Abstract
ABSTRACT Women are central to the governance of many armed groups, yet there is limited scholarship probing how women insurgent governors shape rebel rule. I theorise that women rebel governors increase rebel delivery of care services during civil war because pursuing goals that conform to gendered expectations aids the consolidation of their social standing and political power. I use cross-national, quantitative analysis to show that women’s leadership in armed groups is strongly correlated with rebel-provided care services. Drawing on in-depth interviews and other qualitative evidence about the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M) rebellion, I find support for my proposed mechanisms.
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