Change is the Only Constant: The Evolving Role of Women in the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)

This chapter focuses on a document published by supporters of the Islamic State in late January 2015. Entitled, ‘Women in the Islamic State: A manifesto and case study,’ the text was attributed to the outreach wing of the Khansa’ Brigade, an all-women policing unit operating inside the caliphate at the time. The first and only of its kind, the treatise clarified a number of issues regarding the role of women in the Islamic State that had hitherto been obscured by sensationalist media reportage and deliberate misinformation. The text is split into three sections. The first portion deals specifically with ‘modern’ preoccupations like feminism, education, and science, and sets out an Islamic response to these ‘corruptions’ and is featured in the below extract.

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House and Senate Science Leaders Seek to Increase Role of Women in Science

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e507372006-003 ◽

2005 ◽

Keyword(s):

Women In Science ◽

Role Of Women

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The Role of Women in Pursuing Scottish Criminal Actions, 1580–1650

Edinburgh Law Review ◽

10.3366/elr.2020.0628 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 24 (2) ◽

pp. 232-250

Author(s):

Stephanie Dropuljic

Keyword(s):

Early Modern ◽

Legal History ◽

Criminal Court ◽

Current Understanding ◽

The Law ◽

Role Of Women

This article examines the role of women in raising criminal actions of homicide before the central criminal court, in early modern Scotland. In doing so, it highlights the two main forms of standing women held; pursing an action for homicide alone and as part of a wider group of kin and family. The evidence presented therein challenges our current understanding of the role of women in the pursuit of crime and contributes to an under-researched area of Scots criminal legal history, gender and the law.

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REGULATION OF MARRIAGE RELATIONS IN THE TURKESTAN REGION

Journal of look to the past ◽

10.26739/2181-9599-2019-22-04 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 22 (2) ◽

pp. 27-32

Author(s):

Khurshida Tillahodjaeva ◽

Keyword(s):

The Family ◽

Role Of Women ◽

Family And Marriage ◽

Material Conditions ◽

Definition Of

In this article we will talk about the scale of family and marriage relations in the early XX century in the Turkestan region, their regulation, legislation. Clearly reveals the role of women and men in the family, the definition of which is based on the material conditions of society, equality of rights and freedoms and its features.

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