The Role of Women in Terrorism

<p>The main purpose of this paper is to understand what motivate women to join terrorist groups and why these organizations prefer to work with female terrorists. Although each woman has different reasons to involve in terrorist groups, this research demonstrates 'religious, political and personal' reasons as the major motivating factors. This study also focuses on the question of why women are the targets of terror recruiters. In order to answer these, the research analysis examines 'psychological, gender, and media' factors as major recruitment reasons of terrorist organizations. This study also analyzes the similarities and differences between female terrorists' profiles of Al Qaeda and the Islamic State.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

Master

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Political Science

Grantor

The Graduate School and University Center of The City University of New York

Year dc:date.available

2019

Author dc:creator

• Bayar, Zeynep

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Peter Romaniuk

• Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Gender and Sexuality
• International Relations
• Military, War, and Peace
• Terrorism
• counterterrorism
• security
• suicide attack
• Al Qaeda
• the Islamic State
• women terrorists
• rape
• gender
• Islam

Repository record dc:identifier

https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/3265

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:academicworks.cuny.edu:gc_etds-4346