Sophia Birchinger

👉Based on work @PRIF_org 👉Building on a previous @dfg_public project by @_witt_antonia with @saitmatty and Omar M Bah 👉Drawing on field research with @jallow_kara @mariamaconeh and many more.

Zooming into #VAD2024 from #GuineaBissau 🇬🇼 Thank you for making it possible @ClusterAfrica and for hosting this panel on peripheral perceptions on coups @timglawion @lots2tweet & Andreas Mehler.

@PRIF_org @DAAD_Germany For our latest view on Guinea-Bissau, see Wilson's and my #PRIF Blog 👇 blog.prif.org/2024/08/13/ear…

🙏 @PRIF_org and @DAAD_Germany for making this possible!

🇬🇼 #BomDia da #GuinéBissau! Over the next three months I'll be here to study how #citizens experience the @ecowas_cedeao #interventions. 🤝 Happy to connect if you're around! 🎉 Amilcar Cabral's 100th birthday was definitely a good start - despite turbulent weather & politics.

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 @africaarguments. africanarguments.org/2024/09/guinea… A thread. 1/17

@PRIF_org Here you go, now available in Portuguese. O nosso artigo é agora publicado também em português: blog.prif.org/2024/09/03/sin…

@PRIF_org A Portuguese version follows in no time.

Following an alleged coup attempt in 2023, Guinea-Bissau has witnessed mass protests in recent months. @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…

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

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

📢 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: amaniafrica-et.org/senior-researc… 👉Assistant Researcher: amaniafrica-et.org/assistant-rese…

Call for Application! In partnership with @GIZAfricanUnion, 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

📢📔 #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

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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.👇👇

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 @TheAfricaReport theafricareport.com/357338/opinion…

“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 pain and suffering so that the men who were advocating for the law against FGM/C to be repealed understood how the practice has effects on women and girls…” Thank you @birchinger to chatting me about the Journey in fighting to maintain the law and for sharing on @PRIF_org #EndFGM220 Read the full article 👇🏾

👇 1. Go & read my interview with @BaldehF on #Gambia |ns' fight to uphold the #FGMban #hearthevoices 💪 2. Go & follow e.g. @BaldehF @JahaENDFGM @SafeHands4Girls @WomenInLiberat1 @NgbvGambia @GPtoEndFGM 🤝Jerejef!

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