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Institutions, Mobilisation and Rebellion in Post-Colonial Societies

Published by: HiCN

This HiCN Working Paper revisits the simultaneous equations model of rebellion, mobilisation, grievances and repression proposed by Gurr and Moore (1997). Its main contribution is to clarify and improve on the underlying identification strategy and to emphasise the role played by the institutional environment.

Nutrition, Governance and Violence: A Framework for the Analysis of Resilience and Vulnerability to Food Insecurity in Contexts of Violent Conflict

Published by: Households in Conflict Network

Part of the Households in Conflict Network (HiCN) series, this paper analyses the varying levels of resilience experienced by those affected by conflict, and discusses how this evidence can be best incorporated into international and national interventions aimed at securing the access to food and livelihoods by individuals, households and communities affected by violence and conflict.

Egypt Elections: Islamic Dictatorship or Mlitary Authoritarianism

Published by: African Arguments

Egyptians choose between Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party and Ahmed Shafik, a military man redolent of the old regime.

Egyptian Women have had enough of being told to Cover Up

Published by: The Guardian

Another woman told me that girls and women wearing mid-sleeved clothing had been slapped on their bare arms by men on bicycles shouting slurs. Another told me she had been spat on by men telling her to cover up. Another told me that she had her hair up in a pony tail and a young man pulled it so hard that she thought her head was going to fall off. Another recounts how she was pushed and elbowed by a passer-by telling her to cover her nakedness (she was wearing a mid-sleeved blouse and trousers).

Mutilating Bodies: The Muslim Brotherhood’s Gift to Egyptian Women

Published by: Open Democracy

In Egypt the Muslim Brotherhood have offered to circumcise women for a nominal fee as part of their community services, a move that threatens to reverse decades of local struggle against the harmful practice argues Mariz Tadros

To Politically Empower Women on a Global Scale we need more than Quotas

Published by: The Guardian

If we are serious about promoting gender justice, we must turn political empowerment upside down.

Where’s the ‘Bread, Freedom and Social Justice’ a Year after Egypt’s Revolution

Published by: The Guardian

Things are getting worse rather than better for people who took part in Egypt's revolution last January, and the new government doesn't seem to be a stabilising force.

Success making and success stories: agronomic research in the spotlight

Published by: Earthscan