The Paradox of Representation in Sudan: Muslim Women's Diverging Agendas

Liv Tønnessen; Hilde Granås Kjøstvedt

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Liv Tønnessen, Hilde Granås Kjøstvedt (2010). The Paradox of Representation in Sudan: Muslim Women's Diverging Agendas. Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Brief 1)

The international discourse on gender and peacebuilding presupposes a common agenda among all women across religion, ethnicity and class in any given post-confl ict situation. This brief challenges this position by exploring the attitudes and priorities of Muslim female activists in Sudan. Disunited and politicized, they have multiple and competing priorities rather than a common gender-based agenda.

Liv Tønnessen

Director of Center on Law and Social Transformation and Senior Researcher

Women and Peacebuilding in Sudan

Apr 2009 - Nov 2009

The Paradox of Representation in Sudan: Muslim Women's Diverging Agendas

Liv Tønnessen

Women and Peacebuilding in Sudan

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