Jessica Davis is an Ottawa-based writer and researcher who has worked in government for more than fifteen years in various departments, including the Department of National Defence, the Department of Foreign Affairs, and the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada.

Introduction: Women in Modern Terrorism
Defining Terrorism
Data Collection and Methodology
Studying Women in Terrorism

Chapter 1: Organizational Decision Making
Women's Roles in Terrorist Organizations
Understanding the Integration of Women Using Structural and Group Factors
Predicting Women's Involvement in Conflict

Chapter 2: Gender and the Radicalization Process(es)
The Process(es) of Radicalization
Gendered Radicalization?
Women as Lone Actors
Conclusions About Women's Radicalization Processes

Chapter 3: Lebanese Hizballah and Palestinian Terrorist Groups
Hizballah's Lack of Women Operatives
Women as Terrorists in Palestinian Terrorist Groups
Trends in Women's Participation in Palestinian Terrorist Activities
Women: Participants in Political Violence in Lebanon and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Chapter 4: Women in Ethno-nationalist Conflict
Women in the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
Women in the PKK

Chapter 5: Women in Global Jihad: From Al Qaeda to Chechnya
Women in Al Qaeda Core
The Russia - Chechnya Conflict and Chechen Black Widows
Comparing Al Qaeda Core with Chechen Terrorist Groups

Chapter 6: Evolving Global Jihad: Boko Haram and Al Shabaab
Boko Haram's Bombers: Women and Girls
Al Shabaab's Inclusion of Women in Modern Terrorism
Comparing Boko Haram and Al Shabaab's Use of Women in Modern Terrorism

Chapter 7: Women's role in the Conflict in Iraq and Syria
Female Suicide Bombers in Iraq
Women in ISIL
The Draw of Fundamentalist Religion in the Recruitment of Women
Women in the (continually) evolving Jihad

Conclusion: Trends in Female Terrorism
Women's Involvement in Modern Terrorism
Women as Lone Actors
Women's other roles in terrorism
Addressing Women in Terrorism through Counter-Terrorism Initiatives

Annex: Women in Terrorism Incident Dataset
Al Shabaab / Somalia
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Boko Haram / Islamic State West Africa
Chechen Groups
ISIL
LTTE
PKK
Palestinian (Unknown group)
Palestinian - Al Aqsa Martyr's Brigade
Palestinian - Palestinian Islamic Jihad
Palestinian - Fatah
Palestinian - Hamas
Syrian Socialist Nationalist Party
TTP
Unaffiliated Events (By Country)
Canada
Iraq
Israel
Lebanon
United Kingdom
United States of America

Bibliography

About the Author

Index