Women and the war on Boko Haram: wives, weapons, witnesses

Introduction

1. Understanding Boko Haram

2. Precursors to the insurgency and the sharia debates

3. Being a girl in Nigeria and the gender politics of Boko Haram

4. Girls as symbols : the Chibok abductions and the silent majority

5. Women at war : wives and weapons in the insurgency

6. Rescued to what? : displacement, vulnerability, and the dark side of 'heroism'

7. The way forward

8. Lessons learned : applying best practice to Boko Haram

Conclusion. Nigeria at a crossroads.