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Women’s participation in conflict settings has long intrigued scholars, and for good reason: women play a wide variety of purposeful roles. However, there are numerous challenges associated with clearly defining the impact of their participation. Often, women are seen in a lens of victimhood—of war, terrorism, and repressive societies—overlooking their impacts. This article examines how women’s participation in rebel groups interacts with other strategic measures those groups take to enhance international perceptions. To achieve their goals and govern effectively, rebel groups require both domestic and international legitimacy. This article is based on the premise that aspiring for legitimacy shapes rebel groups’ behaviors. In particular, the strategic inclusion of women interacts with other legitimacy-seeking metrics, often leading to greater support from states, international organizations, and transnational advocacy groups. Using a mixed methods approach, this article demonstrates, through a large N analysis and a case study of the Karen National Union, that the strategies rebel groups deploy in order to gain legitimacy are linked to gender participation. Namely, rebel groups that have foreign affairs departments, official Twitter presence, and have committed to the Geneva Call are also more likely to have women participants in various roles. The results of our analysis indicate that the strategic participation of women is associated with both the chosen institutional arrangements of rebel groups and external legitimacy metrics. This article concludes with a discussion of the implications of the strategic involvement of women cannot be examined in isolation from other aspects of rebel strategy.
摘要 长期以来，妇女在冲突环境中的参与一直吸引着学者们，这是有充分理由的：妇女扮演着各种有目的的角色。然而，在明确界定妇女参与的影响方面存在诸多挑战。人们往往从战争、恐怖主义和压迫性社会受害者的角度来看待女性，而忽视了她们的影响。本文探讨了妇女参与反叛组织与这些组织为提高国际认知度而采取的其他战略措施之间的互动关系。反叛组织要实现其目标并进行有效治理，需要国内和国际合法性。本文的前提是，对合法性的渴望会影响反叛组织的行为。特别是，女性的战略融入与其他寻求合法性的衡量标准相互作用，往往会带来来自国家、国际组织和跨国倡导团体的更多支持。本文采用混合方法，通过大 N 分析和对克伦民族联盟（Karen National Union）的案例研究，证明反叛组织为获得合法性而采取的策略与性别参与有关。也就是说，拥有外事部门、官方推特存在并承诺遵守日内瓦呼吁的反叛组织也更有可能让女性参与到各种角色中。我们的分析结果表明，妇女的战略参与与反叛组织所选择的制度安排和外部合法性指标都有关联。本文最后讨论了妇女的战略参与不能脱离叛军战略的其他方面进行研究的意义。
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International Politics?is a leading peer reviewed journal dedicated to transnational issues and global problems. It subscribes to no political or methodological identity and welcomes any appropriate contributions designed to communicate findings and enhance dialogue.International Politics?defines itself as critical in character truly international in scope and totally engaged with the central issues facing the world today. Taking as its point of departure the simple but essential notion that no one approach has all the answers it aims to provide a global forum for a rapidly expanding community of scholars from across the range of academic disciplines.International Politics?aims to encourage debate controversy and reflection. Topics addressed within the journal include:Rethinking the Clash of CivilizationsMyths of WestphaliaHolocaust and ChinaLeo Strauss and the Cold WarJustin Rosenberg and Globalisation TheoryPutin and the WestThe USA Post-BushCan China Rise Peacefully Just WarsCuba Castro and AfterGramsci and IRIs America in Decline。
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