Women’s Asayish units

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Women’s Asayish units are all-female internal security forces operating in Kurdish-controlled areas of northern Syria, responsible for law enforcement, community protection, and promoting women’s participation in security and public life.

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instanceOf all-female internal security force
law enforcement agency
militarized police force
aimsTo challenge patriarchal norms
promote women’s participation in public life
promote women’s participation in security
provide gender-sensitive policing
associatedWith Autonomous Administration security institutions NERFINISHED
Syrian Democratic Forces NERFINISHED
Women’s Protection Units NERFINISHED
cooperatesWith local women’s organizations
mixed-gender Asayish units
country Syria
emergedDuring Syrian civil war NERFINISHED
ethnicContext Kurdish
formedInContextOf Rojava revolution NERFINISHED
genderComposition all-female
hasRecruitmentPolicy women-only
ideologicalContext Kurdish women’s liberation movement
Rojava feminist movement NERFINISHED
democratic confederalism
notableRole guarding checkpoints and public buildings
handling cases of domestic violence
handling cases of gender-based violence
security in majority-Kurdish urban areas
security in mixed-ethnicity areas under Kurdish control
operatesIn Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria NERFINISHED
Kurdish-controlled areas of Syria
northern Syria NERFINISHED
partOf Asayish NERFINISHED
primaryLanguage Kurdish
region Rojava NERFINISHED
religionContext largely secular
responsibleFor checkpoint security
community protection
counter-terrorism support
criminal investigations support
detention facility security
enforcement of local civil laws
internal security
law enforcement
protection of women and children
public order
trainingIncludes human rights awareness
ideological education
police procedures
self-defense
weapons training
usesLanguage Arabic

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Asayish hasSubunit Women’s Asayish units