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Each year 50.50 covers 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence. This year we will explore the intersection of militarism and violence against women, with contributions covering solidarity, domestic violence in post-conflict, and storytelling as a tool to overcome violence. #16days View previous years' coverage.

The Occupy movement and the women of Greenham Common

Rebecca Johnson 12 December 2011

Feminist experience and input into the theory and practice of nonviolence has much to offer a new generation of grassroots Occupy activists. Rebecca Johnson reflects on the lessons of the successful Greenham Common protest

Breaking the code of silence

Roxanne Krystalli 8 December 2011

Storytelling, in itself, will neither eliminate sexual violence nor entirely heal PTSD. But it can help shift the conversation to a narrative that avoids shaming survivors, carving out a space for understanding.

Ending female genital mutilation in the UK

Nasheima Sheikh 5 December 2011

"It is only now we realise that female genital mutilation is child abuse, many people in our home country don’t realise that”. Nasheima Sheikh reports on working with women at grassroots in Birmingham to end this illegal practice

Rape: a basic tool of militarism

Rebecca Johnson 5 December 2011
Women’s groups such as Women in Black have long led the way in challenging the mindsets and structures of patriarchal power and militarism, but men must recognise that they have the primary responsibility to make the changes, says Rebecca Johnson

HIV: of bombs and banks and transformation...

Alice Welbourn 1 December 2011
Thirty years into the AIDS pandemic, an AIDS-free generation is in our grasp at last. Alice Welbourn asks whether we are really going to let it vanish, thanks to the aggressive traits of financiers and governments ?

Forced marriage in the UK: hidden from view

Sajda Mughal 29 November 2011

Plans by the government to criminalise forced marriage in the UK will put women and girls at even greater risk of violence. Forced marriages can only be tackled from within and by the community, with sufficient resources to support this work, says Sajda Mughal

Peace can be planned. Just like health

Scilla Elworthy 28 November 2011
"Violence can be prevented. This is not an article of faith, but a statement based on evidence" (WHO 2002). Scilla Elworthy calls for a strategy based on the clear evidence of what is working in scattered pockets around the world, with the creation of 'Infrastructures for Peace' at its core.

A thousand feminists, a million acts of violence

Ray Filar 15 November 2011

The UK government says it wants to end abuse against women and girls but at the same time it is cutting vital funding to organisations in the front line. In London last weekend, the FEM 11 conference called for a new political strategy and for better funding of women’s services. Ray Filar was there

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