Supporting Women and Children Returning from Violent Extremist Contexts: Proposing a 5R Framework to Inform Program and Policy Development

• Published in: Terrorism and political violence Vol. 36; no. 4; pp. 425 - 454
• Main Authors: Ellis, B. Heidi, King, Michael, Cardeli, Emma, Christopher, Enryka, Davis, Seetha, Yohannes, Sewit, Bunn, Mary, McCoy, John, Weine, Stevan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Routledge 18.05.2024; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Best practice; Children; countering violent extremism; Criminal justice; Development policy; ecological; foreign fighter; Human dignity; Indoctrination; intervention; ISIS; Islam; logic model; Mothers; Nonviolence; Personal safety; Policy making; Psychological trauma; Refugees; Rehabilitation; Relocation; Repatriation; Resilience; Resilience (Psychology); terrorism; Women; foreign fighter; repatriation; ecological; countering violent extremism; ISIS; terrorism; logic model; intervention; resilience; best practice

Women and children returning from areas formerly controlled by the Islamic State typically have experienced high levels of trauma and indoctrination, further complicating politically fraught efforts at reintegration and resettlement. Consequently, countries around the world are grappling with how be...