Women's Defence Forces

Women's Defence Forces
Hêzên Parastina Jinê (HPJ)
Dates of operation 2004–present
Motives To stop the wave of executions in Iran; to stop the oppression of women, the loss of culture, prostitution, slavery and injustice.
Active region(s) Iraq, Turkey and Iran
Ideology Secularism,
Kurdish nationalism
Feminism,
Democratic confederalism
Status Active

Women's Defence Forces (Kurdish: Hêzên Parastina Jinê), or the name of in Kurdish shortened HPJ, is the women branch of the PJAK.

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    1. ↑ http://ekurd.net/iranian-women-need-a-defence-force-like-the-hpj-maku-2015-01-03
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