The Women's Protection Units or Women's Defense Units (Kurdish: Yekîneyên Parastina Jin, YPJ, pronounced Yuh-Pah-Juh[8]; Arabic: وحدات حماية المرأة, translit. Wahdat Himayat al-Mar'a; Classical Syriac: ܚܕܝ̈ܘܬܐ ܕܣܘܬܪܐ ܕܢܫ̈ܐ, translit. Ḥdoywotho d'Sutoro d'Neshe) is an all-female military organization. It includes Kurds, Arabs, Assyrians, Circassians, and foreign volunteers.
