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50.50A global debate without the female half of humanity is neither global nor democratic. With this in mind, openDemocracy is running 50.50: a series of editorial projects designed to make openDemocracy a current affairs forum which is written, read and used equally by women and men.
We believe there will not be a fairer or more peaceful world without gender equality. Women's exclusion from the global debate affects both the content of the debate and the way the dialogue is conducted.
UN Special Rapporteur Dr Yakin Ertürk calls for action now to end violence against women. Listen now
Jane Gabriel meets the actors and writers of the Cairo-based Women and Memory forum. Listen now
Meeting women's rights activists in Salvador, Brazil, Jane Gabriel finds there can be no talk of empowerment without first tackling endemic violence. Listen now
When it comes to
the salami slicing around which foreigners are deserving and which not, the
moral high ground is a treacherous terrain. What is needed is less rhetoric and
far more politics.
The unsettling effect of immigrants
and refugees is a signal of their pivotal global role
The imminent UK ratification of a European
convention which describes women in the sex trade as the victims of trafficking
is to be welcomed, not least because it will lead to more prosecutions. Isn't
it time that the government criminalised the buyers of these services?
The UK's Iraqi asylum seekers are now being forced
to return to all areas of Iraq.
Are the lives of refugees being used for political gain?
Britain prides itself on a tradition of providing refuge for those fleeing persecution. But asylum policy has undergone many changes through the ages. Here we outline some of the key events in history.
Asylum has a pedigree stretching back to the Greek empire, but many liberal states are still struggling with a central question: how do you
reconcile the rights of people, which are universal, and citizens, which are particular?
South Africa's young democracy must meet the test of the wave of anti-foreigner violence
Development policy is embracing market-led growth and neglecting gender equality
Afaf El Sayyad tells Jane Gabriel about living within a Muslim movement in Egypt, what drove her to leave, and how it felt to take off her veil
Rwanda’s people, refusing to be trapped in or defined by the 1994 genocide, write a new chapter in their history
Mai Ghoussoub and Parvin Paidar's humane, life-affirming example is missed and needed
One woman's inspiring story of tackling gun violence and small arms proliferation in India
The release of a woman awaiting execution by stoning in Iran is a small step towards ending all forms of violence against women
Hussaina Abdullah spoke to Jane Gabriel about rebuilding civil society in Sierra Leone in the aftermath of civil war. Listen now
Cristian Mungiu makes humane, engaging art from
the bleakness of a young woman's illegal abortion
The basic rights of women in the developing world are being ignored in the battle against poverty
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