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1. Research

   No Shortcuts to Power: Constraints on Women's Political Effectiveness in Uganda

   Goetz, Anne-Marie. 2002. "No Shortcuts to Power: Constraints on Women's Political Effectiveness in Uganda." Journal of Modern African Studies 40 (4): 549-575.

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   Topics: Corruption, Gender, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Governance, Quotas, Political Participation Regions: Africa, East Africa Countries: Uganda Keywords: affirmative action, political corruption, quotas, political representation, democracy

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   Phallocracies and Gynocratic Transgressions: Gender, State Power, and Kenyan Public Life

   Musila, G. 2009. “Phallocracies and Gynocratic Transgressions: Gender, State Power and Kenyan Public Life.” Africa Insight 39 (1). 

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   Topics: Class, Gender, Women, Men, Masculinity/ies, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Governance, Elections, Military Forces & Armed Groups, Political Participation, Violence Regions: Africa, East Africa Countries: Kenya

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   Sub-Saharan Africa: A Survey of Gender Budgeting Efforts

   Stotsky, Janet G., Lisa Kolovich, and Suhaib Kebhaj. 2016. “Sub-Saharan Africa: A Survey of Gender Budgeting Efforts.” IMF Working Paper. Washington, D.C.: International Monetary Fund. 

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   Topics: Gender Budgeting, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, NGOs, Political Participation Regions: Africa, Central Africa, East Africa Countries: Rwanda, Uganda Keywords: gender budgeting, fiscal policy & administration, gender inequality, Sub-Saharan Africa

4. Research

   Giving Women a Voice on Decision-Making about Water: Barriers and Opportunities in Laikipia, Kenya

   Coulter, Janna E., Rebecca A. Witinok-Huber, Brett L. Bruyere, and Wanja Dorothy Nyingi. 2019. “Giving Women a Voice on Decision-Making about Water: Barriers and Opportunities in Laikipia, Kenya.” Gender, Place & Culture 26 (4): 489–509.

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   Topics: Gender, Gender Roles, Women, Gender Equality/Inequality, Governance, Infrastructure, Water & Sanitation, Political Participation Regions: Africa, East Africa Countries: Kenya Keywords: governance, Kenya, marginalization, women, water

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   Women's Political Participation and Influence in Post-Conflict Burundi and Nepal

   Falch, Åshild. 2010. “Women's Political Participation and Influence in Post-Conflict Burundi and Nepal.” PRIO Paper, Peace and Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Oslo.

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   Topics: Armed Conflict, Gender, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Patriarchy, Gender Equality/Inequality, Peacebuilding, Political Participation, Post-Conflict, Post-Conflict Reconstruction, UN Security Council Resolutions on WPS, UNSCR 1325 Regions: Africa, Central Africa, East Africa, Asia, South Asia Countries: Burundi, Nepal

6. Research

   Mobilizing Transnational Gender Politics in Post-Genocide Rwanda

   Mageza-Barthel, Rirhandu. 2015. Mobilizing Transnational Gender Politics in Post-Genocide Rwanda. Gender in a Global/Local World. London & New York: Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Mobilizing-Transnational-Gender-Politics-in-Post-Genocide-Rwanda/Mageza-Barthel/p/book/9781472426499.

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   Topics: Feminisms, Gender, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Gender Equity, International Law, Political Participation, Post-Conflict, Post-Conflict Reconstruction Regions: Africa, Central Africa, East Africa Countries: Rwanda Keywords: politics & international relations, international politics, African & Third World politics, political philosophy, gender politics, international relations, global governance, political behavior and participation, racial & ethnic politics, law, human rights law & civil liberties

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   Building a State That Works for Women: Integrating Gender into Post-Conflict State Building

   Castillejo, Claire. 2011. ‘Building a State That Works for Women: Integrating Gender into Post-Conflict State Building’, March, Working Paper. Madrid: Fride. http://fride.org/download/WP107_Building_state.pdf

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   Topics: Democracy / Democratization, Development, Gender, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Governance, Post-Conflict Governance, Political Participation, Post-Conflict, Post-Conflict Reconstruction Regions: Africa, Central Africa, East Africa, West Africa, Americas, Central America, Europe, Balkans, Eastern Europe Countries: Burundi, Guatemala, Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Sudan Keywords: post conflict reconstruction, women, Gender, state-building, integration

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   Implementing the Women, Peace and Security Agenda? Somali Debates on Women's Public Roles and Political Participation

   Horst, Cindy. 2017. "Implementing the Women, Peace and Security Agenda? Somali Debates on Women's Public Roles and Political Participation." Journal of Eastern African Studies 11 (3): 389-407.

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   Topics: Gender, Women, Gender Roles, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Peace and Security, Governance, Post-Conflict Governance, International Organizations, Peacebuilding, Political Participation, Post-Conflict, Religion, UN Security Council Resolutions on WPS Regions: Africa, East Africa Countries: Somalia Keywords: Gender, Somalia, women, civil war, social change, diaspora, statebuilding, nation-building, peace, security

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   Local Organisation and Gender in Water Management: A Case Study from the Kenya Highlands

   Were, Elizabeth, Jessica Roy, and Brent Swallow. 2008. “Local Organisation and Gender in Water Management: A Case Study from the Kenya Highlands.” Journal of International Development 20 (1): 69–81.

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   Topics: Development, Gender, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Governance, Infrastructure, Water & Sanitation, Political Participation Regions: Africa, East Africa Countries: Kenya Keywords: water, springs, women, Gender, collective action, Kipsigis, legal pluralism, Africa