TY - JOUR AU - Naseer, Noreen AU - Bashir, Faiza AU - Zubair, Muhammad PY - 2021/03/10 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Women and Terrorism: An Ethnographic Study of Women Collusion in Swat, Pakistan JF - Review of Human Rights JA - RHR VL - 6 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.35994/rhr.v6i1.107 UR - https://reviewhumanrights.com/index.php/RHR/article/view/107 SP - 79-97 AB - <p>This article focuses on the clandestine role of women in aiding and abetting terrorism in the valley of Swat, Pakistan. It is based in extensive ethnographic fieldwork in the valley. The article investigates how women got involved in colluding with the Taliban when they took over the valley. Focusing on the class structure of the semi-tribal society of Swat Pushtuns, especially the segregation between men and women, the article suggests the Taliban exploited the long-built tension between the poor landless class and the rich landed class to convince the women of the former to collude with them with the promise of ameliorating their condition.</p><p> </p> ER -