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Event

21st October 2026
The final XCEPT conference will bring together researchers, policymakers and practitioners to examine nine years of cross-border conflict research and...

Event

22nd September 2026
Join us for a webinar exploring how women in conflict-affected borderlands are reshaping governance, authority and peacebuilding.

Briefing paper

1st September 2026
In Manipur, northeast India, unarmed women have emerged as influential actors in an ongoing conflict, shaping access, mobility and frontline dynamics ...

Event

17th June 2026
What happens when thousands leave armed groups and try to rebuild their lives? A half‑day workshop on new evidence on conflict exits and reintegration...

journal_article

27th March 2026
How do shifting power relations and insecurity across the borderlands influence the experiences of Rohingya women and men?

Blog

17th March 2026
XCEPT’s Myanmar borderlands research explores how sanctions, financial systems and gendered agency shape borderland conflict economies.

Blog

17th March 2026
XCEPT’s Horn of Africa research looks at how evolving political centres, digital systems, urban change and gendered authority are transforming governa...

journal_article

2nd March 2026
Why it’s critical to strengthening psychosocial support within cross‑border humanitarian policy and programming.  

Article

29th December 2025
Calls for more gender-equitable and inclusive norms were a key feature of many of the protests against the 2021 coup in Myanmar. To what extent has th...

Research report

1st December 2025
How do women experience insurgent governance in their everyday lives? How should responses to conflict and terrorism address their lived realities?

Research report

10th November 2025
What attracts and incentivises women’s participation in ethnonational non-state armed groups? Several armed groups active in Ethiopia count numerous w...

Briefing paper

24th October 2025
This policy brief examines barriers to healthcare access in conflict-affected areas, with a focus on women and children. It offers recommendations to ...

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