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African Migrants at Sea

(Eu)Roped In: The Side-Lined Dimensions of Nigerian Victims of Sex-Trafficking

The year 2015 was labelled as the year of the “European migration crisis” owing to the elevated numbers of economic migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers attempting to enter the continent. Women represent a significant group in the migration flows of the Mediterranean; however, the complexity underlying their identities and realities has been poorly captured in policy documents. This piece uses religion as a tool to critically analyse the pre-migratory and post-migratory contexts of Nigerian women by adopting an intersectional lens. It simultaneously denounces the epistemic tendency to exclude religion from intersectional frames of reference.

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Rwandan girls pose for a photo

Expanding Access to Quality Education: Rwanda’s pledge to women and girls

In less than 30 years, Rwanda has made exceptional advances to redress social inequalities exacerbated by the devastating violence of the 1994 genocide. Advances in socio-economic and health outcomes have improved living standards for citizens and directed targeted funding ensuring universal primary education for most children. New conventions to mainstream gender equality have guaranteed an expanded female representation in politics and the workforce, enabling successive generations to contribute to the prosperity of Rwandan society. Though there are promising trends in the education sector, dangerous and competing patterns that perpetuate gender inequality also persist, threatening the success of these important advances.

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Ugandan African Union peacekeepers in Mogadishu, Somalia.

Political Currency and Liquidity in the Political Marketplace: Case Studies from Northwest Africa

The political marketplace is a framework for studying political contestation that posits political players can be understood as entrepreneurs acting in a marketplace buying and selling the commodity of loyalty. This paper extends current theory by proposing that political budgets are (1) comprised of three currencies – namely money, violence, and social capital – and (2) that these currencies are interconvertible. However, they are not always freely interconvertible thanks to liquidity shortages in the marketplace. This paper conceptualizes the idea of liquidity events that profoundly impact the liquidity and interconvertibility of currencies in that marketplace. It concludes with several lessons for policymakers.

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2022: International Migration Review Forum and Multi-stakeholder Hearing, (May 16th-May 20th) United Nations 

2022: International Migration Review Forum and Multi-stakeholder Hearing, (May 16th-May 20th) United Nations  Africa Center for Strategy & Policy is pleased to announce its special invitation to the International Migration Review Forum and Multi-stakeholder Hearing, May 16th-May 20th, 2022, United Nations Based on your interests, you may also wish to read: Leveraging African Youth Student Conference Series

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African Migrants at Sea

(Eu)Roped In: The Side-Lined Dimensions of Nigerian Victims of Sex-Trafficking

The year 2015 was labelled as the year of the “European migration crisis” owing to the elevated numbers of economic migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers attempting to enter the continent. Women represent a significant group in the migration flows of the Mediterranean; however, the complexity underlying their identities and realities has been poorly captured in policy documents. This piece uses religion as a tool to critically analyse the pre-migratory and post-migratory contexts of Nigerian women by adopting an intersectional lens. It simultaneously denounces the epistemic tendency to exclude religion from intersectional frames of reference.

Read More »
Rwandan girls pose for a photo

Expanding Access to Quality Education: Rwanda’s pledge to women and girls

In less than 30 years, Rwanda has made exceptional advances to redress social inequalities exacerbated by the devastating violence of the 1994 genocide. Advances in socio-economic and health outcomes have improved living standards for citizens and directed targeted funding ensuring universal primary education for most children. New conventions to mainstream gender equality have guaranteed an expanded female representation in politics and the workforce, enabling successive generations to contribute to the prosperity of Rwandan society. Though there are promising trends in the education sector, dangerous and competing patterns that perpetuate gender inequality also persist, threatening the success of these important advances.

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