• Gender parity in Senegal – A continuing struggle 

      Tøraasen, Marianne (CMI Insight 2017:2, Report, 2017-05-01)
      In 2010, the Senegalese women’s movement, supported by political elites and international norms, managed to push for the adoption of one of the world’s most radical gender quota laws to date. This was achieved without the ...
    • Gender, corruption, and recruitment in the Haitian judiciary 

      Tøraasen, Marianne (U4 Brief 20xx:x, Report, 2022-12-01)
      Corruption is a threat to gender equality and presents an obstacle to women’s access to decision-making roles. Where recruitment to public office is determined by political contacts and ‘shadowy’ arrangements, ...
    • The future of UN policing? The Norway-led Specialized Police Team to combat Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Haiti 2010–2019. 

      Tøraasen, Marianne (CMI Report 2021:3, Research report, 2021-08-01)
      The purpose of the specialized police team deployed to Haiti under MINUSTAH was to help build the Haitian National Police’s capacity to prevent, investigate and prosecute SGBV, which had increased dramatically in the ...
    • Women’s status in Haiti ten years after the earthquake 

      Tøraasen, Marianne (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 ...