Analyzing Gender as a Concomitant of Political Violence: A Review of Positioning Women in Conflict Studies by Sabrina Karim and Daniel W. Hill, Jr.

Authors : Gavan Patrick Gray

Pages : 267-274

Doi:10.21798/kadem.2025.182

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Publication Date : 2025-06-30

Article Type : Other Papers

Abstract :This book, by authors Sabrina Karim and Daniel W. Hill, Jr. takes a critical look at the role played by women in political violence, examining the ways in which treatment of women can both reduce and exacerbate such problems. Regarding the concept of ‘gender equality’ as overly broad and prone to conflating disparate issues, they instead focus on the concept of ‘women’s status’ looking specifically at four key components: women’s inclusion, women’s rights, harm to women, and societal beliefs about women’s roles. For each of these, the authors develop measurements which allow them to assess their impact on four forms of political violence: inter-state conflict, intra-state conflict, state repression, and terrorism. Their findings suggest that the relationship is not uniform, and that each aspect of women’s status has a distinct and individual impact on these different forms of violence.
Keywords : Siyasal şiddet, Terörizm, Cinsiyet rolleri, Kadın hakları, Cinsiyet normları, Çatışma.

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