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1 April 2019
Published by: IDS
This paper presents findings from a case study exploring the prospects for measuring the impacts of restricted civic space on development in Ethiopia. It is part of a larger inquiry into the phenomenon of restrictions on civil society activity around the world, including but not only in developing countries, most notably in the past decade.
When citizens and communities in fragile settings don't engage with public authorities to solve their governance issues, what do they...
Under what conditions does women’s social and political action contribute to the strengthening of women’s empowerment and lead to...
How and under what conditions do struggles over energy access in fragile and conflict affected settings empower marginalised groups to...
How is social and political action for empowerment and accountability enabled and supported by donors working in specific fragile,...
19 March 2019
Published by: IDS
In a global context of deep ideological, political, social and economic polarisations, it is unsurprising that fault lines exist in Western aid circles on how to engage with the role of religion in relation to gender equality.
8 March 2019
Published by: IDS
Why did 11 million fewer women than men vote in Pakistan’s 2018 general elections? Contrary to conventional wisdom, there is a much higher gender gap in each province’s largest metropolitan city compared to its remaining constituencies. This gap relates to men’s views about women’s vote and women’s knowledge of politics and the electoral process.
6 March 2019
20 February 2019
Published by: IDS
Why does a gender gap in voting exist in Pakistan? Our research looks beyond the creation of democratic spaces for women's participation, such as voter registration, to look instead at the constraints that women face in being able to use such spaces. This paper uses qualitative fieldwork undertaken in Lahore over 2017–18 to understand what enables or constrains women’s decision to turn out to vote.
8 February 2019
