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Women's Protection Units

All-female military organization

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Feb 7, 2026

Isis fighters believe if they dye in battle they get 72 virgin but if they get killed by a woman they go to hell

propaganda and many frontline reports say the group promises martyrs “72 virgins” and that some fighters believed dying at a woman’s hands would bar them from paradise; and reporters describe this fea...

Jan 28, 2026

Did the women's movement of Rojava began in the 2011?

The Kurdish women’s movement in did not begin in 2011; its organisational roots and ideological foundations predate the n uprisings, but 2011–2012 was the critical moment when long-standing organising...