A large-scale research project has sought to evaluate the characteristics of women involved in jihadism-inspired terrorism. Among the findings:Rising women recruitmentAdvertisingThe researchers said the data suggests that terrorist organisations may be increasingly recruiting women. For example, 34% of the women in the sample were born after 1990, compared to only 15% of the men. Only 52% of the women were involved in plots, compared to 76% of men,” the university quoted PhD student Christine Brugh as saying. Background differencesOnly 2% of the women had a criminal background before radicalisation, compared to 19% of the men.

Source: Indian Express May 05, 2019 20:15 UTC