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WE ARE ALL YPJ!
Over thirteen years, YPJ has resisted all forms of violence and terrorism targeting women and society. Today, it enters a new phase: integration within a democratic Syria. An agreement signed on January 29, 2026, between the Syrian government and the Syrian Democratic Forces (QSD) marks this transition. As an independent force and a foundation of the Syrian Democratic Forces, particularly in terms of ethics and values, the YPJ can protect women and society from all forms of terror.
YPJ remains a fundamental force in protecting women and society. Its presence within the defense system is essential to safeguarding the achievements of a free society. The YPJ’s participation as women within the Syrian army has become a fundamental criteria for the democratisation and equality of Syria. It is very important for YPJ to preserve their military presence within the Syrian army, both now and in the future as it will ensure the peace and safety within Syria. Ensuring YPJ’s continued existence—constitutionally and institutionally—represents a guarantee for the protection of all Syrian women from all forms of violence, terror and oppression. Likewise as attacks on the regions and across Syria have not ceased, the threat to women has increased more than ever. Therefore the existence of YPJ needs to be ensured in the new constitution. At the same time, YPJ can play a vanguard role in the formation of a new Syrian army. With the YPJ’s participation in the army, the Syrian army can become a model of peace, equality and security for the entire region.
In order to support YPJ a joint campaign started on the 26 April:
We are all YPJ! Self-defense is our natural right!
Demands
1. Recognition of the Women’s Protection Units (YPJ) within the Syrian Ministry of Defence.
2. The preservation of the Women’s Protection Units’ structure in the Rojava regions.
3. Protection and consolidation of women’s achievements in Rojava
4. Release of detainees, return of the bodies of martyrs, and revealing the fate of the missing women
5. Support Women’s Protection Units’ integration by relevant international actors
6. Strengthening women’s participation in military and security institutions
YPJ Commander Rohilat Afrin on the latest developments in Syria and the future of YPJ
Messages and Actions of Solidarity from around the world
Demonstration in Brussels
Solidarity from China to YPJ
Friends from China expressing their solidarity with a great Video made by Mistana. The song played in the Video in Chinese language means “war fox”, composed in 2015 by YuLi to support YPJ.
From Chinram to Rojava and across the world, the women’s revolution is a shared struggle
The free women WITCH (Women Internationalists of the Chin Hill, Myanmar) expressing their solidarity and support for YPJ.
The YPJ flag flies high over the Beagle Channel in Chile, showing that women’s strength and solidarity knows no borders.
A Message from Australia
We, socialist feminists in Australia, stand in solidarity with the freedom fighters of the Women’s Protection Units (YPJ) who continue to defend the rights, dignity and freedom of women of all nationalities, ethnicities and religions that they fought for and won in the Rojava Revolution. Women’s participation in all fields, including participating in organised community defence and protection, is a right that must be defended. Recognising the YPJ and respecting its right to continue to exist in a new Syria is essential if Syria is to have a democratic, united and peaceful future.
Greetings from East Germany in solidarity with YPJ.
The Peace Garrison Women in Black of Parma (Northern Italy) is sending its solidarity to Kurdish women.
Greetings from NUPIEC
Interdisciplinary Research Center on Kurdish Studies in Brazil
From the land of greatness of Tolima, land of women that fight for the defence of life and freedom, we want to send greetings to YPJ. We are all YPJ! From Tolima, great land, we support the women’s defence unit. We are all YPJ!
As the women’s collective from the Northwest region here in Brazil, and since the meeting in Abya Yala, we know that our struggle is one! We join the struggle of the women of Rojava, we reaffirm that it is our natural right to fight in defense of life, in defense of our bodies, and in defense of our territories. The struggle of the women of Rojava is also the struggle of the women of Abya Yala; it is also the struggle of all women who are in their territories, in the peripheries, fighting for the right to life for themselves, their children, and future generations. Therefore, we reaffirm that it is a natural right for women to fight for their territories and for their bodies. We are all in solidarity with the women of Rojava!
We are all YPJ
Jin Jiyan Azadi
Biji berxwedana YPJ