Saskia Brechenmacher is a PhD candidate and Gates Cambridge scholar at the University of Cambridge and a non-resident fellow in the Democracy, Conflict and Governance Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Her doctoral research focuses on resistance against women’s political participation in new democracies (with a specific focus on Kenya). She is also completing a book manuscript on international aid for women’s political empowerment, with case studies of Nepal, Myanmar, Kenya, and Morocco.

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Saskia Brechenmacher and Caroline Hubbard, “Breaking the Cycle of Gender Exclusion in Political Party Development,” Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and National Democratic Institute, 2020. https://carnegieendowment.org/2020/03/24/breaking-cycle-of-gender-exclusion-in-political-party-development-pub-81345