Research

Here you can browse current and past research projects at PRIO that deal with gender issues.

Sexual and Gender-based Violence

Missing Peace Initiative

Led by Inger Skjelsbæk

Why Rape? Perpetrator, Punishment and Social Narratives

Led by Inger Skjelsbæk

Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by Peacekeepers (SEAP)

Led by Ragnhild Nordås

Female Empowerment in Eastern DRC: A PRIO-ICART Partnership

Led by Ragnhild Nordås

Bearing Witness

Led by Inger Skjelsbæk

Sexual Violence and Armed Conflict (SVAC)

Led by Ragnhild Nordås

Gender-based Violence in Armed Conflict

Led by Ragnhild Nordås

Dynamics of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence

Led by Ragnhild Nordås

Social Media in Armed Conflict through a Gender Lens: The Case of Myanmar

Led by Julie Marie Hansen

Disciplining Fighters: Understanding Armed Political Actors’ Control of Sexual Violence

Led by Louise Olsson

EuroWARCHILD

Led by Inger Skjelsbæk

Women, Peace and Security Agenda

Global Women, Peace and Security Index

Led by Marianne Dahl

​International Norms and Political Change: 'Women, Peace and Security' and The UN Security Agenda

Led by Torunn L. Tryggestad

OSCE Study on National Action Plans and Other National Strategies

Led by Torunn L. Tryggestad

Implementation of Security Council Resolution 1325 in Cyprus

Women, Peace and Security in Post-Conflict Settings

Led by Olga Demetriou

Tracking and analyzing WPS in the Security Council

Led by Louise Olsson

Gender and Peace Mediation

High-Level Seminars on Gender and Inclusive Mediation Processes

Led by Torunn L. Tryggestad

Women’s Empowerment and Multicultural Challenges in War-to-Peace Transitions: PhD project

Led by Jenny Lorentzen

Equal Peace? Women’s Empowerment and Multicultural Challenges in War-to-Peace Transitions

Led by Inger Skjelsbæk

Nordic Women Mediators (NWM)

Led by Torunn L. Tryggestad

International Conflict Mediation by the United Nations

Led by Torunn L. Tryggestad

Norway's Peace Engagement

Led by Inger Skjelsbæk

Equal Peace? Bosnian Experiences

Led by Inger Skjelsbæk

Gender and Mediation Literature Database Project

Led by Pinar Tank

Women Ambassadors in the UN Security Council: A Decade in Review

Led by Torunn L. Tryggestad

Gender and Migration

Women Building Peace in Displacement: The transnational peacebuilding potential of Myanmar women in Norway

Led by Julie Marie Hansen

Equal Peace? Rwandan Experiences

Led by Katie Goldie-Ryder

With Faith in Development: Islamic Charity as Development in Practice?

Led by Kaja Borchgrevink

The Significance of Political Organization and International Law for Displaced Women in Colombia: A Socio-legal study of Liga De Mujeres

Led by Kristin Bergtora Sandvik

Private Islamic Charity and Approaches to Poverty Reduction

Led by Kristian Berg Harpviken

Gender in Politics in Somalia: Access and Influence in a Post-Conflict State

Led by Cindy Horst

Taking part in society the way I am". An exploration of active citizenship norms in Denmark and Norway

Led by Noor Jdid

Women's Empowerment

Tracking and analyzing WPS in the Security Council

Led by Louise Olsson

Gender Dimensions of Peace and Conflict

Gender Dimensions of DDR in Colombia

Led by Wenche Iren Hauge

Equal Peace? Women’s Empowerment and Multicultural Challenges in War-to-Peace Transitions

Led by Inger Skjelsbæk

Gender and Countering Violent Extremism

Led by Inger Skjelsbæk

​International Norms and Political Change: 'Women, Peace and Security' and The UN Security Agenda

Led by Torunn L. Tryggestad

The Impact of Armed Conflict on Maternal and Women’s Reproductive Health in Sub-Saharan Africa

Led by Primus Che Chi

Gender, Conflict and Peacebuilding Research at PRIO

Led by Torunn L. Tryggestad

Gender Rights and Peacebuilding

Led by Olga Demetriou

Gender in Politics in Somalia: Access and Influence in a Post-Conflict State

Led by Cindy Horst

Effects of Civil War on Maternal and Child Health

Led by Christin Marsh Ormhaug

Building Peace at Home

Led by Olga Demetriou

Abatangamuco - Engaging Men for Women's Empowerment

WOMENsPEACE: Gender Equality, Peace and Security in Nepal and Myanmar

Led by Wenche Iren Hauge

Peacekeeping, Poverty, and Development: Towards an Understanding of the Gendered Peacekeeping Economies in the DRC, Sudan, and Liberia

Making Women Count for Peace: Gender, Empowerment and Conflict in South Asia

Led by Åshild Kolås

Armed Conflict and Maternal Health in Sub-Saharan Africa

Led by Gudrun Østby

Social Media in Armed Conflict through a Gender Lens: The Case of Myanmar

Led by Julie Marie Hansen

Peace and Development Advisors Fellowship Programme on Gender Responsive Peacebuilding

Led by Torunn L. Tryggestad

From Hopeful Agreements to Disillusioned Peace? The effects of peace agreement implementation on women’s security and empowerment

Led by Louise Olsson