This book brings together a variety of innovative perspectives on the inclusion of gender in the governance of (counter-)terrorism and violent extremism. The essays engage with the origins and dynamics behind recent shifts which bring gender to the forefront of the governance of terrorism.

This book proposes that work on the Women, Peace and Security agenda undertaken by civil society actors can be interpreted as a form of care labour that nourishes and sustains the agenda – without which the agenda could not succeed. The care labour of civil society is thus a condition of the Women, Peace and Security agenda’s success.