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This chapter focuses on the policy and programme recommendations that can be drawn both from the findings of our research and from the broader theoretical literature on violent extremism and countering violent extremism. Its core recommendation is that policymakers, donors, programme implementers and other stakeholders employ the framework of gendered radicalisation to improve their preventive efforts. Above all it emphasises that language matters. The way we frame our narratives impacts on the effectiveness of CVE and on the willingness and ability of people, including women, to engage in the field.
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Pearson, E., Winterbotham, E., Brown, K.E. (2020). Policy Recommendations: Gender-Mainstreaming CVE. In: Countering Violent Extremism. Rethinking Political Violence. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21962-8_8
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