Women's Protection Units: Difference between revisions

[[Abdullah Öcalan]] ideas surrounding women rights have been integral to the founding of the Women’s Protection Units (YPJ)  “ the struggle for women's freedom must be waged through the establishment of their own political parties, attaining a popular women's movement, building their own nongovernmental organizations and structures of democratic politics” <ref>{{Cite book |last=Tzemach Lemmon |first=Gayle |title=The Daughters of Kobani |publisher=Penguin Random House |year=2021 |isbn=9780525560708 |edition=1st |location=United States of America |pages=25-2625–26 |language=ISO 639-2 Code}}</ref> Öcalan develops this more in 1996 when he published his theory of separation which asserts that in order to build revolution and advance women's rights, women must organize in units and organizations which are separate from traditional patriarchal structures, "If it is held that revolution cannot be made for the people, but rather by the people, then it must be held that revolution cannot merely be made for women but by women” <ref>{{Cite book |last=Cartier |first=Marcel |title=Serkeftin, A narrative of the Rojava revolution, |publisher=Zero Books |year=2019 |isbn=9781789040128 |pages=13-1413–14 |language=ISO 639-2}}</ref> as such, the YPJ makes women an integral part of the governmental structure of [[Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria|Rojava]] as well as giving women an independent military unit which aligns with the theory of separation. As such the YPJ is an example of the manifestation of Kurdish political ideology particularly regarding women's role in nation building.

* The women fighters of the YPJ are depicted in season six of ''[[SEAL Team (TV series)|SEAL Team ]]''.