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Part and parcel? examining Al Shabaab and Boko Haram's violence targeting civilians and violence targeting women/ Hilary Matfess

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: 2023Subject(s): Online resources: In: Studies in Conflict & Terrorism Vol.46, No 4,5,6, April, May, June 2023, pp. 380-398 (114)Summary: In an effort to produce a more holistic and nuanced understanding of the violence women face in conflict, this article describes al Shabaab and Boko Haram's respective patterns of political violence targeting women and compares them to one another. This article also describes and compares their respective political violence targeting civilians. Ultimately, this article finds that a counter-insurgency plan, counter-terrorism strategy, or academic analysis that takes the same approach to al Shabaab and Boko Haram on the basis of their shared identities as Salafi-jihadist rebel groups will fail to capture important differences in their targeting patterns.
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In an effort to produce a more holistic and nuanced understanding of the violence women face in conflict, this article describes al Shabaab and Boko Haram's respective patterns of political violence targeting women and compares them to one another. This article also describes and compares their respective political violence targeting civilians. Ultimately, this article finds that a counter-insurgency plan, counter-terrorism strategy, or academic analysis that takes the same approach to al Shabaab and Boko Haram on the basis of their shared identities as Salafi-jihadist rebel groups will fail to capture important differences in their targeting patterns.

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