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Lions, Tigers, and Freedom Birds: How and Why the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam Employs Women

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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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