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CSF Research Update No.1

We are pleased to share the first CSF Research Update! This monthly mailing will share a round up of brand new research and analysis that are important for aid actors in Sudan to better understand the complex contexts in which they are working and improve the impacts of aid.

We'll also share occasional selected articles from the CSF Knowledge Hub archive that you may have missed that can help to provide background, history, and lessons learned. The publications below can all be found in the CSF Knowledge Hub.

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Top Picks

Negotiating Space: Sudanese Women’s Access to Vocational Education & Employment

SIHA, Feb 2021

Drawing on SIHA’s Breaking Gender Stereotypes Phase II project, the paper explores how urban poor women experience access and opportunity in vocational training and subsequent employment in Greater Khartoum, Sudan. Ultimately, this research paper reveals how practical approaches to achieving women’s empowerment can strongly impact social norms and reduce gender stereotypes - Look closer here.

Walking a Tightrope: The Transition from UNAMID to UNITAMS in Sudan

Daniel Forti at Interpeace, February 2021

This paper examines the ongoing UN transition in Sudan, focusing on the establishment of UNITAMS and UNAMID’s exit from Darfur. It evaluates developments against four themes pertinent to the transition of UN peace operations: the creation of a shared political vision for the transition, national engagement in the process, efforts to comprehensively plan the transition, and the dynamics of international financial support and partnerships. And concludes by offering recommendations to guide the UN and its member states in sustaining the UN transition over the coming months. Here is the detail you need.

Climate-Fragility Risk Brief: Sudan

Adrian Foong, Benjamin Pohl, Lukas Rüttinger at Adelphi, November 2020

A majority of Sudanese depend on agriculture for their livelihoods and are directly impacted by climate change which is worsening food and water security. This climate-fragility risk brief outlines three ways in which climate change interacts with and contributes to conflict and fragility in Sudan - Read them here.

Integrated Water Resource Management and Peace

Aqua4Sudan, March 2021

This paper advocates a conflict sensitive Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) approach that balances the different water requirements (for people’s domestic use, livestock, crops, grazing lands and other uses) with the total availability of water within a hydrological unit (a catchment area). Learn how the consortium is supporting local actors develop plans for their areas - Find out more.

In case you missed it

The Rebels Come to Khartoum: How to Implement Sudan’s New Peace Agreement

International Crisis Group, February 2020

This Crisis Briefing assesses the challenges and opportunities of the October peace agreement. Specifically, the review explores how the agreement might be implemented, highlighting potential obstacles and means to support the country’s transition to civilian government. Aid takes place within this big picture. Get up to speed here.

Go in-depth

Pastoralism and Conflict in the Sudano-Sahel: A Review of the Literature

Search for Common Ground, September 2020

This literature review synthesizes the major points of consensus and divergence on the sources of violence and instability that affect both pastoral communities in the Sudano-Sahel region and the rural societies with whom they share resources and landscapes. It also identifies knowledge gaps - Be informed and understand where you need to focus. Give this review a serious look here.

Making and Breaking Peace in Sudan and South Sudan: The Comprehensive Peace Agreement and Beyond

Sarah M. H. Nouwen, Laura M. James, and Sharath Srinivasan, December 2020

This book has been a long time in the making and the quality and breadth shows why. It’s a unique collection of stellar academic and practioner authors grappling with the question of which, and whose, ideas of peace and of peacemaking were pursued in the Sudans and how they fared. Bringing together economic, legal, anthropological and political science perspectives on over a decade of peacemaking attempts in the two countries, it provides insights for peacemaking efforts to come, in the Sudans and elsewhere. Buy it, find bits of the book online (e.g.), or borrow it as soon as you can.

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