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Published in:50.50: OpinionWhy we’re suing the Spanish governmentSpain is the only EU country to block Women on Web, which offers vital abortion information that the state has long...
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Published in:50.50: NewsUnder-fire UK equalities minister met controversial 'transphobic' groupRights advocates ‘alarmed’ by meeting with the LGB Alliance, which Ofcom’s chief says is ‘entirely inappropriate’ to...
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Published in:50.50: InvestigationHow Paraguay became a ‘lab for anti-rights ideas’In 2017 the South American country became the world’s first to ban gender issues from school education – with help...
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Published in:50.50: OpinionThe media must not give African leaders platforms to spout homophobia – it only helps their populismCovering gay rights in Africa is hard work, for both local and international journalists. CNN’s Christiane Amanpour...
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Published in:50.50How our feminist investigative journalism fellows are shaking up the mediaopenDemocracy is training women and LGBTIQ people around the world in investigations and storytelling. Meet our...
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Published in: 50.50Four reasons why Poland’s war on abortion should scare youThis is not just ‘Poland being Poland’. These actions are illegal, inhumane and could spread across Europe – and...
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Published in: 50.50Nigerian human rights advocates explain why castrating rapists is the wrong strategyA Nigerian state has introduced sterilisation and death as a penalty for child rape. Local rights advocates explain...
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionWhat’s at stake for women in Italy’s political crisisMatteo Salvini says the ‘Italy of the future’ must restrict abortions – but they are already hard to access. We...
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Published in: 50.50Will Trump’s anti-abortion Geneva Consensus fall apart?The pro-choice Biden administration is very unlikely to support the declaration, signed just two weeks before the...
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Published in: 50.50Nous recrutons des correspondants en Mésoamérique et en Afrique de l'Ouest francophonePostulez pour rejoindre l’équipe de journalisme feministe d’investigation engagée suite aux réactions contre les...
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Published in: 50.50Farewell to the Alt-Facts Republic: the Trump administration obituaryThe Twitter-obsessed, twice-impeached Trump administration has died, age four – but the polarisation it fed off, and...
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationRevealed: US Capitol protesters are still fundraising via Amazon and PayPalTech giants are under pressure to ‘sever all ties to hate groups and white supremacists’.
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Published in: 50.50: Investigation‘Christian nationalists’ accused of violating law in Georgia electionsDemocrats won the critical Senate runoff races. But did evangelical groups ‘cross a legal line’ in trying to keep...
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Published in: 50.50Women in UK face rising online abuse from co-workers, survey saysData collected by charity suggests upsurge in sexual harassment faced by women working from home during the COVID-19...
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Published in: 50.50Women self-organise against violence in eastern Ukraine’s frontlinesI travelled across the conflict region and found local women actively organising against gender-based violence –...
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Published in: 50.50How I became an advocate for sex workers’ rightsA personal reflection by African feminist Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah. #12DaysofResistance
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Published in: 50.50Threats and murder won’t stop South Africa’s environmental activistsWomen are at the forefront of anti-mining disputes, fighting powerful corporations and state interests, while trying...
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Published in: 50.50Poland’s abortion rights protesters prepare for revolution“We’re entering a second stage of the revolution, and everyone’s invited” #12DaysofResistance
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Published in: 50.50Meet the Black feminist politician shaking up Dutch politicsSylvana Simons’ party will stand in the 2021 Dutch general election. ‘We’re activating people who’ve never felt...
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Published in: 50.50openDemocracy feminist investigations cited 400 times across global mediaIn 2020 the Tracking the Backlash team increased media coverage of critical women’s and LGBT rights issues around...
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Published in: 50.502020’s feminist resistance around the world in picturesWhile this was a difficult year, there were also inspiring moments, in which feminists fought back against their...
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Published in: 50.507 ways women of colour resisted racism this yearWomen are leading anti-racist activism around the world, from Black Brazilians running for election to Germany’s...
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Published in: 50.50Queer Nigerians face police brutality. Why were they erased from #EndSARS?The mass demonstrations in October 2020 united the nation, but not everyone was welcome. Just ask the queer and...
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Published in: 50.50The Black Tunisian women fighting ‘double discrimination’On the anniversary of the abolition of slavery in Tunisia this year, Black women founded a new movement to have...
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Published in: 50.50“They’re true fighters”: The Cameroonian women organising in US detention centresCameroonian asylum seekers Claudia and Vera were released from detention this summer. Now they’re fighting for their...
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