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Published in:50.50Meet the young people using Instagram to fight Italy’s racismAmid Italy’s flourishing Black Lives Matter movement, young people of colour are making waves and demanding change. Italiano.
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Published in:50.50: InvestigationHow has COVID-19 affected women's rights during childbirth? Help us track this globallySince the pandemic started, we've been documenting cases of abuse and mistreatment of women in labour around the...
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Published in: 50.50I giovani che in Italia combattono il razzismo su Instagram
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionInside the occupation: Mexican activists rise up against femicideI spent 24 hours in Mexico’s National Human Rights Commission – taken over by feminists demanding justice for rape...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIran’s #MeToo movement challenges patriarchy and western stereotypesThe movement is part of a global outpouring of anger against male privilege, with Iranian women as agents who do not...
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Published in: 50.50How women’s role in Belarus protests captured global media attentionFrom solidarity to stereotypes, women protesters against Lukashenka have captured the attention of both mainstream...
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionHypocrite Russia promotes childbirth but won't protect pregnant womenThe Orthodox Church and conservative officials promote motherhood – but turn a blind eye to women’s rights being...
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Published in: 50.50Meet Alabama’s feminist doctor protecting women giving birth under COVID-19Their rights are being sidelined during the pandemic. But at Jesanna Cooper’s hospital, she’s fighting to always put...
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Published in: 50.50Higher risks, little support: Giving birth while Black and Asian in COVID-19 EnglandWomen of colour are at higher risk of dying in childbirth and because of coronavirus. But the NHS has been slow to respond.
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Published in: 50.50The people locked down and locked out in the cold during the pandemicMillions are unable to survive the pandemic or the rules to contain it. Their stories make a compelling case for a...
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationAfrican governments warned of lawsuits for maternal deaths under COVID-19 lockdownsExclusive: Women have died or suffered unsafe births after transport bans, while hospitals report rising equipment shortages.
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationWomen are being forced to give birth ‘alone’, in post-lockdown Armenia and UkraineAcross Eurasia, women have reported mistreatment that defies World Health Organization guidelines – and national policies.
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