In the name of the cause : women's work in secular and religious terrorism / Cindy D. Ness -- Women fighting in jihad? / David Cook -- Beyond the bombings : analyzing female suicide bombers / Debra Zedalis -- (Gendered) war / Carolyn Nordstrom -- The evolving participation of Muslim women in Palestine, Chechnya, and the global jihadi movement / Karla Cunningham -- Black Widows and beyond : understanding the motivations and life trajectories of Chechen female terrorists / Anne Speckhard & Khapta Akhmedova -- The Black Widows : Chechen women join the fight for independence and Allah / Anne Nivat -- Palestinian female suicide bombers : virtuous heroines or damaged goods? / Yoram Schweitzer -- Martyrs or murderers? Victims or victimizers? The voices of would be Palestinian female suicide bombers / Anat Berko & Edna Erez -- Girls as "weapons of terror" in northern Uganda and Sierra Leonean rebel fighting forces / Susan McKay -- From freedom birds to water buffaloes : women terrorists in Asia / Margaret Gonzalez-Perez -- Women and organized racial terrorism in the United States / Kathleen M. Blee -- The portrayal of female terrorists in the media : similar framing patterns in the news coverage of women in politics and in terrorism / Brigitte L. Nacos.