About 40 per cent of PKK fighters are women
From Times Online:
"...the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has pursued guerrilla action in a 25-year campaign for a Kurdish independent state. The PKK has now offered to drop its demand in return for a negotiated settlement to end its war with Turkey."
The Women Of Ararat ....
AntwortenLöschenI have decided to give these women a voice by seeking the humanity behind their kakis and kalashnikovs. I have filmed in emergency and depth, by living among those who are fighting.
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In Kurdistan, as in the majority of battle zones, which have been ongoing for many years, women are making their presence increasingly felt. It is almost as if, in order to stop the murderous madness of man, they must today be in the front line, transforming themselves into human bombs or soldiers.
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