What a historical and memorable day for survivors of #FGM‼️ We were at the National Assembly to witness the consideration stage of the Women’s Amendment Bill 2023, a procedure to scrutinize, evaluate, accept or reject the clauses of the Bill. We are happy to announce that the

#Gambia votes to KEEP ban on #FGM “This is a significant win for women and girls in The Gambia but also beyond,” quoted in the New York Times. Reversal would've been devastating, including “pariah status.” Thanks, Ruth Maclean! Read ⏩: nytimes.com/2024/07/15/wor… #EndFGM220

In July, a bill threatening to repel the ban on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) in the #Gambia was successfully rejected. Sophia Sophia Birchinger talked to Fatou Baldeh MBE, one of the leading activists for upholding the ban. Read the interview on #PRIFblog blog.prif.org/2024/08/08/kee…

👇 1. Go & read my interview with Fatou Baldeh MBE on #Gambia |ns' fight to uphold the #FGMban #hearthevoices 💪 2. Go & follow e.g. Fatou Baldeh MBE Jaha Marie Dukureh Safe Hands For Girls Women In Liberation and Leadership-WILL Network Against GBV-The Gambia 🇬🇲 UNFPA-UNICEF JP to End Female Genital Mutilation 🤝Jerejef!

“As a survivor of FGM myself, the last few months of fighting to make sure that the law against FGM/C is not repealed in The Gambia have been very difficult and re-traumatic. Survivors like myself were forced to relive our experiences. We were forced to come out and share our

Did you know that support for democracy in Africa is far higher than in Asia and Latin America? Fascinating new report from Afrobarometer demonstrates the strength of democratic resilience as well as challenges. My latest for The Africa Report theafricareport.com/357338/opinion…

Following an alleged coup attempt in 2023, Guinea-Bissau has witnessed mass protests in recent months. Sophia Birchinger and Wilson Pedro Té discuss the current political situation and contextualize opposing readings of the coup attempt on #PRIFblog. blog.prif.org/2024/08/13/ear…

📢📔 #Call for book chapters! Do you want to contribute to the book 'Global South Researchers in #DevelopmentStudies: Positionality, Power, and Vulnerability'? Send in your abstracts before 31 October 2024. 🔗 More information: edu.nl/ncgbx #Research

Where to #GuineaBissau? #Protests in Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, and others have kept governments in suspense for weeks. Bringing the emerging political crisis in #GuineaBissau on the radar, our #PRIFblog discusses coup narratives, protests and restrictive government reactions.👇👇

Call for Application! In partnership with GIZ African Union, we are inviting young women aged 18-35, to apply for a six-month mentorship program on Youth, Peace and Security Agenda. Apply through this link: forms.gle/HL5ooQ9oTaifa4… #GMBWomen4Peace #GMBYouth4Peace

📢 Vacancy: Are you interested in working with a dynamic team that is engaged in shaping & informing multilateral policy making with a focus on the AU? Do you have strong analytical skills & work experience on African issues? This may be for you: 👉Senior Researcher:

How emancipatory is participatory action research? Thanks to the twitterless team from Uni Erfurt for organising a great discussion on the potential & limits of PAR as way of doing research differently!! #EISAPEC2024

Merci for #EISAPEC24 in #Lille ☀️ First EISA conference with two presentations on (1) de-centering IR concepts through ordinary language interviewing, and (2) citizens' experiences of #ECOWAS interventions. 🤝 PRIF DAAD News

Sinal de Alerta para Novos Conflitos? Wilson Pedro Té e eu observamos uma polarização social crescente nesta crise política atual na #GuinéBissau Após uma alegada tentativa de golpe de Estado em 2023, o país assistiu a protestos nos últimos meses. #PRIFblog

It’s been three years since Mamadi Doumbouya took power in #Guinea, on 5 September 2021. I have a short piece just out with a colleague in African Arguments. africanarguments.org/2024/09/guinea… A thread. 1/17