Author: Eva Abdulla

Policy Brief: World Population Day

The Silent Shift: Families and the Fertility Crisis

July 11, 2025
From our Guest Writers

From Island Nation to Ocean Empire: Why The Maldives Economy Needs A Blue Gold Revolution

May 21, 2025
Issue brief: Children’s Day 2025

The Silent Struggles of Adolescents in the Maldives: A Call for Urgent Attention

May 9, 2025
Gender Equality

Destructive, Pervasive Misogyny and Violence Against Women: How Did We Get Here and Where Do We Go

April 28, 2025
Police Impunity

Her life hangs in balance: Maldives’ shadow epidemic of sexual violence, drugs, impunity, and abandoned victims

April 23, 2025
Policy Brief

Breaking the Mold: A Case for Democratic Policing in South Asia

April 22, 2025
Politics

Reimagining the Commonwealth: A Maldivian perspective

March 15, 2025
International Women’s Day

What the Evidence Reveals: The Persistent Vulnerability of Women

March 7, 2025
International Affairs

Muizzu’s Politics could Challenge India’s Pragmatic Policy

March 5, 2025
International Affairs

A Decade of ‘Neighbourhood First’: India’s Maldives Gambit

February 16, 2025
Governance

Between Decree and Democracy: Muizzu’s Urban Centres and the Democratic Deficit

December 6, 2024
The International Day of Persons with Disabilities

The Journey to Diagnosis: Living with an Invisible Disability

December 3, 2024
The International Day of Persons with Disabilities

Disability through a Different Lens

December 3, 2024
The International Day of Persons with Disabilities

Breaking the Implementation Gap: A Call for Transformative Change in Disability Rights in the Maldives

December 3, 2024
Policy Brief: World Day for the Prevention of Child Abuse

Why Lowering the Minimum Age of Criminal Responsibility in the Maldives is a Step Backward

November 19, 2024
Policy Brief: National Budget 2025

The Maldives 2025 Budget Through a Demographic Dividend Lens

November 4, 2024
Gender Equality

Women and Fiscal Reform: The Dawn of Austerity in the Maldives – Building Sustainable Alternatives

October 30, 2024
From our Guest Writers

Do we need a national dialogue on ‘adaptation focused population consolidation’ in the Maldives?

October 7, 2024
Policy Brief: International Access to Information Day

Guarding the Guardians: Why the Maldives Cannot Afford to Ignore the Right to Information

September 28, 2024
Governance

Old Concept, New Approach: If We Must Have National Development Plans

September 23, 2024
From our Guest Writers

Toward Fiscal Stability and Economic Resilience: Overcoming Misaligned Incentives in the Maldives’ Energy Sector

September 21, 2024
From our Guest Writers

Joe Public will always pay for the excesses of the state

September 18, 2024
Gender Equality, Policy Brief

Virtual But Real: Digital violence against women in Maldives

September 17, 2024
Policy Brief: International Day of Democracy

Impact of Civic Apathy on Democracy: From the Maldives

September 15, 2024
Political Economy

Maldives Adrift: Political Short-Termism and Economic Peril in the Indian Ocean

August 26, 2024