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Published in: openDemocracyUKFeminists need to get smart over the sale of sexAs feminism begins a much needed comeback divisions over the sale of sex damage the larger cause but shouldn't, a...
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Published in: 50.50The exodus of women from the UK television industry
In the past three years 5,000 women have left the industry compared to 750 men. The quality of our television...
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Published in: 50.50India’s Women’s Reservation Bill
Can the bill for reserved seats for women as passed by India’s upper house be anything other than a cause for...
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Published in: 50.50Hitler and the challenge of non-violence
What was done to counter the ’rise and rise’ of Adolf Hitler, fascist German leader, in the 1930’s? What could have...
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Published in: 50.50Women seeking asylum: shame and isolation“I'd prefer, rather than going to a detention centre ... to be in prison for the rest of my life,” said Cecilia....
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Published in: 50.50Eat or be eaten: courting disaster
Two very different ways of viewing the world result in radically different ways of approaching conflict. When we...
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Published in: 50.50Cry of a migrant"I may able to give my children whatever they may need and ask for but the sacrifices in exchange of all these is...
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Published in: 50.50Can migration work for Britain? Not like thisGovernment policy of 'managed migration' has backfired and produced public mistrust related to a vicious circle, of...
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Published in: 50.50Life on a knife edge: migrant domestic workers in the UKAt what point do the rights of migrant domestic workers as human beings and as workers start to take precedence over...
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Published in: 50.50From a culture of war to a culture of peace
The time has run out for traditional military answers. Ours is a culture of war, but cultures can change. We need...
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Published in: 50.50Zero tolerance or zero consequence?
Laudable yet formalistic plans, committees and laws have been put in place to address violence against women, yet...
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Published in: 50.50Guns: the unending cycle of violence
The words of the women paralleled each other as they described how armed violence in the home and community, armed...
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Published in: 50.50Putting money where our mouths areLyric Thompson, in her last report from New York, writes that as we close the 54th UN Commission on the Status of...
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Published in: 50.50Haven't we said so already?If the actions recommended by the 1995 Beijing Platform for Action on Equality, Development and Peace were honoured,...
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Published in: 50.50Women’s empowerment in Central Asia and movement buildingFor the first time at CSW, women from Central Asia shared their stories. I realized that this in itself is the...
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Published in: 50.50Iran: time to change the questionParvin Ardalan spoke to Jane Gabriel at the UN CSW about the link between a conversation with her father and her...
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Published in: 50.50Negotiating Bliss
The bliss of an egalitarian and just relationship between spouses cannot be achieved through a sheet of paper. But...
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Published in: 50.50New York: no place for women in actionIn an open letter to the United Nations Secretary General, the European Women's Lobby declares that "The 54th...
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Published in: 50.50How about equality of respect?Last week the UN CSW54 was accused by the European Women's Lobby of being a 'step backwards' for women. As it grinds...
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Published in: 50.50An uncomfortable truth: the gender turf war at UN CSWLyric Thompson takes issue with those who argue that men are inherently unqualified to speak as advocates for...