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dc.contributor.authorZenn, Jacob
dc.contributor.authorPearson, Elizabeth
dc.coverage.spatial12en_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-27T15:27:58Z
dc.date.available2014-06-27T15:27:58Z
dc.date.issued2014-02-10
dc.identifier.citationZenn, J., & Pearson, E. (2014). Women, Gender and the evolving tactics of Boko Haram. Journal Of Terrorism Research, 5(1), pp. 46-57.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2049-7040en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://ojs.st-andrews.ac.uk/index.php/jtr/article/view/828/697en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/4919
dc.descriptionSpecial Edition issue - Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism in Sub-Saharan Africaen_US
dc.description.abstractThis article addresses an under-researched aspect of Boko Haram’s activities: gender-based violence (GBV) and its targeting of women. It argues that 2013 marked a significant evolution in Boko Haram’s tactics, with a series of kidnappings, in which one of the main features was the instrumental use of women. This was in response to corresponding tactics by the Nigerian security forces. Additionally the analysis provides evidence of a shift by Boko Haram to include women in its operations, in response to increased pressure on male operatives. It also considers the gendered rationale for instrumentalizing women within the framework of Boko Haram’s ideology and culture, arguing for a greater appreciation of how gender factors in the group’s violence.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCentre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, University of St Andrewsen_US
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Terrorism Researchen_US
dc.rightsThis is an open access article published in Journal of Terrorism Research. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
dc.subjectBoko Haramen_US
dc.subjectTerrorismen_US
dc.subjectGenderen_US
dc.subjectWomenen_US
dc.subjectRadicalisationen_US
dc.subjectTacticsen_US
dc.subjectKidnappingen_US
dc.subject.lccHV6431en_US
dc.subject.lcshTerrorism -- Nigeriaen_US
dc.subject.lcshBoko Haramen_US
dc.subject.lcshWomen terrorists -- Nigeriaen_US
dc.subject.lcshPolitical kidnapping -- Nigeriaen_US
dc.titleWomen, Gender and the evolving tactics of Boko Haramen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionPublisher PDFen_US
dc.publicationstatusPublisheden_US
dc.statusPeer revieweden_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://doi.org/10.15664/jtr.828en


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