At a sprawling tent camp in Syria, ISIS women impose a brutal rule
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Although the situation being described by the article is in an extreme setting, the group dynamic is the same as you'll have anywhere.
My suggestion would be to figure out who the worst bullies in the camps are and to separate them from each other.
There should also be some type of humane disciplinary action for women who refuse to stop intimidating other women.
The title of the article is not informative about the complexity of life in these camps, even though the article is.
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“They threaten other women who either gave interviews and declared they were no longer supporting ISIS or who are trying to return to their countries,” the relative said.
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Obviously, not all "ISIS women" want to be terrorists.
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In the nearby city of Hasakah, two doctors said that patients from the camp were refusing to come for follow-up appointments in facilities run by Kurdish authorities or international organizations. “They tell us, ‘We cannot come,’ ” one said. “They say, ‘If we come to you, [hard-liners] beat us, or worse.’ ”
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So you need to set up adequate medical facilities in the camps, and you need to staff them with security that also has adequate resources.
Bullies always back down when it is clear to them that their tactics have stopped working. They're all cowards. It has nothing to do with religion, ethnicity, location or gender. A bully is a bully, and they're all the same. They're also people; they might change if you are humane toward them. You don't know what made them the way that they are, or if they fear repercussions from ISIS men if they don't continue their threatening behavior.
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As conditions deteriorate, the inhabitants remain in limbo. Some of the women want to return to their home countries, but few foreign governments are eager to take them back, fearing in part the risk that unrepentant ISIS adherents might pose and that evidence against them might not hold up in court. The SDF says it cannot be counted on to hold the camp residents indefinitely. But neither the United States — which ultimately holds sway in this corner of Syria — nor European and Arab allies have advanced a workable solution.
“Given that ISIS had women’s units and also taught them how they should still spread the idea and ideals of the caliphate once they are back in their countries of origins, they are a serious risk to the society, so their children could be also,” said an Arab intelligence official.
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No matter what the long-term plan is for these people, you can't ignore the physical and psychological needs of thousands of people in a place. You have to invest in creating conditions which are as conducive as possible for their reverting to civilized codes of conduct.
The conditions don't have to be luxurious; they have to be livable. When it is clear to these people that they are being considered human, they will be far more responsive and progress will be possible.
As for women being "a serious risk to the society," let's not forget that most women are treated as being a serious risk to society irrespective of who they are or where they are. Saying that their children are already dangerous is a facile way to excuse what are probably stomach-turning conditions. Is anyone investigating whether or not the kids, male and female, are being sexually abused and trafficked by the people who are running or supporting operations at these facilities?
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“The children who have been traumatized by living through all of this need a lot more than we can really offer in a camp,” said Sonia Khush, the Syria country director for Save the Children.
“It’s not only the missing out of school,” she said. “It’s the violence that women and children were exposed to. People talk about seeing the beheadings in the town square, seeing the heads roll around.”
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Give them as much normality as you can. Kids are resilient; that's how the species survives.
Article:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/at-a-sprawling-tent-camp-in-syria-isis-women-impose-a-brutal-rule/2019/09/03/3fcdfd14-c4ea-11e9-8bf7-cde2d9e09055_story.html?noredirect=on
