Gender-Based Counterterrorism Approach

Indonesia\'s counterterrorism strategy is complex, but gender as an important variable has not been explored.

DIDIE SW

Didie SW

It is like fire against fire. When we observe the government’s current counterterrorism policies in coping with terror, the color of violence is bold and more prominent.

As a result, various marginalized groups such as women and children in a circle of terror are increasingly in a position of vulnerability to being manipulated by terror activities that stem from the expression of the power of patriarchy. It is at this point that a gender perspective that cares about marginalized subjects needs to be presented as the main narrative in counterterrorism efforts.