This is an Arabic translation of the CMI report Women and Girls Caught between Rape and Adultery in Sudan: Criminal Law Reform, 2005–2015, ...

Elin Skaar (CMI) discusses this new publication with editors Rachel Sieder (CIESAS/CMI) and John-Andrew McNeish (UMB/CMI). Gender Justice and Legal Pluralities: ...

Katerini T. Storeng discusses the shift from from rights-based to evidence-based approaches to safe motherhood and the seemingly pervasive 'trust in numbers' within global health governance.

Discussions over the role Islam should play in public life, are raging in Tunisia. A veiled Tunisair flight attendant caused uproar in the Tunisian Parliament recently, writes researcher Mari Norbakk from fieldwork in Tunis.

Since the 1990s there has been an unprecedented rise in the number of women in parliaments in sub-Saharan Africa. However, the literature finds little ...

All over the world, there are gatekeepers with the power to facilitate – or restrict – peoples’ access. We have studied the role of ...

African women have a long history of political involvement. Yet, the fervour with which they participated in anti-colonial struggles and supported national ...

With the support of NATO and the US, Afghan warlords are regaining strength. -The international community has chosen a dangerous path, warns researcher Akbar Sarwari.

This article explores women's substantive representation in Sudan's National Assembly. It examines the extent to which female legislators in the National ...

This report investigates criminal law reform in Sudan, focusing on two important and controversial legal reforms related to (a) a definition of rape that ...

This seminar will elaborate on the relationship between sharia and human rights. Is Islam compatible with human rights? What are the implications of the struggles of contemporary Islamic feminists and Muslim human rights activists on both the concept of sharia and human rights? What are the challenges and consequences?

The article looks at the efforts of women's movements in southern Africa to claim a stake in formal politics as an avenue to pursue their specific demands. ...

International forces are scheduled to leave Afghanistan during 2014 and there is a fear that this can lead to further instability and reduction in development ...

Islamic organisations’ role in improving women’s position in society is often dismissed. Instead, they are believed to be devoted to charitable ...

Latin America is the only region in the world where adolescent pregnancies are not decreasing. According to a recent article in the Lancet, if the current ...

Partnership is the overarching framework for development cooperation, but it has been criticized for furthering priorities of the North, rather than those ...

About two decades ago, in Malawi, the issue of the numbers of women in politics was not newsworthy. Few stakeholders showed any concern about the low ...

This seminar looks at the impact of industrial jobs on health, domestic violence and political participation among women i Ethiopia. Key note Prof. Ruth ...

The current Islamic revival is frequently associated with fundamentalism and radical politics. This reinforces Western perceptions of Islamic women as ...

This article explores women's substantive representation in Sudan's National Assembly. It examines the extent to which female legislators in the National ...