This episode of the Jihadology Podcast features an interview with Erin Saltman on the report she co-authored with Melanie Smith, “‘Till Martyrdom Do Us Part’: Gender and the ISIS Phenomenon” (PDF). The conversation covered a variety of topics related to female participation in jihadism including:

• The history of female participation in jihadism
• Why the situation in Syria/Iraq is unique
• The biggest misconceptions of female emigrants
• The push and pull factors leading women to join up
• The different backgrounds of these women
• What they are doing inside Islamic State territory once they arrive

After that is our #SocialMedia segment, covering jihadi social media posts from June 30-July 10.

Links:

• Erin Marie Saltman’s personal site
• Home : Institute for Strategic Dialogue
• Erin Marie Saltman (@ErinSaltman) | Twitter

The podcast is produced by Karl Morand. If you have feedback you can email [email protected], or find us on Twitter: @JihadPod.