Gender Mainstreaming in Counter-Terrorism Policy: Building Transformative Strategies to Counter Violent Extremism [Paperback]

1. Introduction: Gender, Equality, and Security  2. The Evolution of Counter-Terrorism and Gender Mainstreaming Strategies  3. Institutional Commitment and the Global Governance of Countering Violent Extremism Best Practice  4. Security Frameworks and the Paradox of Gender-Blind Approaches  5. Gender Analysis: Capturing the Complexity of Gender  6. Gender Perspective: Discourse, Intersectionality, and Resistance  7. Gender Equality: Why it is Beneficial for Everyone  8. Conclusion: Working Towards Transformative Gender-Mainstreaming Strategies

This book analyses policy and programming challenges in gender mainstreaming in counter-terrorism policy, with examples from comparative case studies.

Jessica White is a Senior Research Fellow in the Terrorism and Conflict group at the Royal United Services Institute, London, UK, and has a PhD from the University of Birmingham, UK. She also acts as a Gender Advisor on multiple projects, including for the European Union and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.

This book analyzes policy and programming challenges for gender mainstreaming in counter-terrorism, with examples from comparative case studies of countering violent extremism programming.

Interest in the issue of gender in security policy and programming has grown over the past several years, often with increasing pressure at the international and national levels to ensure commitment to inclusion of women or a gender lens. This book provides in-depth investigation of how gender can be effectively understood and included in the security process. Firstly, it adds a timely and effective contribution to the academic conversations around gender in security and how counter-terrorism programming can be implemented with human security goals. Secondly, it oflÃ