the north-western town of Kuriga, according to local reports.
News Center- In the early morning of Friday, more than 100 Nigerian students, between the ages of eight and 15, and a teacher were abducted by Boko Haram in the north-western town of Kuriga, according to local reports. The students were in the assembly ground when dozens of gunmen on motorcycles rode through the school, the eyewitnesses said. The eyewitnesses added that one student was shot by the gunmen and was receiving medical attention at the Birnin Gwari hospital.
Dozens women abducted yesterday
Yesterday, dozens of women and girls were abducted by Boko Haram in an IDPs camp in Gamboru Ngala town when they went to collect firewood to cook or sell. While the exact number is unknown it is estimated more than 200 people were abducted, said Mohamed Malick Fall, the UN's Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator.
276 schoolgirls abducted in 2014
The largest mass abduction by Boko Haram occurred when more than 276 schoolgirls were abducted from their dormitory in Chibok town, also in north-eastern Borno state, in 2014.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/hundreds-abducted-in-nigeria-by-boko-haram-34714

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