Free Women's Units
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| Free Women's Units Yekîneyên Jinên Azad ên Star (YJA STAR) | |
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| Dates of operation | 2004–2025[1] |
| Active regions | Turkish, Iraqi, Syrian, and Iranian Kurdistan |
| Ideology | Democratic confederalism |
| Status | Kurdish-Turkish conflict (2015-2025) |
| Website | www |
The Free Women's Units (Kurdish: Yekîneyên Jinên Azad ên Star), shortened from the Kurdish name as YJA STAR, was the women's military wing of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). YJA STAR operates according to jineology, the feminist philosophy developed by the Kurdish ideological leader, Abdullah Öcalan.[3]
On 12 May 2025, the Kurdistan Workers' Party announced it would disband as part of a peace initiative with Turkey.[4]
See also
[edit]- Gulîstan, Land of Roses, a 2016 documentary film about women PKK fighters
References
[edit]- ^ "Interview with the World's First Army of Women: YJA-STAR". Machorka. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ Jongerden, Joost. "Rethinking Politics and Democracy in the Middle East" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
- ^ Nordland, Rod (24 February 2018). "Women Are Free, and Armed, in Kurdish-Controlled Northern Syria". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
- ^ "A Kurdish militant group decides to disband and disarm as part of a peace initiative with Turkey". Associated Press. 11 May 2025. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
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