War Through an Intersectional Lens: Female Combatants and the Maoist Insurgency in Nepal

Keshab Giri is a Lecturer in International Relations at The University of St Andrews. He is also a research fellow
at the Women and Public Policy Program, Harvard Kennedy School (2023-24). Dr Giri’s research has been published in journals like International Studies Quarterly,
International Studies Review, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, and Global Studies Quarterly. His PhD thesis titled, ＂Experiences of Female Ex-Combatants in the Maoist Insurgency in Nepal: Endless Battles and
Resistance＂ received the 2022 Thelma Hunter Gender and Politics PhD Prize from the Australian Political Studies Association (APSA). His research interests include women combatants, intersectionality, gender and war, violent
extremism, leftist insurgencies, feminist International Relations, feminist research methodology, rebel governance, and governance of intimacy in rebel groups.