Women's Protection Units - Wikipedia
The Women's Protection Units [a] or Women's Defense Units is an all-female militia involved in the Syrian civil war. [9] The YPJ is part of the Syrian Democratic Forces, the armed forces of Rojava, and is closely affiliated with the male-led YPG. [10]
The Women Who Fought to Defend Their Homes Against ISIS
2021年2月22日 · In Kobani, a town few outside Syria had heard of before the Islamic State’s stunning string of wins in 2014, Azeema came to lead women and men in the fight against the extremists of ISIS who ...
These Kurdish Women Fought on the Frontlines Against ISIS
2019年11月17日 · As Turkish-backed militias, Syrian and Russian troops all advance in the Kurdish enclave, the female fighters of Rojava are left in the most vulnerable position of all. Hana, a Kurdish activist from Qamishli whose name has been changed to protect her identity, tells Haaretz in a phone interview that for female fighters, “losing is worse than ...
Keeping hope, but still waiting: Syrian feminism and a decade of …
2021年3月4日 · AMMAN — Razan Zaitouneh, Samirah al-Khalil, May Skaf, Fadwa Suleiman. These are the names of women who have become, with many other Syrian women, defining figures and symbols of the Syrian revolution. The Syrian revolution was sparked in 2011 by the Assad regime’s brutal response to peaceful demonstrations.
Nowhere to Turn: Women in the Syrian Civil War
2020年2月2日 · In Syrian society, women are conditioned to take on stereotypical “female roles,” such as childcare and housework, and husbands are allowed to prohibit their wives from working. By 2013, the percentage of working women in the Syrian economy had decreased to 13.5 percent from 16.3 percent two years before.
How Syrian women are fighting a war – and patriarchy
2021年4月12日 · Countless studies have shown that women and girls are disproportionately affected by war – both during and after – as existing inequalities are amplified and there is heightened vulnerability to...
Syria’s rebellious women | Humanitarian Crises | Al Jazeera
2015年11月18日 · While it is painfully true that women are dealing with the most grotesque violence in Syria, with rape and sexual violence routinely used as weapons of war, it is harder to grow international ...
Meet The Brave Women Fighting ISIS In Syria - HuffPost
2016年3月9日 · But while many families have fled for the relative safety of Europe, a group of Kurdish women have stayed behind in Northern Syria and taken up arms to rebuild and reclaim their lives. Telling the story of these brave people was more than a photographic project for me.
Syria’s women: Fighting a war on two fronts | CNN
2013年3月7日 · For the women of the Syrian opposition, this is a two-pronged battle: Fighting for freedom against an oppressive regime, and battling just as hard to ensure that their individual rights do not ...
Portrait of a Lady: A Female Syrian Rebel Speaks to TIME
2013年2月27日 · Em Joseph is a 40-year-old Syrian female fighter with the Islamist Suqoor al-Sham Brigades. She is a rarity. There have been media reports of female fighting battalions, but most —...
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