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Women's Protection Units (YPJ)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Women's_Protection_Units_(YPJ)
GPTKB entity
Statements (42)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:military_organization
gptkbp:abbreviation
gptkb:YPJ
gptkbp:activeIn
gptkb:Syrian_Civil_War
gptkbp:alliedWith
gptkb:International_Freedom_Battalion
gptkb:People's_Protection_Units_(YPG)
gptkb:Syrian_Democratic_Forces
gptkbp:composition
all-female
gptkbp:country
gptkb:Syria
gptkbp:founded
2013
gptkbp:headquarters
gptkb:Rojava
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Women's Protection Units (YPJ)
gptkbp:ideology
Feminism
Kurdish nationalism
Democratic confederalism
gptkbp:language
gptkb:Arabic
Kurdish
gptkbp:mediaCoverage
international
gptkbp:motto
gptkb:Jin,_Jiyan,_Azadî_(Women,_Life,_Freedom)
gptkbp:nativeName
gptkb:Yekîneyên_Parastina_Jin
gptkbp:notableBattle
gptkb:Battle_of_Hasakah_(2015)
gptkb:Siege_of_Kobanî
gptkb:Battle_of_Raqqa_(2017)
gptkbp:notableCommander
gptkb:Nesrin_Abdullah
gptkb:Newroz_Ahmed
gptkbp:notableFor
female fighters
feminist military structure
role in fight against ISIS
gptkbp:notableMember
gptkb:Arin_Mirkan
gptkb:Asia_Ramazan_Antar
gptkbp:opposedBy
gptkb:Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant_(ISIL)
gptkb:Turkish_Armed_Forces
Syrian government forces
gptkbp:partOf
gptkb:People's_Protection_Units_(YPG)
gptkb:Syrian_Democratic_Forces
gptkbp:purpose
promotion of women's rights
defense of Kurdish regions in Syria
gptkbp:symbol
green flag with yellow star
gptkbp:website
http://ypj-info.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Democratic_Union_Party_(PYD)
gptkb:People's_Protection_Units_(YPG)
gptkb:Rojava
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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