Gina Vale

Oct 30, 2024 | icct.nl | Gina Vale

This article includes excerpts from The Unforgotten Women of the Islamic State, published by Oxford University Press in September 2024. Over 10 years has passed since the establishment of the so-called ‘caliphate’ by the Islamic State (IS/Daesh) group in Iraq and Syria.

Aug 13, 2024 | ctc.westpoint.edu | Kristina Hummel |Gina Vale |Samuel Mikel Bowles |Noah Tucker

From the DirectorTen years ago, in August 2014, the Islamic State began its genocidal campaign against the Yazidi community. In our cover article, Devorah Margolin and Gina Vale evaluate how the group’s gendered violence has manifested during and after its caliphate years. “Even without its caliphate,” they write, “the Islamic State’s gendered violence continues, as its supporters and ideology remain.

Jul 31, 2024 | ctc.westpoint.edu | Kristina Hummel |Gina Vale

Abstract: Throughout its rule, the Islamic State employed an ideologically driven system of control and persecution, resulting in widespread gendered violence perpetrated by and against men, women, and even children. On the 10th anniversary of the start of the group’s genocidal campaign against the Yazidi community, Islamic State ideology persists, and its members have yet to be held fully accountable for crimes against civilian and minority populations.