Timran

Research & Publication

TIMRAN has identified several areas in which research should be conducted. The research activities can be categorized into core-research undertakings, self-initiated research undertakings but non-core research work, collaborative research works, and commissioned demand-driven research activities.
The research results are disseminated to policy makers, civil society organizations, the private sector, and stakeholders through dissemination workshops and are also published in various publications of the advocacy groups. During the strategic period TIMRAN will conduct the execution of situational analysis, research and publicize positive traditions on women leadership, research on how to eliminate the barriers that hinder women’s participation; Research on the legal and policies gap that hinder women’s participation; reviewing media landscape against women’s leadership; researches more information as a baseline across all segments; and knowledge management and public relation


Major Research topics and thematic areas identified:

  •  Factors influencing women’s political participation and decision-making role; The case of different regions in Ethiopia as well as political parties
  • Women’s paths to politics and decision makings
  • Regional study in women’s political participation and decision makings
  • Increasing women’s political participation through effective training programs
  •  Increasing women’s political participation through effective advocacy
  •  Increasing women’s political participation through effective research and development
  • Social impact on women’s political participation and decision making
  • Women’s political participation in nation-building and peace
  • The role of Ethiopian higher education in increasing women’s political participation and decision makings
  • Strengthen women’s political participation and decision makings

The major publications of TIMRAN identified to be implemented are

  1. Proceedings of the conference: Selected papers that will be presented at the annual regional and national conferences will be published in the form of proceedings of the conference.
  2.  Annual Reports: On Ethiopian women’s political participation and decision makings focused magazines, a monthly bulletin of the advocacy workings papers and issues papers, quarterly, women’s political participation and decision makings on Ethiopian politics will be presented as publications on the annual report of the TIMRAN.