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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

Read more:
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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Blog post | Aug 2026

A thirsty coast: The struggle for freshwater access in Port Sudan and Red Sea State

Sara H. Teerik, Abuhorira A. Mohammed, Hanadi A. Oumran, and Walaa A. Mohammed.

Sudan Working Paper | Aug 2026

Neither Tourists nor Refugees: Legal Limbo and Adaptive Strategies among displaced Sudanese nationals

A.M.Y.

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Blog post | Aug 2026

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Hazem Abdo

Blog post | Aug 2026

Digitalisation infrastructure and the politics of rebuilding Khartoum

Azza Mustafa Babiker Ahmed

Blog post | Jul 2026

Reclaiming political agency: The transformation of Emergency Response Rooms from response to influence

Amro Awad Ali Osman

Blog post | Jul 2026

Crafted life: The architecture of women and everyday life in Eastern Sudan

Khadiga Mustafa

U4 Practice Insight | Aug 2026

Feminist anti-corruption in practice: Insights from Global Fund for Women’s Grassroots Feminists’ Anti-Corruption Learning Project

Monica Kirya, Sofia Peters

CMI Brief | Jul 2026

LGBTQ+ (in)activism in the context of enhanced criminalisation: The case of Uganda

Adrian Jjuuko

CMI Brief | Jul 2026

Women’s activism in the context of religious counter-mobilisation: Lessons from The Gambia

Satang Nabaneh

CMI Working Paper | Jun 2026

War Comes Home: Conflict Exposure and Intimate Partner Violence in Ethiopia

Workineh Ayenew, Andreas Kotsadam, Charlotte Ringdal, Espen Villanger

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