Hilary Matfess

Women and the War on Boko Haram

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For over a decade, Boko Haram has waged a campaign of terror across northeastern Nigeria. In 2014, the kidnapping of 276 girls in Chibok shocked the world, giving rise to the #BringBackOurGirls movement. Yet Boko Haram's campaign of violence against women and girls goes far beyond the Chibok abductions. From its inception, the group has systematically exploited women to advance its aims. Perhaps more disturbing still, some Nigerian women have chosen to become active supporters of the group, even sacrificing their lives as suicide bombers. These events cannot be understood without first acknowledging the long-running marginalisation of women i… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-78699-148-5
EAN: 9781786991485
Produktnummer: 24217656
Verlag: Zed Books
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Seitenangabe: 288 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 0 KB

Über den Autor

Hilary Matfess is aresearch analyst based in Washington, DC, and a contributor to the NigeriaSocial Violence Project at the Johns Hopkins University School of AdvancedInternational Studies. Her work has been featured in the African StudiesReview, Foreign Affairs, Newsweek, and The Washington Post, among many others.