Category: Human Rights & Development
141 Articles
- Human Rights & Development
How Natural Resource (Mis-)management in the Nile River Basin May Threaten Stability
If managed properly, the GERD offers benefits to Ethiopia and the wider region. Ethiopia sees domestic electrification and international energy sales from the GERD as its pathway…
May 20, 2020
- Forum: LGBTQ+ Issues in International Relations
- Human Rights & Development
Same-Sex Narratives and LGBTI Activism in the Muslim World
Same-Sex Narratives and the Sharia In the Arab-Muslim world, homosexuality is typically perceived as forbidden, or haram. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex ) …
May 18, 2020
- Human Rights & Development
Oil, Ethnic Conflict, and Necessary and Sufficient Reforms
Guyana, a small, English-speaking country of about 780,000 people in South America, comes out at the bottom of the Human Development Index ranking of the fifteen full members of…
May 12, 2020
- Human Rights & Development
Where are the Women? Why Expanding our Understanding of Venezuela’s Humanitarian Crisis Matters
Considering that humanitarian and displacement crises affect women disproportionately and exacerbate existing gender inequalities, it is crucial for researchers and policymakers…
May 11, 2020
- Human Rights & Development
The New Disability-Inclusive Development Agenda
Positive Practices The World Bank has developed an Environmental and Social Framework (ESF) to protect against disability-based discrimination in Bank-financed projects.…
May 7, 2020
- Forum: LGBTQ+ Issues in International Relations
- Human Rights & Development
Same-Sex Marriage Development in Taiwan: Constitutional Ruling or Putting Equality to A Vote?
The initial challenge to Taiwan’s Civil Code was by activist Chi Chia-wei, whose application to register a marriage with his partner in 2013 was denied. In a ground-breaking…
April 29, 2020
- Human Rights & Development
Constitutional Courts, Democracy, and Judicial Independence in Europe
Although the first constitutional court was created in Austria in 1920, these institutions did not begin to disseminate across the European continent until after the Second World…
April 28, 2020
- Human Rights & Development
PART III: The Post-Conflict Window: A Critical Opportunity to Advance Women’s Participation in Post-Conflict Societies
Women’s roles and contributions to SSR Women can foster local ownership of SSR by facilitating dialogue between the local community, policy makers, and the security sector. In…
April 24, 2020
- Human Rights & Development
PART II: The Post-Conflict Window: A Critical Opportunity to Advance Women’s Participation in Post-Conflict Societies
Changing patterns in labor participation Women’s labor participation may increase during the conflict to fill the roles previously played by men. However, women tend to perform…
April 23, 2020
- Human Rights & Development
PART I: The Post-Conflict Window: A Critical Opportunity to Advance Women’s Participation in Post-Conflict Societies
Post-conflict reconstruction is not merely remodeling bridges and roads, but in fact refers to the transition from conflict to peace by rebuilding the affected country’s, …
April 21, 2020