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Journal Article | 2024

Women, Revolution and Backlash: Igniting Feminist Mobilization in Sudan

Liv Tønnessen and Samia al-Nagar (2024)
Politics & Gender
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https://doi.org/10.1017/s1743923x22000708

This publication is as part of a Critical Perspectives symposium on Feminists Reclaiming Citizenship through Protests in Africa. The symposium is edited by Rama Salla Deng, Toni Haastrup and Alice Kang. Other contributors to the section includes Awino Okech, Rose Ndengue, Shireen Hassim. Politics & Gender | FirstView articles | Cambridge Core

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https://doi.org/10.1017/s1743923x22000708

Liv Tønnessen

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

Rights Activism under Political Uncertainty (RightAct)

Sep 2021 - Dec 2026

Sudan-Norway Academic Cooperation (SNAC)

Dec 2022 - Dec 2026
  • Gender
  • Sudan
  • Gender
  • Backlash
  • Feminist mobilization
  • Revolution

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Edited Book | forthcoming 2026

Resilience in the Shadows:Mental Health of Vulnerable Refugees and Displaced Communities in Africa

Shahla Eltayeb, Unni Marie Heltne, Ragnhild Dybdahl

Journal Article | forthcoming 2026

The failure of mediation and peacemaking efforts in the Sudan crisis

Munzoul A. M. Assal and Abdelmageed Yaha

African Journal on Conflict Resolution

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