There is also a female branch of the YPS known as the YPS-Jin that was founded in 2016 one year after the initial YPS foundation , one of the causes which they fight for is gender equality . Some members of the YPS-Jin were also once victims of ISIS during the Yazidi genocide that took place in 2014 . Women who were once victims of ISIS , whether it be they were sold into the sex slave industry or their family was murdered , joined the ranks of YPS and YPS-Jin to avenge the victims of the Yazidis genocide
Yazidi genocide that took place in 2014
Genocide of Yazidis by ISIL
Civil Protection Units