The Experience of Violence by Zimbabwean Women

African democracy institute Idasa, with the Research and Advocacy Unit (RAU), the International Centre for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) and the Women’s Coalition of Zimbabwe (WCoZ) have conducted research on Zimbabwean women’s views on transitional justice, looking at how women in that country have been affected by the elections, the inclusive government, transitional justice mechanisms and [...]

Idasa warns of new needs of HIV-affected children

The latest study by Idasa’s Governance and AIDS Programme (GAP) warns that improved access to antiretroviral therapy has created a whole new dilemma for Africa. As the life expectancy of children living with HIV increases, where do AIDS orphans who have been cared for in institutions all their lives go for help after they turn [...]

Join network of Democracy Practitioners and Scholars working in Africa

Join Idasa’s network of Democracy Practitioners and Scholars working in Africa. Network with others on the Continent, working on democracy and governance.

Improving Academia? potential for research and social media

From The Broker Can collaborative writing help to improve the quality or quantity of academic output? Proponents of social media (such as blogs and wikis) argue that such collaboration has the potential to ensure that the quality of research is higher than that produced by individual scholars. But in an academic setting this will happen [...]

Afrobarometer Research Speaks for Itself

- By Bob Mattes – The Afrobarometer is an award-winning international research project that collects data on Africans’ attitudes and opinions about democracy and economics.  Now conducted in 20 countries, and with an unprecedented four waves of data collected in 12 countries, no social science project has ever approached its scope on this continent.  The [...]