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Journal Article | Nov 2019
Acceptability of an economic support component to reduce early pregnancy and school dropout in Zambia: a qualitative case study
Background: Cash Transfer (CT) schemes have become popular poverty reducing measures in many low and middle-income countries. Research indicates that when provided to girls in resource poor settings, cash transfers...
in Global Health Action vol. 12 no. 1

Book Chapter | Nov 2019
Gender and Violence in Post-Conflict Settings
in Laura Shepherd: Handbook on Gender and Violence. Edward Elgar Publishing

CMI Brief | Aug 2019
Priorities and challenges of Qatar’s Humanitarian Diplomacy
This Policy Brief analyzes Qatar’s role in Humanitarian Diplomacy. It begins by defining the term Humanitarian Diplomacy and situating Qatar’s interventions within broader trends of humanitarianism in the Gulf sub-region....
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Brief no. 2019:07) 6 p.

Journal Article | Jun 2019
Vulnerable populations and the right to health: lessons from the Peruvian Amazon around tuberculosis contro
In 2014 the World Health Organization (WHO) launched the “End TB Strategy”, setting new ambitious goals for elimination of tuberculosis (TB). In contrast with previous efforts to control TB, the...
in International Journal for Equity in Health

Journal Article | Jun 2019
Family Law Reform, Employment, and Women’s Political Participation in Ethiopia
Research showing that there is strong correlation between increased female labor force participation and women’s political participation is essentially based on empirical data from Western, democratic, and developed contexts. In...
in Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society vol. 26 no. 2 pp. 189-192 vol. 26 no. 2 299-323 p.

CMI Report | May 2019
Turkish foreign policy: structures and decision-making processes
On 16 April 2017 Turkish voters went to the polls to deliver their verdict on a set of constitutional amendments that would replace the existing parliamentary system with that of...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2019:3)

CMI Brief | May 2019
Civil society’s role in petroleum sector governance: The case of Tanzania
Good governance in the management of natural resources is now recognized by scholars and policy makers as key to ensuring that countries can prevent and escape the resource curse and...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Brief no. 2019:02) 4 p.

U4 Issue | Apr 2019
Education sector corruption: How to assess it and ways to address it
Education sector corruption erodes social trust, worsens inequality, and sabotages development. Types of corruption in elementary-secondary education range from academic cheating to bribery and nepotism in teaching appointments to bid-rigging...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Issue 2019:5)

Book Chapter | Jan 2019
Introduction: Implementing Child Rights
The UN Convention for the Rights of the Child (CRC) has emerged as a central yardstick in assessing policies and practices concerning children. Norway has incorporated the convention in domestic...
in Malcolm Langford , Marit Skivenes and Karl Harald Søvig (eds.): Children's Rights in Norway An Implementation Paradox?. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget pp. 15-41

Book Chapter | Jan 2019
Policing
Policing is critical for children’s security but police are also responsible for preventing and addressing crime by children and younger persons. This can raise risks from a human rights perspective,...
in Malcolm Langford , Marit Skivenes and Karl Harald Søvig (eds.): Children's Rights in Norway An Implementation Paradox?. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget pp. 202-219

Book | Jan 2019
Children's Rights in Norway
Norway tops international indexes on children’s rights but continues to attract criticism for its level of compliance with the Convention of the Rights of Child. This book is the first...
Children's Rights in Norway: An Implementation Paradox?, Universitetsforlaget

Book Chapter | Jan 2019
Reducing Early Pregnancy in Low-Income Countries
Early pregnancies are generally associated with negative effects on women’shealth and education (Goldin & Katz 2002; Rasul 2008), as well as theireconomic achievement (Bailey 2006; Miller 2010). Early pregnancies arealso...
in Siwan Anderson, Lori Beaman, and Jean-Philippe Platteau: Towards Gender Equity in Development. Oxford: Oxford University Press pp. 141-166

Report in External Series | 2018
Russian Use of Private Military and Security Companies - the implications for European and Norwegian Security
How does the Russian use of private military and security companies affect Russian use of force and what are the implications for European and Norwegian security?
Over the past couple of...
Oslo (FFI-rapport no. 18/01300) 53 p.

Journal Article | 2018
"Flooding our eyes with rubbish": urban waste management in Maputo, Mozambique
Critical voices on urban management tend to portray conflicting governmentalities, with western 'top-down' municipal development models on the one hand, and the everyday practices and diffuse forms of power of...
in Environment and Urbanization pp. 1-16

Journal Article | 2018
Religious Counter-Mobilization against Child Marriage Reform in Sudan
Each year, 15 million girls are married before the age of 18. Sudan is among the African countries with a high prevalence of child marriage. In Sudan, 10.7% of women...
in Siha Journal: Women in Islam

Report in External Series | 2018
What does it mean t be poor? Investigating the qualitative-quantitative divide in Mozambique
This study reflects on the relationship between economic (quantitative) and anthropological (qualitative) approaches to the analysis of poverty in developing countries. Drawing on detailed evidence from Mozambique, we argue that...
Helsinki: UNU-WIDER (WIDER Working Paper no. 2018/75) 25 p.

Report in External Series | 2018
Non-formal girls’ life skills programming Implications for policy and practice
Research in developing countries demonstrates the importance of life skills for improving a range of outcomes for adolescent girls. These outcomes include improved psychosocial and mental health (e.g., emotional resilience,...
NW Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution (POLICY BRIEF) 12 p.

Sudan Working Paper | 2018
Unpleasant homecoming: The predicament of returning pastoralists from South Sudan to Aljabalain Area, White Nile State
In many countries around the world (especially in Africa), the livelihood of pastoralists depends largely on trekking over vast areas of land in constant search of water and pasture for...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (Sudan Working Paper SWP 2018:1) 20 p.

CMI Report | 2018
Life skills in non-formal contexts for adolescent girls in developing countries
Executive summary
How can young women in developing countries best be prepared for success in their lives and livelihoods? Life preparation requires learning different types of knowledge and skills in formal,...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2018:5) 115 p.

Book Chapter | 2018
Transitional Justice for Human Rights: The Legacy and Future of Truth and Reconciliation Commissions
Truth commissions are an integral component of transitional justice, that is, formal and informal mechanisms set up by the state or civil society to address human rights violations committed in...
in Gerd Oberleitner: International Human Rights Institutions, Tribunals, and Courts. International Human Rights. Singapore: Springer pp. 1-21