The Instrumentalization of Gendered Narratives in the Search for Legitimacy of Terror Groups The following is an essay from GIFCT’s Executive Director Naureen Chowdhury Fink, which first appeared in the Raisina Files 2025 journal, The Reckoning: Regression or Renaissance? produced by the Observer Research Foundation. In the essay, Fink explores the intersection of technology, gender, and counterterrorism. She uses the …