ICC Note:
Boko Haram has targeted women either for kidnapping or indoctrination. Since 2009, Human Rights Watch estimates that Boko Haram has kidnapped approximately 2,000 girls while the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies estimates that Boko Haram has used at least 123 female suicide bombers since 2014. How does Boko Haram, a group that notoriously abuses and mistreats women, convince women to kill themselves and others in attacks? Poverty and lack of education are two key factors that contribute to Boko Haram’s successful indoctrination of females. Regardless of the reasons, female suicide attackers prove very dangerous for Christians who are called to minister to the most vulnerable. In many societies, the most vulnerable include females. How can Christians balance safety and ministry? 
3/09/2017 Nigeria (DW) – In Nigeria, Boko Haram is recruiting women and girls to carry out suicide bomb attacks. NGOs and the Nigerian government are working to rescue these women and reintroduce them to society and their families.
Women and girl suicide bombers, some reportedly aged ten and younger, have recently been used by Boko Haram to target checkpoints, bus stations, mosques, churches, schools and markets to inflict maximum civilian casualties.
Boko Haram has been fighting to create a hard-line Islamic state in northeast Nigeria since 2009. The group began using women as suicide bombers in 2014.
According to the Foundation for the Defence of Democracies (FDD), since 2014 there have been at least 123 female suicide bombers connected to Boko Haram, many of whom were forced to commit attacks.
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