This article illustrates the complexity of women’s engagement in armed groups, through the example of women involved in the rebellion in Ivory Coast between 2002 and 2011. It provides an analysis of the trajectories of women enrolled in the conflict in Ivory Coast in various regions and during various periods of the rebellion. How were women involved in the conflict in Ivory Coast? What motives led them to become involved in the rebellion and, once they had become involved, what activities did they engage in? How might one compare their experience in the rebellion to that of men?
Read MoreAuthor: Kamina Diallo
Kamina Diallo is a PhD candidate in Political Science at the Centre de Recherches Internationales (CERI-Sciences Po Paris) directed by Richard Banégas. She conducted fieldwork on the trajectories and socio-economic reintegration of female ex-combatants in Côte d'Ivoire.