Sophia Birchinger
@birchinger
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PhD Cand @PRIF_org // alum @goetheuni @unihalle @sciencespo @sdw_Stiftung 🎯African Intervention Politics & Coercion Seen 'From Below'📍The Gambia/Guinea-Bissau
Frankfurt on the Main, Germany
Joined September 2014
👉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.
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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.
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🇬🇼 #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.
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RT @VincentFoucher: It’s been three years since Mamadi Doumbouya took power in #Guinea, on 5 September 2021. I have a short piece just out….
africanarguments.org
With neither elections nor a promised new constitution in sight, Gen. Mamadi Doumbouya's three-year-old junta is tightening its grip on power - even as its foreign friends salivate at the prospect of...
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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.
Agora no #PRIFblog: @birchinger e Wilson Pedro Tè publicam uma versão portuguesa do seu artigo sobre protestos e polarização após a alegada tentativa de golpe de Estado na Guiné-Bissau.
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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
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RT @NadiBx: How emancipatory is participatory action research? Thanks to the twitterless team from Uni Erfurt for organising a great discu….
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RT @africa_amani: 📢 Vacancy: Are you interested in working with a dynamic team that is engaged in shaping & informing multilateral policy m….
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RT @PeaceHubGMB: Call for Application!. In partnership with @GIZAfricanUnion, we are inviting young women aged 18-35, to apply for a six-mo….
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RT @issnl: 📢📔 #Call for book chapters!. Do you want to contribute to the book 'Global South Researchers in #DevelopmentStudies: Positionali….
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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.👇👇.
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.
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RT @Fromagehomme: Did you know that support for democracy in Africa is far higher than in Asia and Latin America?. Fascinating new report f….
www.theafricareport.com
African citizens are becoming increasingly frustrated by the poor quality of democratic governance they receive, and evermore willing to consider authoritarian alternatives.
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RT @PRIF_org: Following an alleged coup attempt in 2023, Guinea-Bissau has witnessed mass protests in recent months. @birchinger and Wilson….
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RT @BaldehF: “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 G….
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👇 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 .
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RT @DrSatangNabaneh: #Gambia votes to KEEP ban on #FGM . “This is a significant win for women and girls in The Gambia but also beyond,” quo….
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RT @SafeHands4Girls: What a historical and memorable day for survivors of #FGM‼️. We were at the National Assembly to witness the considera….
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