WOMEN IN THE PKK
WOMEN IN THE PKK
Author(s): Özhan Hancılar
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Sociology, Gender history, Inter-Ethnic Relations, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju
Keywords: female militancy; gender equality; Kurdish women's emancipation; PKK structure; political violence
Summary/Abstract: Women who take up arms “represent a challenge to the social order” (Ness 2008: 12) and in recent decades, females are increasingly taking part in illegal armed activities, including the terrorist ones. Therefore, the role and participation of those in illegal armed organizations is an area which deserves greater scholarly attention. On January 10, shortly after the Turkish government announced it had started a new round of peace talks with the jailed head of the PKK, three female PKK members, including Sakine Cansiz, a co-founder of the group were shot dead in Paris (BBC, internet). The assassination not just underscored the fragility of the peace talks; but also highlighted women’s role in the PKK.
Book: MIND THE GAP(S) Family, Socialization and Gender
- Page Range: 315-324
- Page Count: 10
- Publication Year: 2015
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF
