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Conference Paper / Presentation | 2020

Why were women at the forefront of the Sudanese revolution?

Liv Tønnessen and Samia al-Nagar (2020)
Presented at: ARUS workshop in Wad Medani, Sudan 24-27 January
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Liv Tønnessen

Director of Center on Law and Social Transformation and Senior Researcher
  • liv.tonnessen@cmi.no
  • +47 90224104

Assisting Regional Universities in Sudan (ARUS)

Jan 2018 - May 2022
  • Gender
  • Sudan

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African Conflict and Peacebuilding Review

Journal Article | 2022

Tokens of Peace? Women's Representation in the Juba Peace Process

Reem Abbas and Liv Tønnessen

African Conflict and Peacebuilding Review

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Blog post | Feb 2025

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Journal Article | Apr 2025

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CMI Reflections | 2024

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Reem Abbas

Newspaper Op-Ed | 2024

Med moral skal det afghanske folk styrast

Arne Strand

Journal Article | 2024

Politicization of international aid: Religious responses to criminalizing female genital mutilation in Sudan

Liv Tønnessen and Samia al-Nagar

Women's Studies International Forum

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