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Women, Gender and the evolving tactics of Boko Haram
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dc.contributor.author | Zenn, Jacob | |
dc.contributor.author | Pearson, Elizabeth | |
dc.coverage.spatial | 12 | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-06-27T15:27:58Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-06-27T15:27:58Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-02-10 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Zenn, 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.issn | 2049-7040 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://ojs.st-andrews.ac.uk/index.php/jtr/article/view/828/697 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/4919 | |
dc.description | Special Edition issue - Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism in Sub-Saharan Africa | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | This 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.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, University of St Andrews | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Terrorism Research | en_US |
dc.rights | This 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.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ | |
dc.subject | Boko Haram | en_US |
dc.subject | Terrorism | en_US |
dc.subject | Gender | en_US |
dc.subject | Women | en_US |
dc.subject | Radicalisation | en_US |
dc.subject | Tactics | en_US |
dc.subject | Kidnapping | en_US |
dc.subject.lcc | HV6431 | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Terrorism -- Nigeria | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Boko Haram | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Women terrorists -- Nigeria | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Political kidnapping -- Nigeria | en_US |
dc.title | Women, Gender and the evolving tactics of Boko Haram | en_US |
dc.type | Journal article | en_US |
dc.description.version | Publisher PDF | en_US |
dc.publicationstatus | Published | en_US |
dc.status | Peer reviewed | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://doi.org/10.15664/jtr.828 | en |
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