Lions, Tigers, and Freedom Birds: How and Why the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam Employs Women
This article examines how and why the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) integrated women, highlighting themes common to women's participation in militant groups such as women's unique propaganda value and cultural limits on recruiting women and employing them in political violence.
Keywords: LTTE; Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam; Tamil Tigers; gender; sex; women
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Washington, DC, USA
Publication date: 01 March 2007
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