It's a woman's world at Syria's Jinwar village — in pictures

The community offers a safe haven for marginalised female members of society

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  Jinwar is an all-women village in the Kurdish region of north-east Syria. Photos: Reuters

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  A woman stands at the gate of Jinwar, an all-women village, in Al-Darbasiyah town that is controlled by Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, northeastern Syria, March 11, 2023. REUTERS / Orhan Qereman

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  Jinwar means 'women's space' in Kurdish language

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  Built in 2018, the village has 30 houses hosting 20 families of women and children

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  Jinwar has a school, a training academy, a bakery and fields cultivated by women

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  Boys, who live with their mothers, can stay in the village until they get married

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  A doll hangs from a wall of a house in Jinwar village

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  Yasmine Ahmad, 33, who left Aleppo after she got divorced, lives in the village

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  Ms Ahmad and her daughter have been living in Jinwar for about 15 months

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  Ms Ahmad says the village has given her a new life as she is able to independently raise her daughter

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  Women in the village spend their days working and evenings singing and dancing

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  Rokan Youssef, 30, who lives in Jinwar with her child, says she faced domestic violence during her marriage

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  Ms Youssef now works in a bakery in Jinwar and helps other women cultivate the land

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  A nurse at the village clinic examines a patient in Jinwar

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  While men are not allowed to live in Jinwar, they can visit their relatives living there

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