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[Internationalist Commune of Rojava]
A WOMEN’S commune is set to open on Sunday in northern Syria to mark the United Nations International Day for the Eradication of Violence Against Women.
Construction on the Jinwar women’s village near the city of Dirbesiye in Cizire canton on the Syrian-Turkish border began in December 2016. It will comprise 30 households and provides a school, a museum and a medical centre along with the Jinwar Academy.
The project aims to provide a refuge for women who have fought or lost loved ones in the struggle to liberate northern Syria from jihadists who swept across the country taking women as sex slaves as well as committing rape and torture.
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