NEW YORK CITY, 28 September 2015 – A good practices document on women and countering violent extremism prepared by the OSCE was adopted on 27 September by the Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF) as non-binding guidance to assist governments in mainstreaming gender into policies and measures to counter violent extremism (CVE).
The document addresses general practices on women and gender in the CVE context; countering women and girls’ involvement in violent extremism and terrorism; advancing women and girls’ roles in CVE; and women and girls as victims of violent extremism and terrorism.
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Source: OSCE