REFRACT
PUBLICATIONS

Welcome to “REFRACT Publications”, you can access the works produced by our project as part of its policy-supporting role. The publications reflect our research efforts and insights, aimed at informing policy decisions and fostering a deeper understanding of resilience and fragility in diverse contexts.

L’échec d’une tentative de « stabilisation » au Sahel

Since 2012, the Sahel has been at the center of a regional conflict characterized by the failure of international interventions and "stabilization" practices. Largely driven by imaginaries of state reconstruction and counterterrorism, these policies have ultimately accompanied local dynamics of violence and political polarization.

Civic Space and the Leaving No One Behind Principle

In this video, we explore the crucial role of civil society actors (CSAs) in supporting the Leaving No One Behind (LNOB) principle in fragile and authoritarian contexts.

Civic Space and the Leaving No One Behind Principle

Civil society actors (CSAs) are increasingly confronted with changes in civic space, particularly in contexts of high fragility and rising authoritarianism, where they are exposed to multiple risks and restrictive measures that limit their action capacity. This paper explores how CSAs respond to these changing dynamics and what strategies they employ to continue their critical work in fragile contexts.