Women and Counterterrorism
CGCC seeks to identify and analyze the various roles women play – including those of victims, supporters, perpetrators, preventers, peacebuilders, and security actors – in terrorism and counterterrorism efforts. The UN Security Council has passed a number of resolutions on the role of women in peacekeeping, conflict resolution, and peace and security issues more broadly, but the roles of women as they relate to terrorism and counterterrorism issues have remained less explored.
CGCC has provided recommendations directed at the United Nations and other international actors on how to best shape an integrated approach to gender and terrorism prevention. CGCC also strives to integrate a gender dimension into its broader body of work, further developing this work through engagement with civil society actors, law enforcement officials, and counterterrorism practitioners to enhance gender expertise among law enforcement officials and develop community-owned countering violent extremism (CVE) policies that incorporate a gender perspective.
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A Closer Look
This policy brief examines gender from the perspective of women’s roles in preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE) in Southeast Asia. It identifies key challenges, gaps, and needs, and offers recommendations for national and regional stakeholders, international donors, and program implementers to consider in advancing gender sensitive P/CVE policies, strategies,...
Project
Pathways to Female Radicalization and Desistance: Learning from the UK’s Channel Program
Women and girls have played key roles as ideologues, facilitators, fundraisers, and recruiters for violent extremist groups. The international community increasingly recognizes that failure to account for the agency and motivations of women in supporting violent extremism can result in ineffectual responses. To help address this gap in the quantitative...
Events
Bangkok, ThailandPreventing and Countering Violent Extremism in Southeast Asia: Advancing Gender Inclusion and Women’s Participation
The Global Center, with support from the government of the Netherlands, convened a two-day regional workshop to explore critical lessons and practical opportunities in developing responses that advance women’s inclusion and gender integration in policies and programs aimed at preventing and countering violent extremism. Participants included civil society actors, law...
Project
The Roles of Women in Preventing Terrorism and Violent Extremism in Southeast Asia
Policymakers and practitioners have increasingly recognized that a closer understanding of the roles women play in relation to preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE) is critical to developing tailored strategies to strengthen resilience against extremist violence, and support victims and survivors of terrorist attacks. This project aims to advance the...
Events
Washington DC and New York, NYLaunch of "A Man’s World? Exploring the Roles of Women in Countering Terrorism and Violent Extremism"
The Global Center together with Hedayah launched an edited volume of essays exploring the roles of women in preventing and countering terrorism and violent extremism. Editors, Naureen Chowdhury Fink, Sara Zeiger, and Rafia Bhulai, shared key findings and recommendations at launch events in Washington, DC and New York City on...
Publications
From Policy to Action: Advancing an Integrated Approach to Women and Countering Violent Extremism
This policy brief, produced by the Global Center and Inclusive Security, explores ways of enhancing a cross-sectoral approach to integrating inclusion of gender and women as a core component of the United Nations and member state P/CVE efforts while developing a closer understanding of the potential points of convergence between...
Events
New York, NYAdvancing Integrated Approaches to Women and Countering Violent Extremism
The Global Center held two separate events on the role of women in preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE) on consecutive days for the greater UN community. First, the Global Center cohosted a workshop with the Permanent Mission of Australia to the United Nations on women and P/CVE in the...
Publications
A Man's World? Exploring the Roles of Women in Countering Terrorism and Violent Extremism
In recent years, the role of women in preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE) has gained momentum in the international counterterrorism policy discourse. The collection of essays contained in this edited volume by the Global Center and Hedayah seeks to build the body of literature on women and P/CVE by...
Events
New York, NYHigh-Level Event on Advancing Gender-Sensitive Understanding in Countering Violent Extremism Policy and Programming
On the margins of the 60th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women, the Global Center worked with the European Union and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, in partnership with the United Nations, the United States, and Norway to organize a high-level event on integrating a gender dimension...
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