Notions of relative autonomy shape the discourse on voluntary recruitment of women and
girls to terrorist networks. This article discusses voluntariness of women in Al-Shabaab …

This article argues for the inclusion of women's epistemology in discourse about violent
extremism and approaches to tackling it in Kenya. It focuses on mothers of male recruits to …

This book analyses policy and programming challenges in gender mainstreaming in counter-
terrorism policy, with examples from comparative case studies. The issue of gender in …

It has been claimed, often without evidence, that women have flocked to Al-Shabaab to work
as fundraisers, cooks, intelligence officers, suicide bombers and sex slaves, and have even …

The adoption of gender mainstreaming strategies has become an increasingly common
expectation within countering terrorism and violent extremism policy and programming …

Including women into their ranks offers non-state armed groups advantages in terms of
mobilisation, intelligence gathering, and establishing ties with civilians. However, especially …

Despite the increasing role of women in violence and terrorist-related activities across the
globe, stereotypes depicting violence and terrorism as a male sphere continue to shape …

The refugee crisis across the world has been going on for many years and concerns for
refugee camps hosting terrorists have been on the rise. The problem addressed in this …

In this article we investigate the process of recruitment of African women in Al-Shabaab as
militants. The case is a greater development in processes of gender radicalization in …