Womenโs Education: Promoting Development, Countering Radicalism
- Author
- Hedieh Mirahmadi
- Corporate Author
- World Organization for Resource Development and Education (WORDE)
- Resource Language
- English
- Year of publication
- 2014
- Topic
- Civic / Citizenship / DemocracyHuman rightsGlobalisation and social justice / International understandingPreventing violent extremism and genocideOthers
- Level of education
- Higher educationNon-formal educationOthers
- Region
- Global
- Place of publication
- Washington, D.C.
Increasing access to quality secular education can create better jobs for women and reduce some of the economic drivers of radicalization. Educated women can in turn play a pivotal role in inoculating their children and communities against the radical narratives used to recruit followers.
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