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  Refugee in One’s Own Country: A Collective Investigation into Internally Displaced Persons in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) 04/02/2025

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  The book Refugee in One’s Own Country: A Collective Investigation into Internally Displaced Persons in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) examines the plight ...

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  Country : Burkina Faso , Mali , Ivory Coste , Togo , Ghana

  Organizations : UPPSALA University
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Research Report / Governance,
Refugee in One’s Own Country: A Collective Investigation into Internally Displaced Persons in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) 04/02/2025
Summary :
The book Refugee in One’s Own Country: A Collective Investigation into Internally Displaced Persons in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) examines the plight of individuals fleeing violence in Burkina Faso and seeking refuge in the capital. Conducted in 2021-2022 by a team of Burkinabè and French researchers, the study highlights the exclusion of these internally displaced persons (IDPs) from official statistics and humanitarian aid. Testimonies reveal harsh living conditions, difficulties integrating into the urban environment, and a lack of institutional recognition. The study also explores the complexity of the conflict in the "three-border zone" (Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger) and the spread of violence. Combining anthropological and geographical approaches, it sheds light on the displaced population’s adaptation strategies and their struggle for visibility amid an ongoing security and political crisis.
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Politics, Political party, Gender, Natural ressources, Education, Gold, Social, Soicial sciences, Researh, Knowlege production
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UPPSALA University
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  Pragmatic contexts and formalist contexts. A socio-anthropological perspective 13/02/2025

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  The article "Pragmatic contexts and formalist contexts. A socio-anthropological perspective", written by Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan, explores the d...

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  Country : Burkina Faso , Niger , Senegal , Benin

  Organizations : International Sociolinguistics Notebooks
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Journal article / Governance,
Pragmatic contexts and formalist contexts. A socio-anthropological perspective 13/02/2025
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The article "Pragmatic contexts and formalist contexts. A socio-anthropological perspective", written by Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan, explores the distinction between pragmatic (proximity) contexts and formalist (structural) contexts in social sciences. It shows that the social sciences mix contextualization and decontextualization according to their methods. Qualitative surveys, focused on local interactions, better reflect the complexity of the field than quantitative methods, which favor abstract indicators. The author criticizes social engineering and standardized intervention models, often developed without taking into account local contexts. He defends the importance of the agency of actors and advocates a gradual increase in generality, rather than an abstract and decontextualized generalization. The study of pragmatic contexts allows a better understanding of public policies and development projects, particularly in Africa.
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Politics, Political party, Power, Economic Development, Natural ressources, Development, Gold, Social, Researh, Knowlege production
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International Sociolinguistics Notebooks
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  Schooling of girls and (re)configuration of gender relations 30/01/2025

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  The article explores the growing place of girls in Arab-Islamic education in Senegal and its impact on gender relations. Historically, this education ...

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  Country : Senegal

  Organizations : Afrique contemporaine
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Journal article / Governance, Inclusion,
Schooling of girls and (re)configuration of gender relations 30/01/2025
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The article explores the growing place of girls in Arab-Islamic education in Senegal and its impact on gender relations. Historically, this education system was dominated by boys, but since the 1990s, private and public initiatives have allowed for greater female inclusion. Arab-Islamic education is seen as a tool for social moralization and protection against negative influences. However, it also conveys rigid gender norms, with an emphasis on the training of girls as future wives and mothers. Despite these constraints, young girls invest in this educational space to achieve skills, strengthen their autonomy and sometimes even compete with men in religious and educational roles. Education thus becomes a space for negotiation between tradition and modernity, between control and female emancipation.
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Politics, Political party, Power, Gender, Natural ressources, Justice, Religious education, Education, Family, Gold, Social
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Afrique contemporaine
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  The gender quota as a government technique in Burkina Faso: a mixture of new instruments and political inertia 29/01/2025

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  The article The gender quota as a government technique in Burkina Faso: between change of instruments and political inertia, written by Abdoul K. Said...

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  Country : Burkina Faso

  Organizations : Afrique contemporaine
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The gender quota as a government technique in Burkina Faso: a mixture of new instruments and political inertia 29/01/2025
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The article The gender quota as a government technique in Burkina Faso: between change of instruments and political inertia, written by Abdoul K. Saidou and published in Afrique Contemporaine (n°275, 2023/1), analyzes the application and the limits of the gender quota policy in Burkina Faso. Despite the adoption in 2009 of a law imposing a quota of 30% of female candidates in municipal and legislative elections, its impact has remained limited. The article highlights the political resistance and circumvention strategies put in place by the parties, in particular the effect of these quotas. The 2020 reform, which introduced new incentive instruments (such as a financial bonus for parties respecting quotas), did not allow for significant representation of women. The author thus underlines the political inertia and the systemic obstacles which slow down the effective application of this policy.
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Politics, Political party, State, Gender, Natural ressources, Justice, Mediation, Election, Gold, Social
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Afrique contemporaine
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