Debate “Women and Children of the Islamic State”
Date of publication: October 8, 2019
Prague Center for Middle East Relations (PCMR) of CEVRO Institute organized a public debate, “Women and Children of the Islamic State.” The event took place on Monday, October 7, 2019, from 19:00 to 20:30 in the atrium of the CEVRO Institute (Jungmannova 17, Prague 1). Our guests were:
- Lenka Klicperová, journalist.
- Markéta Kutilová, journalist.
Journalists Lenka Klicperova and Markéta Kutilová discussed the phenomenon of women and children of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) based on their first-hand experience from the region. ISIS lured at least 40 thousand people into its ranks from abroad. Of that, up to 25% are women and children. Since ISIS was militarily defeated in Iraq in December 2017 and in Syria in March 2019, we have been facing a pressing issue: how to deal with women and children of ISIS from abroad, dispersed among camps and detention facilities in Syria and Iraq. Only in the al-Hul camp in Syria are there 75 thousand women and children; 11 thousand of them are from abroad.
The debate was moderated by Tomáš Kaválek, Director of PCMR.