Kurdish women
Kurdish women (Kurdish: ژنی کوردی, romanized: Jinên Kurdî) traditionally had more rights than those living in other Islamic social and political systems, although traditional Kurdish culture, as most of traditional societies in the Middle East, is patriarchal, and in Kurdish families and communities, it has been "natural" for men to enjoy predominant power. Kurdish traditions, despite the religious pressure, have allowed women to work outside their home and alongside men, including militarily, and Kurdish history saw examples of women becoming military or community leaders.