Women's Protection Units

Women's Protection Units
Women's Protection Units
Kurdish: Yekîneyên Parastina Jin (YPJ); Arabic: وحدات حماية المرأة
	Flag of the YPJ
Active	April 2013–present
Allegiance	Kurdish Supreme Committee (2013); Rojava (2013–present); Democratic Union Party (2013–present)
Branch	Female service units
Type	Light infantry (militia)
Size	24,000 (2017 estimate)
Part of	Syrian Democratic Forces (since 2015)
Motto(s)	"Know yourself, protect yourself"
Engagements	Syrian civil war Rojava conflict Battle of Aleppo; Battle of Ras al-Ayn; Rojava–Islamist conflict; Siege of Kobanî; Eastern al-Hasakah offensive; Battle of Sarrin Battle of Sarrin (March–April 2015); Battle of Sarrin (June–July 2015); ; Tell Abyad offensive; Battle of al-Hasakah; 2015 al-Hawl offensive; Tishrin Dam offensive; ; Al-Shaddadi offensive (2016); Operation Euphrates Shield; Operation Olive Branch; 2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria; War in Iraq (2013–2017) December 2014 Sinjar offensive; November 2015 Sinjar offensive;
Commanders
General Commander	Nesrin Abdullah
Kobanî commander	Meryem Kobanî
Aleppo commander	Sewsen Bîrhat
Leading commander for Raqqa operations	Rojda Felat

The Women's Protection Units or Women's Defense Units is an all-female militia involved in the Syrian civil war. The YPJ is part of the Syrian Democratic Forces, the armed forces of Rojava, and is closely affiliated with the male-led YPG. While the YPJ is mainly made up of Kurds, it also includes women from other ethnic groups in Northern Syria.

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