RT Article
T1 Investing in Women’s Educational Outcomes: An Examination of Educational Enrollment and Terrorism in Africa
JF Women & criminal justice
VO 33
IS 2
SP 171
OP 188
A1 Danzell, Orlandrew E.
A2 Yeh, Yao-Yuan
A2 Sackeyfio, Naaborle
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1841918504
AB This research examines the nexus between educational opportunities and incidences of domestic terrorism. Focusing on 50 African countries over the period 1970–2018, this article provides several novel contributions to the discourse. First, the article finds that differences in educational enrollment between women and men is likely to exacerbate domestic terrorism. This outcome is especially dire for women than that anticipated by well-meaning policymakers. Second, this article juxtaposes recent narratives which posit that increasing educational opportunities presents favorable outcomes. Instead, our article illustrates that the positive derivatives from a more equitable female-to-male educational enrollment is conditional. In particular, in some African countries where there is inadequate or an absence of consistent structures such as socioeconomic and labor market opportunities post–educational attainment, the intended positive consequences of education is often unrealized. Saliently, the relationship between increases in women’s education and poor economic opportunities is likely to contribute to grievance-based domestic political violence.
K1 Women’s Education
K1 Domestic terrorism
K1 African educational policies
DO 10.1080/08974454.2022.2110850