Local voices against violence

Women challenging extremism in Iraq and Syria

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5680864
AutoresAlia Al-Kadi (M&C Saatchi World Services, London, UK), Gina Vales (0000-0001-9383-1417, King's College London, autor de correspondencia)
Año2020
Volumen20
Número2
Páginas247-271
Fecha de publicación2020-03-03
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaConflict Security and Development (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1467-8802 • E-ISSN: 1478-1174
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14678802.2020.1719702
OpenAlexW3004933634
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas19

A significant proportion of research and initiatives challenging violence within Iraq and Syria centres on the international threat posed by Islamic State (Daesh). Consequently, much of this work is funded, designed, managed and implemented by external actors, with a security focus on Salafi-Jihadist groups and the mobilisation of (male) combatants. This paper has a dual purpose: to review and evaluate the progress of localised initiatives inside Iraq and Syria that focus on social cohesion and resilience to violence, and to explore and showcase the engagement of local women in this field. Drawing on multi-sector accounts of women serves to highlight and better understand their individual experiences, and the challenges and opportunities for female voices to be considered, amplified and impactful. This scope provides insight into individual and communal vulnerabilities to ‘radicalisation’ within Iraq and Syria and explores the successes and failures of female-led counter-initiatives. The paper underscores the experiences of these women from a local and non-western perspective and sheds light on what is being done on the ground to challenge violence post-Daesh

Criminology · Focus group · Geography · Islam · Political science · Psychological resilience · Sociology · Terrorism · Violent extremism · Gender Studies · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Psychology · Social Psychology · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence