by Tyler Hammett | Nov 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
Since September 2020, with support from the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs (SCA), ROLC has worked to bolster Sri Lankan think tanks through a variety of capacity-building support in order to strengthen institutional effectiveness...
by Tyler Hammett | Nov 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
In 2018, ROLC was awarded a cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) for the Justice Sector Training, Research, and Coordination Plus (JUSTRAC+) program, a successor to the JUSTRAC...
by Kiel Downey | Mar 13, 2017 | Publication
This article examines a national girls’ education program and its role in addressing gender inequality in the Indian state of Gujarat. In 2004, the Ministry of Education, Government of India, enacted the Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyala (KGBV) program. As a...
by Kiel Downey | Mar 13, 2017 | Publication
Comparative findings from girls’ education projects in Gujarat, India, and Shaanxi, China, are used to explore two questions: How and under what conditions does schooling contribute to girls’ instrumental and intrinsic empowerment? What does it mean to become an...
by Kiel Downey | Jan 1, 2017 | Publication
This essay is one of the first collaborative efforts to identify the underlying norms embedded in diverse traditions of Islamic law as these apply to contemporary Muslim communities experiencing conflict or transitioning from conflict. This long overdue endeavor draws...