Gender-Responsive Approaches to Countering State Threats in Sub-Saharan Africa
This project explores the gendered dynamics and impacts of state threats in Sub-Saharan Africa.
This project explores the gendered dynamics and impacts of state threats, such as political and social manipulation, illicit finance and more, in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Building on RUSI’s existing research expertise on Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) and various state threats across Sub-Saharan Africa, this project introduces an intersectional framework for gender analysis, which serves to evaluate the gendered dynamics of state threats throughout the region. Using this framework, the project seeks to identify recommendations for gender-responsive approaches to counter state threats in the Sub-Saharan context.
Project team
Dr Jessica White
Acting Director of Terrorism and Conflict Studies
Terrorism and Conflict
Michael Jones
Senior Research Fellow
Terrorism and Conflict
Isabella Vogel
Programme Manager
Terrorism and Conflict
Matthew Redhead
Senior Associate Fellow; Financial crime consultant and researcher
Dr Joana de Deus Pereira
Senior Research Fellow
RUSI Europe
Elijah Glantz
Research Fellow
Organised Crime and Policing
Claudia Wallner
Research Fellow
Rose Chelangat
Threat Analyst | RUSI Consultant
Aims and objectives
This project explores how hostile state actors in Sub-Saharan Africa are co-opting gender as a specific tactic in their offensive aims.
Utilising this evidence, the project aims to provide design recommendations for intersectional, gender-responsive counter measures to sustainably and effectively address these threats in a holistic way.