International Virtue Signaling: Female Combatants and State Support for Rebel Groups

• In Event: Who Fights and Where: Creating Armed Forces and Overseas Deployments

Brief Overview

States virtue-signal to the international community by supporting rebel groups with female combatants. Rebel groups with more female combatants receive more support from external states, and they are more likely to receive certain types of support.

Author

• Lindsey Allemang, University of Iowa