Debate “Women and Children of the Islamic State”
Date of publication: October 8, 2019
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Prague Centre for Middle East Relations (PCMR) of CEVRO Institute organized public debate “Women and Children of the Islamic State.” The event took place on Monday, October 7, 2019, 19:00-20:30 at 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. Out 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 al-Hul camp in Syria, there are 75 thousand women and children, 11 thousand of them are from abroad.
The debate was moderated by Tomáš Kaválek, Director of PCMR.