Say NO to Radicalization
Terrorists were once children with families and part of a society at some point. It is important to recognize the social and economic factors that push recruits to violent extremism. Entrepreneurship education should become the focal point in the upbringing of children. Most empirical studies show that entrepreneurship can be […]
Preventing violent extremism effectively demands a resilience practice in society. This is basically a community understanding how people can be part of preventing violent extremist groups from operating. Since the military’s deployment to Somalia, Kenya has felt an increase in violent attacks by Somali-based Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen, commonly known as […]
We have often seen women taking active roles in terrorist and violent extremist groups. What crosses our minds is why and how would women be involved in such groups. Truth is, women’s recruitment into violent extremist groups became a global challenge when we saw women being used as suicide bombers. […]
“Women are frequently seen only as victims of violent extremism. But in reality, women play multiple roles, they are on the frontlines of prevention and response. They lead civil society organizations and bolster community resilience. Promoting women as agents of peace recognizes their contributions to peacebuilding and prevention of violence […]
‘’If this war is not fought with the greatest brutality against all the bands…then in the foreseeable future, the strength at our disposal will not be sufficient to master the plague.’’ Wilhelm Keitel Research has shown that all people are susceptible to radicalization. Violent extremism is not something that happens […]
The role of religion as a potential driver to violent extremism is significant, hence Faith-Based Organizations play a major role in the fight against violent extremism and terrorism. Religion has proved to be the foundation through which violent extremist groups use to recruit new members. Religious leaders are important and […]
The youth are the most targeted group by radicalizers and terrorist recruiters. They take advantage of their vulnerabilities and weaknesses and use that as a means of selling to them their evil ideologies. This brings us to the question of what some of these vulnerabilities are that these recruits take […]
As technology evolves, so does everyone including the terror recruits and radicalizers. They use the internet to reach out to their target audience. They improve in their communications skills ensuring they can pass their messages to their different targets in the best way possible, including translating their messages to languages […]
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015, provides a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet. At its heart are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The concept of P/CVE revolves around SDG 16 which is Peace, Justice and […]
“In thinking about the role of women in terrorism what comes to mind at first is their status as victims, as individuals to be humiliated for political or religious reasons” Weinberg & Eubank Narratives around violence and extremism often revolve around women as victims and not perpetrators. And even in […]