Handbook

Download the WAAR Project handbook (version 1.0)

In addition to the dataset, the WAAR Project also includes an encyclopedia of qualitative information about women’s participation in each non-state armed group. The handbook includes more than 360 pages of information and sources for each of the 372 groups included in the dataset.

In a references list, please cite the WAAR Project handbook as the data release paper, “Introducing the Women’s Activities in Armed Rebellion (WAAR) Project, 1946-2015” in the Journal of Peace Research.