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Acting jointly on behalf of women? The cross-party women’s caucus in Malawi

CMI Brief | May 2016

Despite an increase in the number of countries that have adopted women’s caucuses in sub-Saharan Africa, there is still little empirical ...

women, caucus, legislation, Malawi

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 ...

women, politics, political parties, Malawi

Women in Local Government. A Potential Arena for Women’s Substantive Representation

CMI Brief | Aug 2016

Local government is an important avenue for getting practical experience in participating in politics before moving on to the national arena. ...

women, politics, local government, Malawi

Violence against women in the context of urban poverty in Angola

CMI Brief | Oct 2016

Violence against women is widespread in Angola. This brief presents the main findings in a recent study of how violence against women is playing ...

women, violence, poverty, Angola, Luanda

Family law reform in Sudan: competing claims for gender justice between sharia and women’s human rights

CMI Report | Dec 2017

This paper focuses on family law reform in Sudan-a country that has been in a state of perpetual conflict that stretches back long before its ...

human rights, women, family law, gender, Sudan

Petro-Governance in Tanzania: Opportunities and Challenges

CMI Brief | Oct 2016

Recent significant natural gas discoveries have pushed Tanzania into the international spotlight as a new petroleum producer. How can the country ...

oil, petroleum, gas, economy, Tanzania

The many faces of political Islam in Sudan: Muslim women's activism for and against the state

Doctoral Thesis | Nov 2011

This thesis investigates the politics of competing Islamic gender ideologies in Sudan. Based on fieldwork conducted in greater Khartoum from ...

Sudan

Rule of law and environmental justice in the forests: The challenge of 'strong law enforcement' in corrupt conditions

U4 Issue | Jun 2013

Widespread illegal forest activities have contributed to deforestation, forest degradation, economic losses to nations and injustices for ...

REDD+, Forest governance, Corruption, Anti-corruption, Law enforcement, natural resource management, Indonesia, Cameroon

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

Westerveld Levi

Master's student

Geographer focusing on GIS analysis and cartography to analyze and communicate socio-environmental issues.

Mission Improbable. Does Petroleum-related Aid Address Corruption in Resource-rich Countries?

U4 Issue | Jun 2008

Petroleum-related aid programmes and projects are a key part of donor activities in oil-rich developing countries. This U4 Issue explores the ...

corruption, natural resources, oil, development assistance, natural resource management

Brothers in faith: Islamic food activism in Egypt

Book Chapter | Jan 2013

This is the first book to examine food activism in diverse local, national, and transnational settings, making it essential reading for students ...

Egypt

Mission improbable: Does petroleum-related aid address the resource curse?

Journal Article | Feb 2009

Petroleum-related aid programmes and projects are a key part of donor activities in oil-rich developing countries. This paper critically assesses ...

Natural resources, Institutions, Petroleum-related aid

Tracing Gender Differences in Parliamentary Debates: A Growth Curve Analysis of Ugandan MPs' Activity Levels in Plenary Sessions, 1998-2008.

Journal Article | Sep 2014

Participation in legislative debates is potentially an important tool for Members of Parliament (MPs) to communicate policy positions and exert ...

Representation, quotas, gender, Uganda

Keep on Talking! Review of the Nansen Dialogue Network in the Western Balkans

CMI Report | Jan 2008

The review considered whether NDN activities have contributed to improved ethnic relations and to sustainable peace and reconciliation in the ...

Macedonia, Croatia, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Peace-building, Post-conflict, Reconciliation

Navigating complexity. A review of training for peace in Africa

Commissioned Report | Jun 2010

Training for Peace in Africa (TfP) has, since its start in 1995, been provided with NOK 170 million to strengthen African capacities for participation ...

Supporting child rights. Synthesis of lessons learned in four countries

Report in External Series | May 2011

This evaluation was commissioned jointly by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) and the Swedish International Development ...

Child rights, Guatemala, Kenya, Mozambique, Sudan

Supporting child rights: Synthesis of lessons learned in four countries

Report in External Series | Feb 2011

This evaluation was commissioned jointly by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) and the Swedish International Development ...

child rights, civil society, mainstreaming, targeting, Guatemala, Kenya, Mozambique, Sudan

Cultures of legality: Judicialization and political activism in contemporary Latin America

Book Chapter | Jan 2010

Legal practices and ideas about law are undergoing dramatic change in Latin America. Today, a turn-of-the-century crop of constitutions grants ...

Development from below and oil money from above. Popular organization in contemporary Venezuela

Book Chapter | Jan 2012

Since Hugo Chavez came to power in Venezuela in 1998, large parts of the country's vast oil resources have been diverted towards social spending ...

Venezuela