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    • Sexual and reproductive rights - a global legal battlefield 

      Gianella, Camila; Gloppen, Siri; Sieder, Rachel; Yamin, Alicia (CMI Brief vol. 12 no. 1, Report, 2013-04-01)
      Millennium Development Goal number 5 (MDG 5) aims to reduce maternal mortality. In this brief we argue that, in the current global context more rigorous research focusing on the legal battles around women’s sexual and ...

    • Sexual violence and state violence against women in Egypt, 2011-2014 

      McRobie, Heather (CMI Insight 2014:7, Report, 2014-09-04)
      Egyptian women were crucial to the movement that overthrew Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak in the 2011 revolution. However, both in the revolutionary and post-revolutionary period women have also become targets of sexual ...

    • Sexual violence in Sudan: From denial to recognition 

      Nihar, Samia (Report, 2024-02-01)
      The April 15 war has led to a shift in the public discourse about sexual violence in Sudan. From being a topic that is largely swept under the carpet, it is now acknowledged as an integral part of warfare. This brief ...

    • Shaping the tax agenda: Public engagement, lobbying and tax reform in Tanzania 

      Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge; Ngowi, Prosper; Rakner, Lise (CMI Brief vol. 14 no. 5, Report, 2015-07-01)
      Tax reforms are no longer the exclusive domain of the International Monetary Fund, external experts, and the Ministry of Finance. Increasingly, interest groups across Africa shape the tax agenda. Business associations and ...

    • Should Corrupt Countries receive Budget Support? 

      Kolstad, Ivar (CMI Brief, Report, 2005-01-01)
      Corruption makes budget support ineffective, and sometimes counter-productive. Budget support is particularly unsuitable in partner countries where political corruption is rampant. As donors increase budget support, it is ...

    • Shutting down social media, shutting out the youth? 

      Lemaire, Pauline (CMI Brief no. 2023:4, Report, 2023-05-01)
      Young people across Africa use social media to participate in politics, while their governments implement strategies to limit online political mobilization. However, young citizens whose government shut down social media ...

    • Sistema "parlamentar-presidencial" ou presidencialismo extremo? 

      Pestana, Nelson (Angola Brief vol. 1 no. 16, Report, 2011-06-05)
      A nova Constituição angolana (Fevereiro 2010) consagrou um sistema de governo auto-designado “Parlamentar-Presidencial”. Esta qualificação sugere a existência de equilíbrio entre os dois órgãos de soberania que não é ...

    • Social accountability in situations of conflict and fragility 

      Schouten, Claire (U4 Brief 2011:19, Report, 2011-12-14)
      Donor support to social accountability in fragile and conflict-affected states is a relatively new phenomenon. It has emerged with the lessons that top-down anticorruption approaches have often failed and different approaches ...

    • Special tribunal for Lebanon: Either peace or justice? 

      Knudsen, Are John (CMI Brief vol. 10 no. 1, Report, 2011-03-01)
      On 14 February 2005, former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and 22 members of his staff and security detail were killed by a massive bomb in downtown Beirut. The murder gave rise to the “Cedar Revolution,” the largest ...

    • Specialised anti-corruption courts: Indonesia 

      Schütte, Sofie Arjon (U4 Brief 2016:4, Report, 2016-07-01)
      The Indonesian Court for Corruption Crimes, or Tipikor court, has handled corruption cases for more than a decade. Initially there was only one Tipikor court in Jakarta, exclusively hearing cases from the Corruption ...

    • Specialised anti-corruption courts: Philippines 

      Stephenson, Matthew (U4 Brief 2016:3, Report, 2016-07-01)
      The Philippines' Sandiganbayan is the oldest specialised anti-corruption court in the world. Though established mainly to resolve corruption cases more expeditiously, the Sandiganbayan is plagued by delays and inefficiency. ...

    • Specialised anti-corruption courts: Slovakia 

      Stephenson, Matthew (U4 Brief 2016:2, Report, 2016-07-01)
      In 2003 Slovakia established a Special Court, subsequently renamed the Special Criminal Court (SCC), principally for corruption and organised crime cases. The SCC was a response to the domination of the ordinary lower ...

    • Specialised anti-corruption courts: Uganda 

      Schütte, Sofie Arjon (U4 Brief 2016:5, Report, 2016-07-01)
      The Uganda High Court has an Anti-Corruption Division (ACD) with original jurisdiction over all corruption and related cases. The main rationale for its establishment was the speedier resolution of corruption cases, and ...

    • Stortingskandidaters møter med vold: Er norsk politikk et trygt rom? 

      Belschner, Jana; Muriaas, Ragnhild; Wang, Vibeke (CMI Brief no. 2023:8, Report, 2023-11-01)
      Norske politikere blir i liten grad utsatt for politisk motivert vold. De tenker heller ikke på vold som en risiko en må regne med om en engasjerer seg politisk. Likevel opplever mange norske politikere å ...

    • Strengthening civil society in developing countries? Development aid and Norwegian organisations 

      Tjønneland, Elling N. (CMI Brief vol. 17 no. 1, Report, 2018-01-01)
      Norway channels a large portion of its development aid budget through Norwegian civil society organisations. This also includes disbursements from Norad’s civil society grant for strengthening civil society where more than ...

    • Strong regional inequalities in health service delivery in Angola 

      Mæstad, Ottar; Frøystad, Mona; Villamil, Nohra (Angola Brief vol. 1 no. 3, Report, 2011-06-05)
      A statistical survey of health facilities and households in Luanda and Uíge has confirmed that strong inequalities persist between provinces in the availability of basic health services. Large differences are observed also ...

    • Subverting the Constitution and Curtailing Civil Society. Angola’s New Law on NGOs. 

      Gomes, Catarina Antunes; Abreu, Cesaltina; Nangacovie, Margareth; Amundsen, Inge (CMI Insight 2023:2, Report, 2023-09-01)
      In Angola, the government is in the process of making a new law on the NGOs, a law that is deemed unconstitutional, unnecessary, and a breach of people’s fundamental rights and freedoms of association. Like in many ...

    • Sudan’s constitutional process: A gender inclusive approach 

      Hoverter, Terry (Report, 2021-08-01)
      Research shows that including women in constitutional processes secures more durable and long-lasting outcomes. Yet women have been excluded from the discussions about Sudan’s future. What steps can the transitional ...

    • Sudan’s popular uprising and the demise of Islamism 

      Assal, Munzoul A. M. (CMI Brief no. 2019:3, Report, 2019-12-01)
      This Sudan Brief is concerned with the fractionalization of Islamism during Bashir’s rule (1989-2019). It does not focus on the details of Bashir’s brutal rule, rather, it is about the emerging disunity from ...

    • Switches from quota- to non-quota seats: A comparative study of Tanzania and Uganda 

      Wang, Vibeke; Yoon, Mi Yung (CMI Brief no. 2, Report, 2018-04-01)
      Reserved-seat quotas have been used worldwide as a measure to get more women in parliament. However, they are meant to be temporary until women can compete with men for open seats using their quota experience. The cases ...