Gender-sensitive deradicalisation work with women and girls – follow-up project , Date: 16/05/2024, format: project (current), area: Authority

The Research Centre of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees is an associated partner in the follow-up study on gender-based deradicalisation work with women and girls.

The project is led by the Bavarian State Criminal Police Office and the Munich Police Academy and started in January 2023. It is scheduled to run for three years. Other partners involved include the Baden-Württemberg State Office for the Protection of the Constitution, the Federal Criminal Police Office and the Centre for Intelligence and Security Studies (CISS) at the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Munich.

The core aim of this joint project is to explore the role of family and upbringing in the processes of engagement with, and disengagement from, violent Islamist extremism and terrorism – through a gender-sensitive lens. To achieve this, radicalisation processes will be examined at the individual level using case studies, while Salafist gender and upbringing discourses will be analyzed at the group-specific level. In order to continuously identify points of intervention for gender-sensitive deradicalisation work related to family and education, the involvement of experts and practitioners is also planned. The primary goal is to develop a concept for practitioners that focuses on the importance of gender roles within family and educational contexts.

The joint project therefore aims

• to conduct a gender-sensitive analysis that examines the significance of family and child-rearing in Salafist radicalisation and conversion processes among women and men, taking into account their respective gender roles.
• a gender-sensitive analysis that conducts basic research (including integrating findings from right-wing extremism) and produces practice-oriented results.