Gender and P/CVE
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How war impacts women and girls: A simple explainer on gender and conflict
War is becoming more dangerous for women and girls. Around the world, conflicts are becoming longer, more brutal, and increasingly fought in …
Mapping the margins: A decolonial exploration of Kenyan women's encounters with violent e…
This article explores violent extremism (VE) through an embodied, bottom-up lens, using body-mapping with Muslim women in Kenya. Drawing on two selected …
Women, peace and security: Advancing equality and building peace
Twenty-five years ago, the UN Security Council's landmark Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) recognized women's crucial role in peace …
Gendered identities, media narratives, and violent extremism in Kenya: Rethinking peacebu…
Kenya's struggle with violent extremism is shaped not only by security dynamics but by the narratives through which communities interpret identity, harm, …
The Nexus of Grievance, Pragmatism, and Ideology: Unpacking the Drivers of Women's Violen…
The role of women in terrorist activities has grown, even with increased efforts to counter terrorism in Kenya. The common view of …
LGBTQ+ Victimization by Extremist Organizations: Charting a New Path for Research
Anti-LGBTQ+ narratives are deployed by extremist groups with contrasting ideologies, from Jihadis to right-wing extremists and QAnon to Incels. Using these different …
Engaging Kwale County Youth in PCVE
This note draws from discussions and recommendations of a workshop held on 18 July 2024 reflecting on the impacts of research, policy, …
Understanding the Role of Masculinity through the Perspectives of Countering Violent Extr…
Within the field of Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) male clients are overwhelmingly represented, which reflects the key and complex significance 'masculinity' has …
If you don't have rapport, you haven't got anything really: affective intensities, relati…
Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) continues to be a topic of national and international concern; however, within the field of research, there has …
Harnessing Kenyan Mothers Knowledge to Counter Violent Extremism: A Contribution to Femin…
The capturing of the knowledge of Kenyan mothers can improve the effectiveness of countering violent extremism efforts. This is because African women …