To Address Extremisms in The New Decade, Do What the Women Say
Extremist movements elevate one identity (religion, ethnicity, nation, gender, class) over all others, fostering exclusion and division. Extremist ideology is always gendered, promoting rigid notions about the role and status of men and women, based on masculine supremacy and the subservience of women. In this paper by the
International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN), Rosalie Fransen lays out a gendered analysis of emerging trends and threats in the landscapes of counterterrorism (CT) and countering/preventing violent extremism (C/PVE). She argues that young people, who have multiple, complex, layered identities, are particularly susceptible to the offering of belonging and simple explanations of the world that extremist groups provide. To this end, ICAN proposes that the international community adopts a framework of peace, equality, resilience, and pluralism (PREP) as an overarching goal, encompassing CT and C/PVE efforts.
https://icanpeacework.org/2021/06/28/to-address-extremisms-in-the-new-decade-do-what-the-women-say/
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