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CMI Brief | 2020
Getting armed groups to the negotiating table
This brief demonstrates how humanitarian diplomatic tools and practices have become particularly important during humanitarian negotiations with armed groups to foster the conditions required for negotiations to begin, and to...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Brief no. 2020:10) 6 p.

Sudan Brief | 2020
After the uprising: Including Sudanese youth
The youth were the backbone of the protests that led to the fall of Sudan’s president Omer al-Bashir in April 2019. Yet, two years after the uprising they are still...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (Sudan Brief 2020:7) 4 p.

Sudan Brief | 2020
No Longer a Guest: Permitting Syrians in Sudan
When Syrian refugees first started arriving to Sudan in 2014 they were welcomed as guests. But Sudan’s economic crisis combined with Syrians’ success in business has created antagonism. The transitional...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (Sudan Brief 2020:6) 4 p.

CMI Brief | 2020
Women’s informal peacebuilding in North East Nigeria
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Brief no. 2020:09) 6 p.

CMI Brief | 2020
Excluding women: the clanization of Somali political institutions
Hawa Jibril, a poetess and a long-time activist for Somali women’s rights, identified male elders as a barrier to women’s inclusion in the politics and governance of their society. In...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Brief no. 2020:9) 4 p.

Sudan Brief | 2020
COVID-19 and the urgent need to protect Sudanese women against violence
Three decades of Islamist rule institutionalized a culture of violence against women in Sudan. The COVID-19 pandemic and state instructed lockdown has led to an acute situation for many Sudanese...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (Sudan Brief 2020:5) 4 p.

Sudan Brief | 2020
Agricultural development and food Security in Sudan as seen from Kassala State
Any success achieving Sustainable Development Goal 2 – zero hunger – relies on sustainable systems for food production and sound agricultural policies. Kassala State in Eastern Sudan is an interesting...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (Sudan Brief 2020:4) 4 p.

Sudan Brief | 2020
Food Insecurity in Sudan as seen from Kassala State
Sudan’s commitment to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 2 – zero hunger – can turn out to be even more challenging than anyone had bargained for. Due to prolonged conflict, environmental...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (Sudan Brief 2020:3) 4 p.

CMI Brief | 2020
UN Security Council Resolution 1325: Peacebuilding in Africa 20 years after its adoption
20 years ago the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 1325. The resolution underscored the important role of women in the prevention and resolution of conflicts and called for their...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Brief no. 2020:08) 6 p.

Sudan Brief | 2020
Patriarchy, Politics and Women’s Activism in Post-Revolution Sudan
While Sudanese women were at the forefront of the popular uprising under the banner "freedom, peace and justice" that started in December 2018 and eventually led to the ousting of...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (Sudan Brief 2010:02) 4 p.

CMI Brief | 2020
Women’s status in Haiti ten years after the earthquake
Ten years ago, on January 12, at 16:53 in the afternoon, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti. The country was left in shambles. So was the women’s movement. Three of...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Brief no. 2020:07) 4 p.

CMI Brief | 2020
La diplomatie humanitaire
Améliorer l’accès à l’aide humanitaire dans les conflits et dans les situations d’urgence complexes a toujours été la plus grande préoccupation pour les acteurs humanitaires. Historiquement l’humanitarisme a été conduit...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Brief no. 2020:06) 4 p.

CMI Brief | 2020
Impacts of school closures on children in developing countries: Can we learn something from the past?
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Brief no. 2020:05) 5 p.

CMI Brief | 2020
Corona and food security in poor countries
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Brief no. 2020:04) 6 p.

CMI Brief | 2020
Ebola outbreak 2014-2016: Effects on other health services
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Brief no. 2020:03) 4 p.

Sudan Brief | 2020
Irregular Migration or Human Trafficking? The Realities of Cross-border Population Mobility in Western Sudan
A new public discourse labels irregular migration as human trafficking. The new discourse has been shaped by emerging globalized migration patterns and the increased securitization of Europe’s borders. This brief...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (Sudan Brief 2020:1) 4 p.

CMI Brief | 2020
Everyday humanitarian diplomacy: Experiences from border areas
The term humanitarian diplomacy (HD) emerged in early 2000s. HD recognises the role of humanitarian actors when negotiating access, assistance and protection for civilians in situations of extreme insecurity and...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Brief no. 2020:2) 4 p.

CMI Brief | 2020
Candidate selection and informal soft quotas for women: Insights from Zambia
What does it take for a female politician to win a party nomination? We still know little about women’s entry into politics in countries without formal gender quotas. Using data...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Brief no. 2020:1) 4 p.

Sudan Brief | 2019
Sudan’s popular uprising and the demise of Islamism
This Sudan Brief is concerned with the fractionalization of Islamism during Bashir’s rule (1989-2019). It does not focus on the details of Bashir’s brutal rule, rather, it is about the...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Brief no. 2019:3) 4 p.

CMI Brief | 2019
Beyond Islamist Extremism: Women and the Algerian Uprisings of 2019
February 22, 2019, marked a watershed moment in Algeria’s history, and a key moment in the struggle for women’s rights. For the first time since its independence 57 years ago,...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Brief no. 2019:09) 6 p.