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Gender and Violent Extremism: The Role of Women as Victims and Perpetrators

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Speaker

  • Catherine PowellCFR Expert
    Fellow, Women and Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations; Former Director, Human rights, National Security Council

Presider

  • Shireen T. Hunter
    Visiting Scholar, Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University

From Conference on Expanding Access to International Affairs and Women and Foreign Policy Program.

Experts discuss the increasing occurrence and involvement of female suicide bombers and supporters of terrorist extremist groups across the globe.