South African women force double apology for sexist ad
11:46 13/08/2015When Bic launched a sexist ad campaign on South Africa's Women's Day (August 9), women took to social media to express their outrage. The company has now had to apologize not once but twice.
Police team slays 2 children, 1 adult - FLASH
11:45 13/08/2015A Turkish police special operations team has killed three people working in a bakery in Ağrı province. Two of the dead are children.
Kurdish women's group issues urgent call for international help
11:41 13/08/2015The Congress of Free Women (KJA) has issued a call for international organizations and journalists to observe the ongoing violence against civilians in Northern Kurdistan (in Turkey).
Women take to mountainsides for peace vigil
11:03 13/08/2015With the declaration of "temporary security zones" in areas of Northern Kurdistan (in Turkey), women have taken to the slopes of the war-torn mountains of Ağrı province, putting their lives on the ...
Women in Federal Kurdistan campaign for constitutional rights
10:08 13/08/2015Women in the Federal Kurdistan Region have held a conference to debate the place of women in the new constitution proposed for the area.
Youth socialists targeted in police raids
16:52 12/08/2015Elite Turkish police teams have raided the houses of members of the Federation of Socialist Youth Associations (SGDF), the activist group targeted in July's bombing in the town of Suruç in July.
Diyarbakır women speak out against rapist commander
15:13 12/08/2015Musa Çitil, a Turkish military commander noted for his use of sexual torture in the Kurdish region, has been acquitted, promoted and assigned to the main Kurdish city of Diyarbakır. Women's groups ...
One woman's determination to succeed in Rojava
14:14 12/08/2015In spite of her hardships, Rojava resident Gulîxan Tahir is determined to keep going. The women's rights activist is raising her four children herself while also taking part in the Rojava ...
Yekîtiya Star has its second conference
14:13 12/08/2015Yekîtiya Star, the women's organization in Rojava, has held its second conference in the city of Dêrik.
Şırnak police raids target activists, elected officials
14:12 12/08/2015Turkish police have raided the homes of co-mayors and other elected politicians in a large-scale operation in Şırnak province, where police violence has ravaged the town of Silopi recently.
Woman arrested for attending son's funeral released
14:09 12/08/2015Sariye Yılmaz, the 60-year-old woman arrested in Adana, Turkey, for attending the funeral of her son, a YPG fighter, has been released.
21 Afghan refugee children missing
13:58 11/08/2015In the province of Erzincan, Turkey, 21 Afghan children have disappeared from a state shelter.
Women won't leave without children's bodies
11:59 11/08/2015For eight days, the families of 20 YPJ/YPG fighters have been waiting for the right to retrieve their children's bodies. The families say they refuse to leave until they are given the bodies.
Woman arrested for attending her own son's funeral
11:10 11/08/2015Police have arrested Sariye Yılmaz, 60, in the province of Adana. The reason for her arrest: attending the funeral of her son, who died fighting in the YPG.
Rojava children find life in music
11:00 11/08/2015In the city of Rimêlan, in the Rojava autonomous region in Syria, a group of children founded the Mountain Snow Children's Chorus to bring music to their lives.
Women representatives negotiate for detained bodies
10:58 11/08/2015Women political representatives have joined negotiations to secure the right for the bodies of YPG/YPJ fighters, kept waiting at the border for a week, to pass into Turkey.
Police open fire on women's mourning tent in Silopi
10:36 11/08/2015In the Kurdish town of Silopi, police opened fire on women mourners of a police violence victim, trapping them for several hours.
'Nameless mother' reacts to war drums in Turkey
15:14 10/08/2015As soldiers continue to die in the war fomented by Turkey's government, women's rage against war is growing.
Police open fire on neighborhood again in Silopi
13:43 10/08/2015Police violence continues in the Kurdish town of Silopi, where police have opened fire on civilians indiscriminately in the wake of a bombing targeting police.
Êzidî Women's Assembly of Shengal concludes first meeting
12:23 10/08/2015Êzidî living in the mountains of Shengal, survivors of a Daesh attack in which thousands of Êzidî women were kidnapped and raped, have finished their first Women's Assembly meeting.