In the Shadow of the Caliphate: A Decade of Islamic State Gendered Violence

Jul 31, 2024

Also published in CTC Sentinel
Families of Islamic State fighters in Syria - source: Reuters
About the Authors
Devorah Margolin
Devorah Margolin

Devorah Margolin is the Blumenstein-Rosenbloom Senior Fellow at The Washington Institute.

Gina Vale
Gina Vale

Gina Vale is a criminology lecturer at the University of Southampton and an associate fellow with the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism.

Articles & Testimony

To hold the group accountable for its victimization of women and children and ongoing fragmentation of communities in Iraq, Syria, and beyond, countries need to make better use of international law and repatriation strategies.

Throughout its rule, the Islamic State employed an ideologically driven system of control and persecution, resulting in widespread gendered violence perpetrated by and against men, women, and even children. On the tenth anniversary of the start of the group’s genocidal campaign against the Yazidi community, Islamic State ideology persists, and its members have yet to be held fully accountable for crimes against civilian and minority populations. This article explores the group’s gendered violence during and since its caliphate years, exploring how a diverse spectrum of responses from local and international actors have aided or hampered efforts to achieve justice, peace, and security...

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