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Winning hearts and minds: Chinese Soft Power Foreign Policy in Africa
(CMI Brief vol. 12 no. 3, Report, 2013-09-30)In President Xi Jinping’s first public speech on African soil after taking office in Tanzania 25 March 2013, his reference to a popular Chinese soap opera drew large applause and laughter: “The foundation and lifeline of ... -
With a little help from the banks
(Lifting the veil of secrecy: Perspectives on international taxation and capital flight from Africa, Chapter, 2017-11-01)Africa is a source of large-scale capital flight. The purpose of this paper is to shed light on how banks facilitate capital flight from Africa. There is growing evidence that subsidiaries of the world’s major banks have ... -
Within-group heterogeneity and group dynamics: Analyzing exit of microcredit groups in Angola
(CMI Working Paper WP 2015:3, Working paper, 2015-03-01)The effect of within-group heterogeneity on the survival of social groups is theoretically ambiguous. A greater diversity of ideas, experience, and networks can have a positive effect on members’ benefits from group ... -
Women and Girls Caught between Rape and Adultery in Sudan: Criminal Law Reform, 2005–2015
(CMI Report R 2015:10, Research report, 2015-11-01)This report investigates criminal law reform in Sudan, focusing on two important and controversial legal reforms related to (a) a definition of rape that is clearly de-linked from the Islamic crime of zina (i.e., sexual ... -
Women and Girls Caught between Rape and Adultery in Sudan: Criminal Law Reform, 2005–2015 (in Arabic)
(CMI Report R 2015:10, Research report, 2016-09-01)This is an Arabic translation of the CMI report Women and Girls Caught between Rape and Adultery in Sudan: Criminal Law Reform, 2005–2015, published in November 2015. The English version can be found here . ... -
Women and Islamisation - Carving a New Space in Muslim Societies
(Research report, Research report, 1997)The diversity in Muslim women's religious practices and positions within contemporary resurgent Islam, often referred to as "Islamic fundamentalism", has so far been given little attention. The different chapters in this ... -
Women and legal pluralism: Lessons from indigenous governance systems in the Andes
(Journal of Latin American Studies vol. 49 no. 3, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-01-01)The shift towards legally plural multicutural and pluri-national citizenship regimes in the Andes formally recognised indigenous peoples' community-based governance systems. These tend to emphasise participation, deliberation ... -
Women at work in Sudan: Marital privilege or constitutional right
(Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society vol. 26 no. 2, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-06-01)This article explores how working women in Sudan's capital negotiate legal constraints placing them under the guardianship of their husbands, imposing strict public dress and behavioral codes upon them, and upholding ... -
Women in Local Government. A Potential Arena for Women’s Substantive Representation
(CMI Brief vol. 15 no. 13, Report, 2016-08-01)Local government is an important avenue for getting practical experience in participating in politics before moving on to the national arena. Advocates of decentralisation argue that it opens up avenues for women to ... -
Women in Politics in Malawi
(Book, 2016-09-01)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 number of women in politics. Despite an overwhelming increase in the ... -
Women in the Judiciary in Guatemala: Living between Professionalization and Political Capture
(CMI Working Paper WP 2022:2, Working paper, 2022-07-01)Studies of female judges have tended to focus on the Global North, analyzing the factors that explain the presence or absence of women in the courts, the impact of informal institutional cultures on their professional ... -
Women Judges in Afghanistan: An Interview with Anisa Rasooli
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Women’s Activism in Saudi Arabia: Male Guardianship and Sexual Violence
(CMI Report R 2016:1, Research report, 2016-01-01)Saudi Arabia is often presented in Western media as the poster child of women’s oppression. It is the country where women are forced to cover their heads and body in black dress and cannot drive cars. Although Saudi Arabia ... -
Women’s Equal Rights and Islam in Sudanese Republican Thought: A Translation of Three Family Law Booklets from 1975, Produced and Circulated by the Republican Sisters
(Sudan Working Paper SWP 2015:5, Working paper, 2015-08-01)This paper includes a translation of three booklets produced by the Sudanese Republican Sisters in commemoration of International Women’s Day in 1975: (i) Women Rights in the Constitution and under Sudanese Sharia Laws , ... -
Women’s informal peace efforts: Grassroots activism in South Sudan
(CMI Brief no. 2018:07, Report, 2018-12-01)South Sudanese women have been grossly under-represented in formal peace negotiations. However, they have been active in informal peacebuilding at the local level where peace means rebuilding society. Such informal ... -
Women’s informal peacebuilding in North East Nigeria
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Women’s Right to Abortion after Rape in Sudan
(CMI Insight 2015:2, Report, 2015-04-01)In 1991, Sudan’s Islamist regime expanded the circumstances under which abortions are permitted within 90 days of conception, to include rape. This reform has received great attention, especially given the rampant rape ... -
Women’s Rights and Political Representation: Past Achievements and Future Challenges
(PRIO Paper 2014, Research report, 2014-12-03)This paper summarizes the main achievements and challenges for Afghan women’s participation in politics and their access to justice. It also presents the most important reflections amongst key stakeholders about possible ... -
Women’s status in Haiti ten years after the earthquake
(CMI Brief no. 2020:07, Report, 2020-06-01)Ten years ago, on January 12, at 16:53 in the afternoon, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti. The country was left in shambles. So was the women’s movement. Three of its most prominent leaders lost their lives ... -
Women’s use of family planning services: An experiment on the husband’s involvement
(Journal of Development Economics vol. 158, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-01-01)Despite the increased availability of family planning services (FPS) in low-income countries, their use remains low, especially in rural sub-Saharan Africa. To investigate to what extent this is explained by the husband’s ...