A Man’s World? Exploring the Roles of Women in Countering Terrorism and Violent Extremism
Categories: Violent Conflict
Sub-Categories: Countering Violent Extremism, Violent Extremism
Country: United Kingdom, Nigeria, Afghanistan
Region: No Region
Year: 2016
Citation: Fink, Naureen Chowdhury, Sara Zeiger, and Rafia Bhulai. A Man's World? Exploring the Roles of Women in Countering Terrorism and Violent Extremism. Hedayah and The Global Center on Cooperative Security, 2016
Sub-Categories: Countering Violent Extremism, Violent Extremism
Country: United Kingdom, Nigeria, Afghanistan
Region: No Region
Year: 2016
Citation: Fink, Naureen Chowdhury, Sara Zeiger, and Rafia Bhulai. A Man's World? Exploring the Roles of Women in Countering Terrorism and Violent Extremism. Hedayah and The Global Center on Cooperative Security, 2016
Executive Summary
In recent years, the role of women in preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE) has gained momentum in the international counterterrorism policy discourse. Several questions emerge when discussing the particulars of why and how women partake in both violent extremism and P/CVE efforts. The collection of essays contained in this edited volume by the Global Center and Hedayah seeks to build the body of literature on women and P/CVE by drawing on examples from a number of countries and regions. The essays contain both policy-level recommendations as well as programmatic suggestions, and seek to answer some of the outstanding questions regarding the types of roles women might play in P/CVE efforts.