Female Fighters and Militants During the Lebanese Civil War: Individual Profiles, Pathways, and Motivations
Categories: Human Rights, Violent Conflict
Sub-Categories: Access to Justice and Rule of Law, Countering Violent Extremism, Democratization and Political Participation, Economic Participation, Human Development, Violent Extremism
Country: Lebanon
Region: Middle East and North Africa
Year: 2018
Citation: Philippa Eggert, Jennifer. "Female Fighters and Militants During the Lebanese Civil War: Individual Profiles, Pathways, and Motivations." Studies in Conflict & Terrorism (2018).
Sub-Categories: Access to Justice and Rule of Law, Countering Violent Extremism, Democratization and Political Participation, Economic Participation, Human Development, Violent Extremism
Country: Lebanon
Region: Middle East and North Africa
Year: 2018
Citation: Philippa Eggert, Jennifer. "Female Fighters and Militants During the Lebanese Civil War: Individual Profiles, Pathways, and Motivations." Studies in Conflict & Terrorism (2018).
Abstract
This article offers an analysis of women’s profiles, pathways, and motivations to join the Lebanese civil war (1975 to 1990), with a particular focus on female fighters militants involved with Harakat Amal, Kataeb, the Progressive Socialist Party, Lebanese Communist Party, Fatah and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. The article contributes to existing debates on women’s motivations to join nonstate armed groups by examining both militias that included female fighters and those that did not. It is the first study so far that analyses the profiles and motivations of female fighters and militants within all major militias during the Lebanese civil war.