Saskia Brechenmacher, Erin Jones, and Özge Zihnioğlu write that gender is critical to understanding popular resistance against democratic erosion and autocratic hardening around the world
PhD Candidate and Gates Cambridge Scholar, University of Cambridge / Fellow in the Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Saskia's research focuses on democracy, gender equality, and women’s political participation, with a regional interest in Africa.
Her writing has been published in Foreign Policy,Just Security, National Interest, the Hill, and Open Democracy, among other outlets.