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Vernacular Politics, Sectarianism, and National Identity among Syrian Refugees in Jordan

Journal Article | Jul 2018

In Jordan - home to some one million Syrian refugees - the vital roles played by vernacular politics, discourses of inclusion and exclusion, ...

Islamic sectarianism, Syrian refugees, vernacular politics, integration, interdisciplinarity, Jordan

The complexity of religious domination

News | 10 Jan 2012

In Jordan, churches and mosques are situated side by side. In Sudan, religious minorities can hold powerful positions, but rarely do. Religious domination is not a question of black or white.

Islamists in Jordan: Promoters of or obstacles to female empowerment and gender equality?

Journal Article | Nov 2009

This study deals with the Muslim Brotherhoods’ reception of CEDAW (Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discriminations against ...

Islamists, Human rights, CEDAW, Islamic Legislation, sharia, Jordan, Jordan

From Theocracy to Democracy? Towards Secularisation and Individualisation in the Policy of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan

Journal Article | Jan 2008

There is a common assumption that 'Islam' has an inherent opposition between the sacred and the secular which obstructs the secularization process ...

Jordan

Ingen trygg havn for palestinske flyktninger fra Syria

Newspaper Op-Ed | Jan 2015

Ingen trygg havn for palestinske flyktninger Kjersti Berg En Palestinsk flyktning fra Syria kan ikke pa° lovlig vis søke ...

Palestinian refugees, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon

The Moderation of Islamist Movements

Project | Jan 2007 - Dec 2010

The project investigates the impact of political inclusion on Islamist movements in Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Sudan. The academic research ...

Islamism, the state, political institutionalization, moderation, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Sudan

Beyond the work permit quotas. Corruption and other barriers to labour integration for Syrian refugees in Jordan

U4 Issue | Apr 2019

In 2016, the Jordanian government began issuing work permits for Syrian refugees through the Ministry of Labor and cooperating labour associations. ...

Trump straffer de svakeste palestinerne

Newspaper Op-Ed | Sep 2018

Offentlig sier amerikanske myndigheter at USA ikke lenger vil bære byrden for et organ som lenge har vært i krisemodus, men bak ...

UNRWA, Palestinian refugees, Donald Trump, Palestina, Vestbredden, Gaza, Syria, Jordan, Libanon

Paper tiger law forbidding FGM in Sudan

CMI Brief | Sep 2017

Female genital mutilation (FGM) is still a common practice in Sudan. Nine out of ten women have been subjected to this practice. In 2009, a ...

FGM, female genital mutilation, weak law, law, paper tiger, ARUSS, Sudan

How can Technical Assistance support the Implementation of UNCAC? U4 Background Paper for the International Cooperation Workshop on Technical Assistance for the Implementation of UNCAC, Montevideo, May 2007

U4 Issue | Jan 2007

At the first Conference of States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC), held in Jordan in December 2006, participants ...

uncac

TRAFIG Transnational Figurations of Displacement

Project | Jan 2019 - Oct 2021

TRAFIG, Transnational Figurations of Displacement, is an EU-funded Horizon 2020 research and innovation project. From 2019 to 2021, 12 partner ...

SuperCamp

Project | Jan 2019 - Dec 2022

In 2015, more than one million migrants reached Europa in the largest movement of peoples since WWII. To prevent this, the EU and ...

Migration, Refugees, Middle East, humanitarianism, refugee camp, , Middle East, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Turkey

Gendering Faith

Project | Mar 2011 - Mar 2014

The aim of the project is to examine the nature and causes of the increasing public religiosity of Muslim women of the Occupied Palestinian ...

Palestine, Islamism, Women, Religion, Gender, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Israel

Barneekteskap i krig - et voksende problem

Newspaper Op-Ed | May 2018

Fire ganger flere syriske jentebarn blir giftet bort nå enn før krigen. En dramatisk økning i antallet barneekteskap er ...

sudan

Businessmen in Arms: How the Military and Other Armed Groups Profit in the MENA Region

Edited Book | Apr 2016

The Arab Uprisings have brought renewed attention to the role of the military in the MENA region, where they are either the backbone of regime ...

Ending child marriages – new laws bring progress but hurdles remain

CMI Insight | May 2016

Reform of family law is considered among the most difficult to achieve since it contests ‘the notion of women and children as property’. ...

child marriage, marriage, family law, Malawi, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Zambia

Halb voll oder halb leer? Korruption und ihre Bekämpfung in Indonesien

Book Chapter | Jan 2015

Halb voll oder halb leer? Korruption und ihre Bekämpfung in Indonesien Sofie Arjon Schütte Handbuch

Palestinian refugees: Identity, space and place in the Levant (Arabic edition)

Edited Book | Jan 2015

More than four million Palestinian refugees live in protracted exile across the Middle East. Taking a regional approach to Palestinian refugee ...

Palestinian refugees, right of return, Palestine, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon

Raseri i Jerusalem

Newspaper Op-Ed | Jan 2014

ISRAEL SLÅR NÅ ned palestinsk uro i Aust-Jerusalem med hard hand. Dette vil likevel ikkje forhindre meir uro og vald i byen, ...

Jerusalem, vold, motstand, bosettere

Good governance for medicines initiatives: Exploring lessons learned

U4 Issue | May 2013

Corruption in the pharmaceutical system results in wasted resources, limited access to health services and reduced health gains. In this U4 ...

health, corruption, anti-corruption, medicines, pharmaceuticals, governance, Jordan, The Philippines, Zambia