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 ...

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

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. ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

The paper discussed whether it is likely that the agricultural and the health component in a large, recently started Women in development project in the ...

Introduction chapter to the book: Women in Politics in Malawi

Sudanese women activists launched a legal campaign in 2009 calling attention to how the country’s Sharia based Criminal Act of 1991 produced impunity ...

This article explores the validity of critical mass theory in the context of a 25% women’s quota in the national parliament in post-conflict Sudan. ...

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 quotas change the rules of candidate selection, reflecting a demand-side solution to women's underrepresentation in politics. In contrast, limited ...

South Sudanese women have been grossly under-represented in formal peace negotiations. However, they have been active in informal peacebuilding at the ...

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 ...