Preparations of March 8 in Istanbul
ISTANBUL (DİHA) - The Istanbul coordinating body of the Congress of Free Women (KJA) has announced their plans for March 8, International Working Women's Day.
At a press conference in Istanbul at the provincial building of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), the KJA representative TürkanEsenrelated the history of March 8 as a day of struggle against violence against women and the exploitation of women's labor.
The March 8 program will include panels and celebrations throughout Istanbul, culminating in a noon rally in Kadıköy on March 8. Türkan said that with the escalating women's rebellion embodied by the Rojava revolution and the reaction to the rape and murder of ÖzgecanAslan, this century belongs to women.
"The rebellion of women has come to a head after the murder of Özgecanand it has taken to the streets against all violence against women. This violence is produced, increased and facilitated every day by the AKP," said Türkan. She decried the use of women's bodies as a war field and promised that the movement of free women would escalate their struggle this year.
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