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About Jane Gabriel

Jane Gabriel is the founder and editor of openDemocracy's 50.50 editorial section. She directed more than thirty documentaries for Channel Four Television and the BBC international current affairs series "Correspondent" before joining openDemocracy. Jane won the Royal Television Society award for the film ' Island of Outcasts' filmed in Greece, and the One World Media award for the film 'Whose Life is it Anyway?' filmed in India. Jane was a member of Britain's first all women television production company, Broadside.

As well as producing podcasts and articles (see below), Jane has reported on the Commission on the Status of Women (2009, 2008, and 2007) the Nobel Women's Initiative conferences in 2007  and 2009, the Global Safe Abortion conference 2007, and 16 Days against Gender Violence 2007 and 2008 .

Articles by Jane Gabriel

Wednesday 25th January

Theo Angelopoulos: "I am standing by you"

Jane Gabriel, 25 January 2012
The award winning Greek film director, Theo Angelopoulos, died yesterday in an accident whilst working on his new film The Other Sea. He spoke to Jane Gabriel in 2009 about his film 'The Dust of Time', and in 1993 about his films 'The Suspended Step of the Stork' and 'The Travelling Players'
Wednesday 18th May

Women: redefining peace, democracy and security

Jane Gabriel, 18 May 2011
From May 23-25, women activists and scholars from around the world will gather in Quebec at the invitation of the Nobel Women’s Initiative to discuss 'Women Forging a New Security: Ending Sexual Violence in Conflict'. Jenny Morgan and Jessica Horn will be reporting for openDemocracy 50.50
Friday 24th December

Best of 50.50 in 2010

Jane Gabriel, 24 December 2010
A global debate for democracy is neither global nor democratic without the female half of humanity. Read seven of the best articles on 50.50 that argue for the equal reality, importance and democratic implication of women’s experience of the world.
Tuesday 28th September

UN SCR 1325: the 50.50 debate

Jane Gabriel, 28 September 2010
In 2000 UN Security Council Resolution 1325 gave women decision-making power in preventing conflict and building peace. As the 10th anniversary of 1325 approaches read recent openDemocracy articles examining the role of women in working for peace.
Monday 19th April

Prospects for gender equality and women's human rights

Jane Gabriel, 19 April 2010
Our new editorial project Religion Gender Politics provides a forum for dialogue and debate about the impact on women's human rights of the global resurgence of religion in public life. Here are just some of the articles we have published previously on openDemocracy on these issues.
Monday 8th March

Iran: time to change the question

Jane Gabriel, 8 March 2010
Parvin Ardalan spoke to Jane Gabriel at the UN CSW about the link between a conversation with her father and her work fighting for the rights and freedom of both men and women in Iran, and why it's time the international community changed the question: how can we help?
Sunday 7th March

Courage, controversy and chaos at the UN Commission on the Status of Women

Jane Gabriel, 7 March 2010
More than two thousand women's rights activists are in New York for the UN Commission on the Status of Women to review the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action for Equality, Development and Peace. The inside story is being covered daily by openDemocracy guest writers.
Friday 5th March

Women: reflections on our human rights

Jane Gabriel, 5 March 2010
It's seventeen years since women's rights were recognised as human rights at the World Conference on Human Rights held in Vienna. openDemocracy writers examine the struggle to turn these rights into a day-to-day reality for women and girls and examine the challenges that lie ahead
Tuesday 2nd March

Bring them into the daylight

Jane Gabriel, 2 March 2010
The session on Sexual and Reproductive Health rights in Africa, held by the Amanitare Sexual Rights Network opened with the blunt observation by Dr Lesley Ann Foster, director of Masimanyane, that just as violence against women is global, so too is the failure of every government in the world to meet its obligations in international, national and regional law to protect women. For all the advances in our understanding of the problem she said, “ What we cannot claim, is that we have changed the culture of impunity.“
Friday 26th February

Equality between women and men is not a ‘women’s issue’

Jane Gabriel, 26 February 2010
As the 54th UN Commission on the Status of Women meets to review action on the promises made in Beijing’95, will the creation of a new women’s agency at the UN finally give the CSW the teeth it needs to advance women’s human rights?
Monday 1st June

Who are the criminals?

Jane Gabriel, 1 June 2009
Mairead Maguire: "This kind of behaviour and treatment is unacceptable. They questioned
me about my nonviolent protests in USA against the Afghanistan invasion
and Iraqi war. They insisted I must tick the box in the Immigration
form admitting to criminal activities. I am not a criminal, my
nonviolent acts in the USA opposing the war on Afghanistan, and Iraqi,
are acts of conscience and together with millions of USA citizens, and
world citizens, I refuse to be criminalized for opposing such illegal
policies." Read more...
Friday 29th May

Laureate Mairead Maguire: building 'deep democracy'

Jane Gabriel, 29 May 2009
Laureate Mairead Maguire spoke to Jane Gabriel about a new politic she sees arising: one in which ‘deep democracy’ is built by people, one to one, and demanding that the money be taken out of militarism. Listen now.
Thursday 21st May

To know that we are not alone

Jane Gabriel, 21 May 2009
Every woman at the NWI gathering in Antigua had a way of redefining democracy - from writing the new Ecuadorian constitution to include the rights of nature, to fighting for a place at the negotiating table of the peace talks in Sudan. Jane Gabriel listened to three days of stories,debate and plans for the future.
Tuesday 19th May

Laureate Jody Williams: telling it like it is

Jane Gabriel, 19 May 2009
Jody Williams speaks frankly to Jane Gabriel about the impact that being a Nobel Peace Laureate has on her life - both personally and politically. Listen now.
Thursday 7th May

Democracy in action: the Nobel Women’s Initiative at work

Jane Gabriel, 7 May 2009

Activists, scholars and policy makers from more than thirty countries are heading for Antigua, Guatemala, this weekend for the Nobel Women’s Initiative second international conference ‘Women Redefining Democracy’. openDemocracy will be covering three days of debate as the women examine women’s experience of democracy in different contexts, from both inside and outside the structures of power.

Sunday 26th April

Women's rights in an economic crisis

Jane Gabriel, 26 April 2009
On the eve of International Women's Day, 2009, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women has much to tell 50.50
Monday 6th April

It all began on March 8th: feminism and fatwas......

Jane Gabriel, 6 April 2009
Moroccan women won profound changes in their status when the Family law was reformed. Listen now
Monday 30th March

Karama: Uniting to be each other's voice

Jane Gabriel, 30 March 2009
After three years of constant debate, the Karama movement is finding a common language with which to speak, and a ‘voice' on international platforms. Jane Gabriel spoke to Hibaaq Osman, Karama's founder. Listen now.
Friday 13th March

Not until 2045......

Jane Gabriel, 13 March 2009

If there is such a thing as ‘choreographed chaos', it's been happening here at the CSW  for the past two weeks in the Vienna café in the UN.

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