In the face of increasing violence against women, femicide, and also the growing resistance to this patriarchal violence, the 'Women Defend Rojava' campaign sees self-defence as the answer to this gender-based violence, violence against women and femicide.

The campaign has interviewed Yildiz Shiyar, a member of the YPJ – the Women’s Defense Units, on the subject. The video can be watched with subtitles in Ennglish, German and Spanish.

More about the topic can be found on the brochure Self-defence: the answer to gender based violence