Ayse Ergene - Orion Policy Institute

Syria’s Lost Children: The Assad Regime’s Legacy of Disappearances

October 16, 2025 No Comments

With the protracted Syrian Civil War and the recent collapse of the Assad regime in December 2024, Syria remains one of the largest humanitarian crises

Ukraine’s Abducted Children: Humanitarian Impact and the Road Ahead

September 10, 2025 No Comments

Three years after Russia’s full-scale aggression against Ukraine, the war continues to have devastating consequences for civilians. A quarter of Ukrainians have fled the country,

Women and the Path for Peace in Africa: Ethiopia

August 19, 2025 No Comments

Ethiopia today is characterized by growing fragmentation and eruptions of violence since the catastrophic Tigray war. The civil war, which lasted from 2020 to 2022,

Women and War in Syria: Gendering of the Syrian Civil War

June 27, 2025 No Comments

A comprehensive overview of the Syrian Civil War extends from its origins during the Arab Spring uprisings in 2011 through to the fall of the

Women and War in Yemen: Gendering of the Yemeni Civil War

January 1, 2025 No Comments

The Yemeni civil war began in 2014 when Houthi rebel forces took control of the capital Sanaa. Already destabilized by the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings,

Women and War in Sudan: Gendering of the 2023 Sudanese Civil War

October 1, 2024 No Comments

Sudan’s modern history has been marked by protracted civil wars and non-democratic governance systems. Behind the conflicts between armed groups and militaristic rules, women and

Women in the Islamic Republic of Iran

December 14, 2022 No Comments

This research series analyzes the role of women in the Arab Spring uprisings and how their participation in the protest movements of the last decade

The Growing Resistance of Women: Is Autocratic Façade Weakening in Iran?

October 31, 2022 No Comments

Thousands of Iranians have flooded the streets of Iran following the tragic death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian whom Iran’s morality police had arrested for violating