Redefining Motherhood as A New Perspective: Transmission of Motherhood in Women Terrorism

Abstract

This article tries to explain on the correlation between motherhood and women involvement in terrorism; and also, to analyse the role of motherhood studies related to the women involvement in terrorism activity in global context through literature review. Despite of the marital status and children ownership, women terrorism activities are often connected to the role of motherhood. In the meantime, 2019 Global Terrorism Index reported that women involvement in terrorism activities becoming a new trend marked by the increase of women suicidal attack from four (4) incidents in 2013 to twenty-two (22) in 2018. Oftentimes, the discussion of motherhood aspect in women terrorism activities resulting disparity on the analysis. As the result, this article comes into an argument that redefinition as a new perspective in connecting the women terrorism activity with motherhood is indispensable which will imply to the prevention strategy and counter terrorism. In addition, this article also encourages further study to fill the analysis gap of the topic through the field research.