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

Saturday, April 16, 2016
Danish Ismail/Reuters
Speaker
Catherine Powell

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

Conference on Diversity in 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.

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