Podcast / Africa 28 June 2019 1 minute How Women’s Support Energises Somalia’s Al-Shabaab In this podcast, Horn of Africa expert Alan Boswell and Senior Analyst on Gender Azadeh Moaveni talk about Crisis Group’s field research on women’s roles within Somalia’s Al-Shabaab, and compare them to women’s roles with Nigeria’s Boko Haram and other Islamist groups. Share Facebook Twitter Email Linkedin Whatsapp Save Print Al-Shabaab has a surprisingly large social base among Somali women, despite the insurgent group’s patriarchal ethos, strict gender ideology and brutal methods. Horn of Africa expert Alan Boswell talks with our Senior Analyst on Gender Azadeh Moaveni about Crisis Group’s field research on women’s roles within the movement, from intelligence gathering, to fundraising, to arms carrying and to recruitment. She also draws on Crisis Group recent work in northeastern Nigeria and Syria. Horn of Africa expert Alan Boswell talks with our Senior Analyst on Gender Azadeh Moaveni about women’s roles within Al-Shabaab. CRISISGROUP Related Tags More for you Our Journeys / Africa The Roots of Somalia’s Slow Piracy Resurgence Commentary / Africa Lessons from the Missed Opportunity in Puntland’s Polls