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Women and Girls Caught between Rape and Adultery in Sudan: Criminal Law Reform, 2005–2015 (in Arabic)
CMI Report | Sep 2016
This is an Arabic translation of the CMI report Women and Girls Caught between Rape and Adultery in Sudan: Criminal Law Reform, 2005–2015, ...
Sudan
Literary Salon: 'Gender Justice and Legal Pluralities: Latin American and African Perspectives'
Event | 10 Dec 2012
Elin Skaar (CMI) discusses this new publication with editors Rachel Sieder (CIESAS/CMI) and John-Andrew McNeish (UMB/CMI).
Gender Justice and Legal Pluralities: ...
Trust in numbers: The rise of evidence-based advocacy for safe motherhood
Event | 11 May 2011
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.
The balancing act of moderate Islamist politics in Tunisia
News | 12 May 2015
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.
Tunisia
Women changing policy outcomes: Learning from pro-women legislation in the Ugandan Parliament
Journal Article | Nov 2013
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 ...
The Gatekeepers: Political Participation of Women in Malawi
CMI Brief | Aug 2016
All over the world, there are gatekeepers with the power to facilitate – or restrict – peoples’ access. We have studied the role of ...
women, politics, political parties, Malawi
Women and the remaking of politics in Southern Africa: Negotiating autonomy, incorporation and representation
Book | Jan 2004
African women have a long history of political involvement. Yet, the fervour with which they participated in anti-colonial struggles and supported national ...
Women, Politics, Women's role, Liberation, Africa: South Africa., Southern Africa
Heading for trouble in Afghanistan
News | 26 Sep 2012
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.
The Women's Quota in Conflict Ridden Sudan: Ideological Battles for and against Gender Equality
Journal Article | Jan 2013
This article explores women's substantive representation in Sudan's National Assembly. It examines the extent to which female legislators in the National ...
Sudan
Women and Girls Caught between Rape and Adultery in Sudan: Criminal Law Reform, 2005–2015
CMI Report | Nov 2015
This report investigates criminal law reform in Sudan, focusing on two important and controversial legal reforms related to (a) a definition of rape that ...
Sudan
Sharia and Human Rights
Event | 26 Nov 2009
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?
Egypt, Sudan
"A second Liberation": Lobbying for Women's Political Representation in Zambia, Botswana and Namibia
Journal Article | Jan 2006
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. ...
Women's movements, Political parties, Politics, Africa: Botswana, Namibia, Zambia
Policy Briefs Afghanistan
Project | Oct - Dec 2013
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 ...
Gender, aid delivery, Afghanistan
Islamic women's organisations on the West Bank
CMI Brief | Oct 2011
Islamic organisations’ role in improving women’s position in society is often dismissed. Instead, they are believed to be devoted to charitable ...
Palestine
What causes Latin America’s high incidence of adolescent pregnancy?
CMI Brief | Nov 2017
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 ...
teen pregnancies, pregnancy, adolescent, pregnancies, sustainable development goal, Latin America, Argentina, Brazil, El Salvador, Peru, Colombia, Uruguay, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Paraguay, Panama, Ecuador
Partnership, policymaking, and conditionality in the gender field: The case of Tanzania
Journal Article | May 2014
Partnership is the overarching framework for development cooperation, but it has been criticized for furthering priorities of the North, rather than those ...
Gender, Tanzania, Tanzania
Women in Politics in Malawi
Edited Book | Sep 2016
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 ...
Malawi, democratization
Does Employment Empower Women?
Event | 24 Nov 2016
This seminar looks at the impact of industrial jobs on health, domestic violence and political participation among women i Ethiopia. Key note Prof. Ruth ...
Ethiopia
Women and Islamization, Contemporary Dimensions of Discourse on Gender Relations
Edited Book | Jan 1998
The current Islamic revival is frequently associated with fundamentalism and radical politics. This reinforces Western perceptions of Islamic women as ...
Islamisation, gender relations, contested religious identities
The Women's Quota in Conflict Ridden Sudan (in Arabic)
Sudan Working Paper | Sep 2015
This article explores women's substantive representation in Sudan's National Assembly. It examines the extent to which female legislators in the National ...
Sudan