Female Fighters Of KurdistanFebruary 5, 2017

Few things unsettle the male mind like a lady in arms. The Kurds of Northern Iraq have long recognised this principle and incorporated it into their quest to build a Kurdish homeland in the overlap between Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Syria. Fighting alongside their male comrades in a region not exactly known for its progressive stance on women's rights, the female Peshmerga guerillas of the Kurdish Liberation movement built a reputation for themselves in the 70s and 80s. This documentary shines a light on the youngest of these new Kurdish guerilla groups, PJAK, the Free Life for Kurdistan Party, to see how their female fighters are helping their people draft a definitive answer to the Kurdish Question that's vexed Middle Eastern politics for the last century.

Female Fighters Of Kurdistan was broadcast on SBS ONE at Sunday 5 February 2017, 12:35.