UNA Warwick & District: Female members of ISIS: Women supporting the 'Islamic State'

Guest speaker: Jennier Philippa Eggert, Doctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick.

Since the emergence of so-called 'Islamic State' (ISIS) in the Spring and Summer of 2014, the cases of young Muslims from Europe joining ISIS in Syria have garnered considerable media attention. Especially the fact that dozens of young women have decided to migrate to the Middle East and join ISIS has raised many questions.

In her address to the local UN Association, Jennifer Eggert will share findings from her research focusing on women and terrorism in general, and women in ISIS in particular. She will address issues such as:   - What are the reasons for which young British women decide to leave their homes and join a terrorist group in a war zone? - What do we know about their motivations and expectations? - Once with ISIS, what are their roles within the organisation? - Why have ISIS decided to encourage women to join them from abroad? - What can we do to counter and prevent this trend?   Jennifer Philippa Eggert is a Doctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick. In her research, she focuses on political violence and terrorism, with a particular focus on the role of women during war and violent conflict. She holds degrees from LSE, Sciences Po and the European University Viadrina and has worked in the fields of intercultural dialogue, community empowerment, capacity building and the prevention of extremism in a number of countries in Europe, the Middle East and South Asia.   

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