(AFP) The Islamic State group is targeting women from the millennial generation as it seeks new recruits after the fall of its so-called caliphate, the EU’s police agency said Friday.
In a report on IS propaganda focussed on women, Europol said that this could “pave the way” for a change in the role of female jihadists in future terror organisations.
“We are talking about especially millennials,” Manuel [Navarrete], head of Europol’s European Counter Terrorism Centre, told reporters in The Hague as he unveiled the report.
“IS propaganda is focussed on women between 16 to 25, a group more vulnerable to these activities and they have access to social media. IS has adapted to the new target.”
