Latest items for EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
Jan. 6, 2022, 12:09 p.m.
Countries: Somalia
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"There are a good number of women in groups like Al Shabab and rebel groups. Data has not been collected, but it is important to note that most attacks Al Shabab have carried out in Somalia, have not been possible without the help of women. Women work as recruiters and collect finances for the terrorist organization. Women are able to help Al Shabab carry out attacks as look outs, as insiders, and sometimes use their disability to access areas" (1).
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"There are a good number of women in groups like Al Shabab and rebel groups. Data has not been collected, but it is important to note that most attacks Al Shabab have carried out in Somalia, have not been possible without the help of women. Women work as recruiters and collect finances for the terrorist organization. Women are able to help Al Shabab carry out attacks as look outs, as insiders, and sometimes use their disability to access areas" (1).
Oct. 8, 2021, 11:29 a.m.
Countries: Israel
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"For many years, Hamas was accused by the international community of being a terrorist and an extremist party that uses violent methods, including against women. Alshanti refuted that claim, describing it as a 'huge injustice.' 'Hamas is a moderate and inclusive movement. We, as women in Hamas, well know that there is no pressure on us at all. We fight and involve as we are self-confident and we trust our leadership regarding what’s going on within the movement,' she said" (para 23-25).
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"For many years, Hamas was accused by the international community of being a terrorist and an extremist party that uses violent methods, including against women. Alshanti refuted that claim, describing it as a 'huge injustice.' 'Hamas is a moderate and inclusive movement. We, as women in Hamas, well know that there is no pressure on us at all. We fight and involve as we are self-confident and we trust our leadership regarding what’s going on within the movement,' she said" (para 23-25).
Sept. 29, 2021, 9:33 a.m.
Countries: Mali
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"A local NGO in Kidal, Solidarite pour le Sahel, identified and admitted 60 children into its protection center in 2018. This included two girls who had been recruited by signatory armed groups in Tessalit, Aguelhok, and Kidal. Children were used mainly as porters, with girls also serving as cooks" (26).
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"A local NGO in Kidal, Solidarite pour le Sahel, identified and admitted 60 children into its protection center in 2018. This included two girls who had been recruited by signatory armed groups in Tessalit, Aguelhok, and Kidal. Children were used mainly as porters, with girls also serving as cooks" (26).
July 21, 2021, 10:30 p.m.
Countries: Libya
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"Mangoush rose to prominence in 2011 as part of the National Transitional Council, the political arm of the rebellion that brought an end to Qaddafi’s 42-year rule" (Para 12). "Although Libyan women played a key role during the 2011 uprising, they have had a limited presence in previous transitional bodies and in the current parliament. The GNU’s predecessor, the Government of National Accord, headquartered in western Libya and established in 2016, had just two women from some 30 portfolios. A parallel eastern administration, not recognized by the international community, had just one" (Para 22-24).
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"Mangoush rose to prominence in 2011 as part of the National Transitional Council, the political arm of the rebellion that brought an end to Qaddafi’s 42-year rule" (Para 12). "Although Libyan women played a key role during the 2011 uprising, they have had a limited presence in previous transitional bodies and in the current parliament. The GNU’s predecessor, the Government of National Accord, headquartered in western Libya and established in 2016, had just two women from some 30 portfolios. A parallel eastern administration, not recognized by the international community, had just one" (Para 22-24).
Dec. 31, 2020, 4:34 p.m.
Countries: Palestine
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"The Hamas authorities of the Gaza Strip has appointed their first female spokesperson to represent the group’s communications with the international media.The hiring of Isra al-Modallal, a 23-year-old who speaks fluent British-accented English, as a spokeswoman for Hamas is part of a long-running push by the group to present a newer and friendlier face both to its own citizens and internationally" (para 1-2).
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"The Hamas authorities of the Gaza Strip has appointed their first female spokesperson to represent the group’s communications with the international media.The hiring of Isra al-Modallal, a 23-year-old who speaks fluent British-accented English, as a spokeswoman for Hamas is part of a long-running push by the group to present a newer and friendlier face both to its own citizens and internationally" (para 1-2).
March 21, 2019, 11:12 p.m.
Countries: Syria
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"There were limited reports of women actively participating in hostilities, including in armed Kurdish opposition groups and the mostly secular 'Mother Aisha Brigade,' considered part of the moderate armed opposition in Aleppo. There also were limited reports of female Da’esh members actively participating in armed hostilities. In Raqqa, Da’esh enlisted some women into the 'al-Khanssaa' brigade, to staff checkpoints, enforce Da’esh laws, and participate in some house raids" (para 204). "Some foreigners, including migrants from Central Asia, children, and western women, were reportedly forced, coerced, or fraudulently recruited to join extremist fighters, including Da’esh" (para 241).
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"There were limited reports of women actively participating in hostilities, including in armed Kurdish opposition groups and the mostly secular 'Mother Aisha Brigade,' considered part of the moderate armed opposition in Aleppo. There also were limited reports of female Da’esh members actively participating in armed hostilities. In Raqqa, Da’esh enlisted some women into the 'al-Khanssaa' brigade, to staff checkpoints, enforce Da’esh laws, and participate in some house raids" (para 204). "Some foreigners, including migrants from Central Asia, children, and western women, were reportedly forced, coerced, or fraudulently recruited to join extremist fighters, including Da’esh" (para 241).
March 14, 2018, 6:54 p.m.
Countries: Senegal
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"The Committee welcomes the establishment, in the framework of the justice sector programme, of justice houses, information offices and counselling centres, but remains concerned about: (a) Persisting barriers faced by women in effectively gaining access to justice, including legal illiteracy, stigmatization of victims, stigmatization of women fighting for their rights, fear of reprisals, difficulties in gaining access to justice infrastructure, difficulties in producing evidence and the limited number of female police officers, especially in rural and peri-urban areas; . . . (a) Remove barriers that women may face in gaining access to justice, including . . . the limited number of female police officers, especially in rural and peri-urban areas"...more
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"The Committee welcomes the establishment, in the framework of the justice sector programme, of justice houses, information offices and counselling centres, but remains concerned about: (a) Persisting barriers faced by women in effectively gaining access to justice, including legal illiteracy, stigmatization of victims, stigmatization of women fighting for their rights, fear of reprisals, difficulties in gaining access to justice infrastructure, difficulties in producing evidence and the limited number of female police officers, especially in rural and peri-urban areas; . . . (a) Remove barriers that women may face in gaining access to justice, including . . . the limited number of female police officers, especially in rural and peri-urban areas"...more
Dec. 22, 2017, 7:04 p.m.
Countries: Algeria
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"Algerian women’s struggles go back to the revolutionary war of 1954-1962. In 1956, Algerian women participated in a series of terror bomb attacks launched by a nationalist guerrilla network" (para 5).
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"Algerian women’s struggles go back to the revolutionary war of 1954-1962. In 1956, Algerian women participated in a series of terror bomb attacks launched by a nationalist guerrilla network" (para 5).
Oct. 26, 2017, 11:20 a.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"Women carried a special burden on their shoulders during the republic’s two wars. Men fought on both sides...Women became the main breadwinners, took care of children, cleared away debris and repaired damaged houses"(para 12)."Since 2000, Russia has been hit by 82 suicide bombing attacks involving 125 suicide bombers, at least 52 of whom were women. I know of several families in Dagestan whose young women adopted radical strands of Islam and then converted their siblings and even their fathers. One by one their family members joined the insurgency in Russia and were killed, or are now members of the so-called Islamic State (IS)"(para 19)
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"Women carried a special burden on their shoulders during the republic’s two wars. Men fought on both sides...Women became the main breadwinners, took care of children, cleared away debris and repaired damaged houses"(para 12)."Since 2000, Russia has been hit by 82 suicide bombing attacks involving 125 suicide bombers, at least 52 of whom were women. I know of several families in Dagestan whose young women adopted radical strands of Islam and then converted their siblings and even their fathers. One by one their family members joined the insurgency in Russia and were killed, or are now members of the so-called Islamic State (IS)"(para 19)
Sept. 18, 2017, 3:40 p.m.
Countries: Russia, Sri Lanka
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"Female suicide bombers have been a trademark of extremists for decades. In the Chechnya conflict, they were nicknamed black widows. In Sri Lanka, they fought with the Tamil Tigers" (para 26).
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"Female suicide bombers have been a trademark of extremists for decades. In the Chechnya conflict, they were nicknamed black widows. In Sri Lanka, they fought with the Tamil Tigers" (para 26).
Sept. 18, 2017, 3:37 p.m.
Countries: Nigeria
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"Boko Haram, one of the world’s deadliest extremist groups, has used at least 105 women and girls in suicide attacks since June 2014, when a woman set off a bomb at an army barracks in Nigeria, according to The Long War Journal, which tracks terrorist activity" (para 5). "Boko Haram often sends male fighters to set upon mosques. But last month, a woman dressed as a man set off her explosives during morning prayers in a village in northeastern Nigeria. Another woman was waiting outside the mosque, and as people fled the first blast, she detonated her own explosives as well. In all, at least 24 people were killed" (para...more
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"Boko Haram, one of the world’s deadliest extremist groups, has used at least 105 women and girls in suicide attacks since June 2014, when a woman set off a bomb at an army barracks in Nigeria, according to The Long War Journal, which tracks terrorist activity" (para 5). "Boko Haram often sends male fighters to set upon mosques. But last month, a woman dressed as a man set off her explosives during morning prayers in a village in northeastern Nigeria. Another woman was waiting outside the mosque, and as people fled the first blast, she detonated her own explosives as well. In all, at least 24 people were killed" (para...more
Sept. 18, 2017, 3:36 p.m.
Countries: Cameroon
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"Boko Haram, one of the world’s deadliest extremist groups, has used at least 105 women and girls in suicide attacks since June 2014, when a woman set off a bomb at an army barracks in Nigeria, according to The Long War Journal, which tracks terrorist activity" (para 5). "'This isn’t something you can defeat or eradicate outright,' said Issa Tchiroma Bakary, the minister of communications in Cameroon, where 22 female suicide bombers have been identified since the start of this year" (para 7). "In Cameroon, many of the recent bombings have been carried out by girls in their early teens, leaving officials and analysts to wonder whether the girls were...more
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"Boko Haram, one of the world’s deadliest extremist groups, has used at least 105 women and girls in suicide attacks since June 2014, when a woman set off a bomb at an army barracks in Nigeria, according to The Long War Journal, which tracks terrorist activity" (para 5). "'This isn’t something you can defeat or eradicate outright,' said Issa Tchiroma Bakary, the minister of communications in Cameroon, where 22 female suicide bombers have been identified since the start of this year" (para 7). "In Cameroon, many of the recent bombings have been carried out by girls in their early teens, leaving officials and analysts to wonder whether the girls were...more
Nov. 18, 2016, 12:43 p.m.
Countries: Nigeria
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"On Saturday, a suicide bomber, a young girl, killed at least seven people in nearby Damaturu, and officials said the insurgents had recaptured the town of Marte.The attack on Maiduguri was at least the third such attack on the state capital this year"(para 21-22)."Meriam, 36, who had just arrived at the camp in Maiduguri from Gwoza, a Boko Haram headquarters town, spoke of being imprisoned with dozens of other women, including some who were being trained as suicide bombers.Increasingly over the past year, the terrorists have used women and children to carry out suicide bombings against civilian targets like markets.'The Boko Haram would recite the prayer for the dead,' Meriam...more
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"On Saturday, a suicide bomber, a young girl, killed at least seven people in nearby Damaturu, and officials said the insurgents had recaptured the town of Marte.The attack on Maiduguri was at least the third such attack on the state capital this year"(para 21-22)."Meriam, 36, who had just arrived at the camp in Maiduguri from Gwoza, a Boko Haram headquarters town, spoke of being imprisoned with dozens of other women, including some who were being trained as suicide bombers.Increasingly over the past year, the terrorists have used women and children to carry out suicide bombings against civilian targets like markets.'The Boko Haram would recite the prayer for the dead,' Meriam...more
Aug. 18, 2016, 10:56 a.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"Umm Khattab also relates how she traveled to Syria via Turkey and the difficulties she faced when trying to cross the border to join IS"(para 3)."While trying to reach Syria, however, the three women [at least one of whom is British] were detained by the Turkish authorities, who suspected they were with IS. The Turkish authorities did not believe the women when they said they were aid workers seeking to go to Syria and remanded them in custody, seeking to deport them. However, in an interesting twist, Umm Khatab says that IS intervened to help get the three women released"(para 10-11)
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"Umm Khattab also relates how she traveled to Syria via Turkey and the difficulties she faced when trying to cross the border to join IS"(para 3)."While trying to reach Syria, however, the three women [at least one of whom is British] were detained by the Turkish authorities, who suspected they were with IS. The Turkish authorities did not believe the women when they said they were aid workers seeking to go to Syria and remanded them in custody, seeking to deport them. However, in an interesting twist, Umm Khatab says that IS intervened to help get the three women released"(para 10-11)
Aug. 18, 2016, 10:55 a.m.
Countries: Syria
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"Umm Khattab also relates how she traveled to Syria via Turkey and the difficulties she faced when trying to cross the border to join IS"(para 3)."The diary offers insights into how and why Western women are going to join IS in Syria and Iraq; the extremist Sunni group’s attitudes toward women's roles; and how women are taught to react when their husbands or male acquaintances are killed in the fighting.Umm Khattab's description of her husband's death is almost matter-of-fact. She writes that on October 28, another woman, who is also with IS, came to visit her and told her that her husband had been killed in IS's offensive against Kurdish...more
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"Umm Khattab also relates how she traveled to Syria via Turkey and the difficulties she faced when trying to cross the border to join IS"(para 3)."The diary offers insights into how and why Western women are going to join IS in Syria and Iraq; the extremist Sunni group’s attitudes toward women's roles; and how women are taught to react when their husbands or male acquaintances are killed in the fighting.Umm Khattab's description of her husband's death is almost matter-of-fact. She writes that on October 28, another woman, who is also with IS, came to visit her and told her that her husband had been killed in IS's offensive against Kurdish...more
March 31, 2016, 1:33 p.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"At least 40 women have left Germany to join Isis in Syria and Iraq in what appears to be a growing trend of teenagers becoming radicalised and travelling to the Middle East without their parents’ permission.'The youngest was 13-years-old,' Hans-Georg Maassen, president of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, told the Rheinische Post. 'Four underage women left with a romantic idea of jihad marriage and married young male fighters who they had got to know via the internet'"(para 7-8)
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"At least 40 women have left Germany to join Isis in Syria and Iraq in what appears to be a growing trend of teenagers becoming radicalised and travelling to the Middle East without their parents’ permission.'The youngest was 13-years-old,' Hans-Georg Maassen, president of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, told the Rheinische Post. 'Four underage women left with a romantic idea of jihad marriage and married young male fighters who they had got to know via the internet'"(para 7-8)
March 31, 2016, 1:32 p.m.
Countries: Syria
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"Girls as young as 14 or 15 are travelling mainly to Syria to marry jihadis, bear their children and join communities of fighters, with a small number taking up arms.Many are recruited via social media.Women and girls appear to make up about 10% of those leaving Europe, North America and Australia to link up with jihadi groups, including Islamic State (Isis). France has the highest number of female jihadi recruits, with 63 in the region – about 25% of the total – and at least another 60 believed to be considering the move.In most cases, women and girls appear to have left home to marry jihadis, drawn to the idea...more
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"Girls as young as 14 or 15 are travelling mainly to Syria to marry jihadis, bear their children and join communities of fighters, with a small number taking up arms.Many are recruited via social media.Women and girls appear to make up about 10% of those leaving Europe, North America and Australia to link up with jihadi groups, including Islamic State (Isis). France has the highest number of female jihadi recruits, with 63 in the region – about 25% of the total – and at least another 60 believed to be considering the move.In most cases, women and girls appear to have left home to marry jihadis, drawn to the idea...more
March 31, 2016, 1:23 p.m.
Countries: Bosnia-Herzegovina
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"Samra Kesinovic, 16, and her friend Sabina Selimovic, 15 – have become symbols of Austria’s concern about young people being radicalised and going to fight in Syria.The girls, whose families came to Austria from Bosnia, ran away from their Vienna homes in April to fight in the 'holy war', telling their families in a note: 'Don’t look for us. We will serve Allah – and we will die for him.'It is thought the girls were radicalised after attending a local mosque run by a radical preacher, Ebu Tejma"(para 61-63)
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"Samra Kesinovic, 16, and her friend Sabina Selimovic, 15 – have become symbols of Austria’s concern about young people being radicalised and going to fight in Syria.The girls, whose families came to Austria from Bosnia, ran away from their Vienna homes in April to fight in the 'holy war', telling their families in a note: 'Don’t look for us. We will serve Allah – and we will die for him.'It is thought the girls were radicalised after attending a local mosque run by a radical preacher, Ebu Tejma"(para 61-63)
March 31, 2016, 1:23 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"The US does not have available data on women and girls joining Isis fighters in Syria, a senior intelligence official said in an emailed statement. 'We do not have numbers to share on the number of women linked to [Isis] or fighting for them,' the official said. Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, a counter-terrorism expert at the Washington-based Foundation for Defense of Democracies, downplayed the issue in the US, saying the number of women and girls joining Isis was of concern, but not an epidemic"(para 11-12)."Shannon Conley’s plan to serve as a nurse for Islamic State militants in Syria ended in April when the Colorado teenager was arrested on the runway at Denver...more
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"The US does not have available data on women and girls joining Isis fighters in Syria, a senior intelligence official said in an emailed statement. 'We do not have numbers to share on the number of women linked to [Isis] or fighting for them,' the official said. Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, a counter-terrorism expert at the Washington-based Foundation for Defense of Democracies, downplayed the issue in the US, saying the number of women and girls joining Isis was of concern, but not an epidemic"(para 11-12)."Shannon Conley’s plan to serve as a nurse for Islamic State militants in Syria ended in April when the Colorado teenager was arrested on the runway at Denver...more
March 31, 2016, 1:23 p.m.
Countries: France
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"Girls as young as 14 or 15 are travelling mainly to Syria to marry jihadis, bear their children and join communities of fighters, with a small number taking up arms. Many are recruited via social media. Women and girls appear to make up about 10% of those leaving Europe, North America and Australia to link up with jihadi groups, including Islamic State (Isis).France has the highest number of female jihadi recruits, with 63 in the region – about 25% of the total – and at least another 60 believed to be considering the move(para 2-3)."Five people, including a sister and brother, were arrested in France earlier this month suspected of...more
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"Girls as young as 14 or 15 are travelling mainly to Syria to marry jihadis, bear their children and join communities of fighters, with a small number taking up arms. Many are recruited via social media. Women and girls appear to make up about 10% of those leaving Europe, North America and Australia to link up with jihadi groups, including Islamic State (Isis).France has the highest number of female jihadi recruits, with 63 in the region – about 25% of the total – and at least another 60 believed to be considering the move(para 2-3)."Five people, including a sister and brother, were arrested in France earlier this month suspected of...more
March 31, 2016, 1:23 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"Counter-terrorism experts in the UK believe about 50 British girls and women have joined Isis, about a tenth of those known to have travelled to Syria to fight"(para 6)."Some British women and girls have posted pictures of themselves carrying AK-47s, grenades and in one case a severed head, as they pledge allegiance to Isis. But they are also tweeting pictures of food, restaurants and sunsets to present a positive picture of the life awaiting young women in an attempt to lure more from the UK"(para 17)."Aqsa Mahmood – also known as Umm Layth – left Glasgow for Syria last November and has married an Isis fighter. She is a prolific...more
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"Counter-terrorism experts in the UK believe about 50 British girls and women have joined Isis, about a tenth of those known to have travelled to Syria to fight"(para 6)."Some British women and girls have posted pictures of themselves carrying AK-47s, grenades and in one case a severed head, as they pledge allegiance to Isis. But they are also tweeting pictures of food, restaurants and sunsets to present a positive picture of the life awaiting young women in an attempt to lure more from the UK"(para 17)."Aqsa Mahmood – also known as Umm Layth – left Glasgow for Syria last November and has married an Isis fighter. She is a prolific...more
March 31, 2016, 1:23 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"Women and girls appear to make up about 10% of those leaving Europe, North America and Australia to link up with jihadi groups, including Islamic State (Isis).France has the highest number of female jihadi recruit"(para 3)
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"Women and girls appear to make up about 10% of those leaving Europe, North America and Australia to link up with jihadi groups, including Islamic State (Isis).France has the highest number of female jihadi recruit"(para 3)
March 31, 2016, 1:23 p.m.
Countries: Algeria
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"In October 2013, Sarah O [who is half German, half Algerian], 15, did not come home from school in Konstanz, southern Germany. Her father reported her missing two days later. Soon after, she posted pictures of herself on various social-media sites holding a machine gun, wearing a burqa and black gloves. She said she was being trained to use the gun, and that her day consisted of 'Sleeping, eating, shooting, learning, listening to lectures.' She also wrote: 'By the way, I’ve joined al-Qaida'"(para 67)
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"In October 2013, Sarah O [who is half German, half Algerian], 15, did not come home from school in Konstanz, southern Germany. Her father reported her missing two days later. Soon after, she posted pictures of herself on various social-media sites holding a machine gun, wearing a burqa and black gloves. She said she was being trained to use the gun, and that her day consisted of 'Sleeping, eating, shooting, learning, listening to lectures.' She also wrote: 'By the way, I’ve joined al-Qaida'"(para 67)
March 31, 2016, 1:23 p.m.
Countries: Austria
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"In Austria, the case of two teenage friends, Samra Kesinovic, 16, and Sabina Selimovic, 15, who ran away from their homes in Vienna to join jihadis in Syria, may be 'only the tip of the iceberg', said Heinz Gärtner, director of the Austrian Institute for International Politics. An estimated 14 women and girls are known to have left Austria to fight in the Middle East, according to the interior ministry"(para 9)."Samra Kesinovic, 16, and her friend Sabina Selimovic, 15 – have become symbols of Austria’s concern about young people being radicalised and going to fight in Syria.The girls, whose families came to Austria from Bosnia, ran away from their Vienna...more
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"In Austria, the case of two teenage friends, Samra Kesinovic, 16, and Sabina Selimovic, 15, who ran away from their homes in Vienna to join jihadis in Syria, may be 'only the tip of the iceberg', said Heinz Gärtner, director of the Austrian Institute for International Politics. An estimated 14 women and girls are known to have left Austria to fight in the Middle East, according to the interior ministry"(para 9)."Samra Kesinovic, 16, and her friend Sabina Selimovic, 15 – have become symbols of Austria’s concern about young people being radicalised and going to fight in Syria.The girls, whose families came to Austria from Bosnia, ran away from their Vienna...more
March 31, 2016, 1:23 p.m.
Countries: Germany
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"'At least 40 women have left Germany to join Isis in Syria and Iraq in what appears to be a growing trend of teenagers becoming radicalised and travelling to the Middle East without their parents’ permission. The youngest was 13-years-old,' Hans-Georg Maassen, president of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, told the Rheinische Post. 'Four underage women left with a romantic idea of jihad marriage and married young male fighters who they had got to know via the internet'"(para 7-8)."In October 2013, Sarah O, 15, did not come home from school in Konstanz, southern Germany. Her father reported her missing two days later. Soon after, she posted...more
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"'At least 40 women have left Germany to join Isis in Syria and Iraq in what appears to be a growing trend of teenagers becoming radicalised and travelling to the Middle East without their parents’ permission. The youngest was 13-years-old,' Hans-Georg Maassen, president of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, told the Rheinische Post. 'Four underage women left with a romantic idea of jihad marriage and married young male fighters who they had got to know via the internet'"(para 7-8)."In October 2013, Sarah O, 15, did not come home from school in Konstanz, southern Germany. Her father reported her missing two days later. Soon after, she posted...more
March 17, 2016, 8:57 p.m.
Countries: Cyprus
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"Are women involved as fighters or authority figures (e.g., negotiators) with subnational groups such as guerrilla groups or rebel groups? Describe their involvement and role(s). (This variable was added in January 2015, and its coding may lag behind other variables.) Not applicable" (4)
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"Are women involved as fighters or authority figures (e.g., negotiators) with subnational groups such as guerrilla groups or rebel groups? Describe their involvement and role(s). (This variable was added in January 2015, and its coding may lag behind other variables.) Not applicable" (4)
March 17, 2016, 7:43 p.m.
Countries: Philippines
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"One of the prescribed mechanisms in government, and to a limited extent, in some private enterprises, is the creation of a Committee on Decorum and Investigation (CODI) which is assigned to receive and handle complaints of sexual harassment in organizations. Some government officials are known to have been penalized for sexual harassment as a result of the work of these CODIs" (6-7)
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"One of the prescribed mechanisms in government, and to a limited extent, in some private enterprises, is the creation of a Committee on Decorum and Investigation (CODI) which is assigned to receive and handle complaints of sexual harassment in organizations. Some government officials are known to have been penalized for sexual harassment as a result of the work of these CODIs" (6-7)
March 14, 2016, 1:18 p.m.
Countries: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3, EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"Countries here have seen a surge in female facilitated terror, countries like Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines and other Muslim countries tend to avoid searching or frisking women. Hence they go easily undetected and don’t quite make it onto the official terror radar, which makes them a deadly weapon. Women in these countries not only serve as recruiters they also play the role of gathering intelligence, couriers, translators on jihadi forums, nurses to wounded fighters and facilitators for setting up safe houses for jihadis" (para 4)
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3, EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"Countries here have seen a surge in female facilitated terror, countries like Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines and other Muslim countries tend to avoid searching or frisking women. Hence they go easily undetected and don’t quite make it onto the official terror radar, which makes them a deadly weapon. Women in these countries not only serve as recruiters they also play the role of gathering intelligence, couriers, translators on jihadi forums, nurses to wounded fighters and facilitators for setting up safe houses for jihadis" (para 4)
March 14, 2016, 1:17 p.m.
Countries: Syria
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3, EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"Umm Sayaf is America’s top female terrorist captive, she is the wife of ISIS’s former chief financier, Abu Sayaf who was killed in a targeted raid. During the raid, the troops confiscated his computers, cell phones and other documents which detailed the groups’ finances and such. Umm Sayaf’s capture was quite an asset along with her in depth knowledge of her husband’s activities and ISIS’s working style, she also revealed the role of women in ISIS, which was previously thought to be just that of sexual jihad. Umm Sayaf was a commanding force, running ISIS’s network of women operatives and fighter, as well as playing enforcer for the men’s sex...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3, EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"Umm Sayaf is America’s top female terrorist captive, she is the wife of ISIS’s former chief financier, Abu Sayaf who was killed in a targeted raid. During the raid, the troops confiscated his computers, cell phones and other documents which detailed the groups’ finances and such. Umm Sayaf’s capture was quite an asset along with her in depth knowledge of her husband’s activities and ISIS’s working style, she also revealed the role of women in ISIS, which was previously thought to be just that of sexual jihad. Umm Sayaf was a commanding force, running ISIS’s network of women operatives and fighter, as well as playing enforcer for the men’s sex...more
March 3, 2016, 7:43 p.m.
Countries: Syria
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3, EWCMS-PRACTICE-1, EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"The fierce-looking 36-year-old in fatigues from the Syriac Christian minority in the northeast believes she is making the future safe for her children. Babylonia has no regrets about leaving behind her two children and her job as a hairdresser to join a Christian female militia battling against the Daesh group in Syria. The fierce-looking 36-year-old in fatigues from the Syriac Christian minority in the northeast believes she is making the future safe for her children. 'I miss Limar and Gabriella and worry that they must be hungry, thirsty and cold. But I try to tell them I'm fighting to protect their future,' she told AFP. Babylonia belongs to a small,...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3, EWCMS-PRACTICE-1, EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"The fierce-looking 36-year-old in fatigues from the Syriac Christian minority in the northeast believes she is making the future safe for her children. Babylonia has no regrets about leaving behind her two children and her job as a hairdresser to join a Christian female militia battling against the Daesh group in Syria. The fierce-looking 36-year-old in fatigues from the Syriac Christian minority in the northeast believes she is making the future safe for her children. 'I miss Limar and Gabriella and worry that they must be hungry, thirsty and cold. But I try to tell them I'm fighting to protect their future,' she told AFP. Babylonia belongs to a small,...more