The research was designed to explore women’s experiences that were often inadequately taken into account in the state-centric security policy frameworks that informed inquiry into “violent extremism” and thereby unpack the meaning and definitions attached to “violent extremism”. The research was planned to involve fieldwork in three locations in each of the three countries: India, Indonesia, and Sri Lanka. The understandings of the term “violent extremism” was different in each of the contexts, since the histories and the politics that impacted each location were quite different. Therefore, the approach to the category “violent extremism” as well as the research focus was country specific shaped by social and political histories. India was removed from the empirical research and was only included in secondary source research hence the project focused mainly on Sri Lanka and Indonesia. Several collective analyses initiatives were undertaken between the teams, both online and in person, to allow for sharing of experiences and analyses across country teams.