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Published in: 50.50Peace of mindIf some of us had hoped to walk away with a global plan of action rather than a series of personal commitments stuck...
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Published in: 50.50Rape in war: ending impunityWomen Peace Laureates urge leaders to protect women in armed conflict, citing evidence from a new report.
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Published in: 50.50Ken Clarke, Strauss-Kahn, Yale and SlutWalks: rape, consent and agencyIn recent weeks, one word has dominated the headlines: rape. The events worldwide have shown how rape remains in the...
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Published in: 50.50Landmines data. Rape data
How many rapes are too many in war? Of course, one violent sexual attack on a woman is one too many. A single...
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Published in: 50.50If this is 'peace', when does it start for women?'The word "reconciliation" hurts me', Bakira Hasecic says. 'All I want is for those who have hurt me to be brought...
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Published in: 50.50The security sector: an awkward space for engagement
Alongside powerful arguments against militarism, we are hearing an increasingly significant voice from within the...
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Published in: 50.50In touch with the world
Afghan MP Shinkai Karokhail talks about the importance of women making international connections and sharing their...
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Published in: 50.50Perpetuation and perpetration: the momentum of violence
So many armed men began their lives as victims of loss and grief. So many have gone on to become the source of...
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Published in: 50.50Peace negotiations: did you carry a gun?'If sons are fighting, doesn't it make sense for their mother to help make peace?' Jenny Morgan reports on...
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Published in: 50.50Horror and hope meet hand in hand
Blogging from the Nobel Women's Initiative conference, Laura Carlsen sees the strength in the women gathered there...
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Published in: 50.50Making the impossible possible
Nobel Laureates Shirin Ebadi and Jody Williams talk about strategies for change, drawing on their experiences of...
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Published in: 50.50Jessica Horn discusses militarism
Jessica Horn, writer, women’s rights consultant and openDemocracy 50.50 blogger, discusses her thoughts on different...
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Published in: 50.50Hopes and expectations: ending sexual violence in conflict
The Nobel Peace laureates, Shirin Ebadi, Jody Williams and Mairead Maguire, open the third international conference...
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Published in: 50.50The pragmatism of hopeHope may be a rare word in the discourse of realpolitik that frames much official discussion on conflict and...
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Published in: 50.50Professor Wangari Maathai speaks
Professor Maathai, noted activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner, presents her message to the third international...
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Published in: 50.50No rubber stamping here
Anyone who's never been to a big feminist conference doesn't know what they're missing. It's not just the jokes that...
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Published in: 50.50We must not make war safe for women"We can not pluck rape out of war and let the war go on. We must not make war safe for women. It is time to abolish...
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Published in: 50.50Lush – cosmetic or real?
The EU is on the point of turning its back on the Schengen agreement. Welcome to the World Passport: 'this document...
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Published in: 50.50Prevention is the cure“There is a reason that international institutions have been so slow to move on this agenda - it is because impunity...
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Published in: 50.50'Wounded warriors': sexual assault in the US military
Sexual violence in the US military is massively under-reported -- when the US Airforce commissioned Gallup to do a...