With increased attention paid to the importance of women and girls in violent extremist
groups, gender became a focus of policymakers and scholars alike. This later evolved into
attempts to understand the gender dynamics that influence the involvement of men and boys
in VERLT. Some States have started to pay attention to gender perspectives within policies
to prevent and counter VERLT, and the volume of research on gender and violent extremism
has grown, but the issue of violent misogyny and VERLT has notbeen examined sufficiently …