CMI Briefs

Gender Inequality In Sub-Saharan Africa, as well as in other poor regions,fewer women than men are engaged in industrial jobs.1This implies a potential for more female jobs as womentraditionally take on...

Ghana is characterized by highly partisan politics with the prospects for electoral violence exacerbated by a winner takes all electoral system. Candidates for political office routinely experience some form of...

Based on examples from truth commissions in Africa, the policy brief presents recommendations for enhancing accountability, reparation, and guarantees of non-recurrence for conflict-related sexual violence. Written for policymakers and practitioners...

What contributes to the reproduction of authoritarianism? Research conducted with politically active youth in the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) demonstrates their motivations and actual practices, feeding into the...

A jihadist group referred to as Al-Shabab has waged a war against the Mozambican state and its allies since 2017, with devastating consequences for the civilian population. The insurgents mostly...

Ethiopia’s high-level of population growth is contributing to an acute problem of youth unemployment. A lack of jobs and dissatisfaction about future opportunities were partly the reasons for the game-changing...

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...

Almost 40% of Ugandan youth are neither employed nor studying. The government is going all in with its Parish Development Model (PDM), aiming to tackle this and reduce youth unemployment....

Women who contest election in Ireland report experiencing political violence more often than men, experience different forms more frequently (specifically, degrading talk and false rumours), and are more likely to...

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...

Compared to fellow politicians in other countries, women and men who contest elections in Norway do not encounter much political violence. The low occurrence of political violence is reflected in...

Peru has moved back at least five years on its road to reducing maternal mortality, due to the profound impact COVID-19 has had on the capacity of health services. Our...

Perú se ha retrasado al menos cinco años en su camino a la reducción de la mortalidad materna debido al profundo impacto que ha tenido la covid-19 en la provisión...

Migliorare l’accesso all’aiuto umanitario in situazioni di conflitto e di emergenza è sempre stata una delle principali preoccupazioni per gli operatori umanitari. Per garantire l’accesso, l’assistenza e la protezione dei...

Since late 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic has been spreading globally. The pandemic has affected all aspects of global society and has caused specific challenges for both the government and private...

This brief discusses what we can learn from recent experiences with direct health facility financing in Tanzania for the future design of a more harmonised system for financing of frontline...

What does it take for a female politician to win a party nomination? We still know little about women’s entry into politics in countries without formal gender quotas. Using data...

The term humanitarian diplomacy (HD) emerged in early 2000s. HD recognises the role of humanitarian actors when negotiating access, assistance and protection for civilians in situations of extreme insecurity and...