Nov
15
Wed
2017
Feminist Theory in Armed Conflict: All-Female Protection Units (YPJ) in Syria
12:00PM
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01:00PM
Washington College of Law NT02
Since 2013, the Women's Protection Units (YPJ) have been fighting the self-declared Islamic State, making up 80% of fighters in the Battle of Kobane. Who are the women "fighting for women around world"? How did they come to rescue the Yezidis, thereby preventing an even greater genocide of this persecuted minority? And what does the fashion magazine Marie Claire have to do with all of this? Join the Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law for a brown bag lunch to hear from Prof. Macarena Saez and Ethem Coban (LL.M. '18), coordinator of the Kurdish Studies Network.
Organizer
Where
Washington College of Law
4300 Nebraska Avenue, NW
Washington DC
20016