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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Women’s Asayish units canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
all-female internal security force
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law enforcement agency ⓘ militarized police force ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
challenge patriarchal norms
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promote women’s participation in public life ⓘ promote women’s participation in security ⓘ provide gender-sensitive policing ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Autonomous Administration security institutions
NERFINISHED
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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
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Rojava feminist movement NERFINISHED ⓘ democratic confederalism ⓘ |
| notableRole |
guarding checkpoints and public buildings
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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
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Kurdish-controlled areas of Syria ⓘ northern Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Asayish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | Kurdish ⓘ |
| region | Rojava NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religionContext | largely secular ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
checkpoint security
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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
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ideological education ⓘ police procedures ⓘ self-defense ⓘ weapons training ⓘ |
| usesLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
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