Introducing the Women’s Activities in Armed Rebellion (WAAR) project, 1946–2015

Meredith Loken and Hilary Matfess
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Meredith Loken: Department of Political Science, University of Amsterdam
Hilary Matfess: Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver

Journal of Peace Research, 2024, vol. 61, issue 3, 489-499

Abstract: This article introduces the Women’s Activities in Armed Rebellion (WAAR) project, a multi-methods project that includes a cross-sectional dataset of women’s participation in more than 370 organizations fighting in civil conflicts between 1946 and 2015. The dataset features 22 measures of women’s participation in rebel organizations: it includes prevalence and presence measures of women’s participation in combat, non-combat and leadership roles; details on all-female units within groups (and their primary focus – combat or support activities); and presence measures for types of support work (disaggregated into clandestine work, outreach to civilian populations and logistical support) and types of leadership activities (military or non-military) that women contribute. The WAAR project also includes a detailed, qualitative assessment of women’s involvement in each organization, comprising an approximately 360-page handbook of female rebel participation in the post-WWII period. This article describes the WAAR project and suggests avenues for future research leveraging these data.

Keywords: rebellion; women; gender; civil war; political violence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1177/00223433221128340

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