Afrin has been occupied by Turkish-backed Syrian armed groups that have recently (as of 09-2020) been accused of what amount to crimes against humanity in a special UN report on the state of the region including the kidnapping for ransom, sexual abuse and murders of the region's women. To evaluate the content of the report as well as present her own findings on the state of women's rights in Afrin is Meghan Bodette, an independent researcher on women's movements in North and East Syria as well as the founder of Missing Afrin Women Project.