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Conference Paper / Presentation | 2012

Women's political representation

Liv Tønnessen (2012)
Presented at: Conference on Women in Public Life at Center for Women's Studies, at Jordan University in Amman, Jordan, November 25-28, 2012.
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Liv Tønnessen

Research Professor/Director of Center on Law and Social Transformation
  • liv.tonnessen@cmi.no
  • +47 90224104

Caught between rape and adultery in Sudan

Apr 2011 - Oct 2014
  • Gender
  • Sudan
  • Women's parliamentary quota
  • Legislation
  • Legal reform
  • Gender equity
  • Islamic law
  • Islamism
  • Democratization
  • State versus national state assemblies
  • FGM

Also from this project:

CMI Report | 2016

Women and Girls Caught between Rape and Adultery in Sudan: Criminal Law Reform, 2005–2015 (in Arabic)

Liv Tønnessen and Samia al-Nagar

Sudan Working Paper | 2015

The Women's Quota in Conflict Ridden Sudan (in Arabic)

Liv Tønnessen and Samia al-Nagar

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