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Published in: 50.50Beyond stalemate: replacing the vicious with the virtuous circleWhat is conflict transformation? How do you begin to approach the mutual hurt of conflict embedded in systems and...
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Published in: 50.50The challenge of moving from war to peaceOne of the challenges in this set of unseen and unsung practices is how to make it visible and strengthen its...
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Published in: 50.50Nuanced agency in local-international peacebuilding:In attempting to secure nonviolent transformation as a bottom-up mechanism, ‘uncomfortable voices’ may be ignored in...
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Published in: 50.50A Welcome to Diana Francis’ reflections: Conflict TransformedThis new generation missed out on the US civil rights movement, where nonviolent direct action was employed...
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Published in: 50.50What will it take to realise our vision of a just and equal world?After thirty years of CEDAW, gender equality is at a vital juncture. How can we progress towards a just and equal...
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Published in: 50.50Last but not least: CEDAW and family law
When injustice in marriage and the family is such a pervasive experience for women and girls, why is family law...
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Published in: 50.50Making human rights for women a reality
There has been a critical shift from CEDAW being an aspirational international document, to its gender equality...
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Published in: 50.50The wedding dress with attitudeMalians do a good line in combining fashion and public relations for the causes they care about. Fatoumata and...
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Published in: 50.50The human cost of warDiana Francis finds in an exhibition of quilts and arpilleras made by women from Ireland to Chile, a rallying call...
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Published in: 50.50Domestic violence is not a private family matter
In the pioneering ruling Opuz v Turkey, the European Court of Human Rights recognized for the first time that...
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Published in: 50.50An unfortunate accident: violence in Ahmadinejad’s Iran
In the wake of the contested Iranian election, Ahmadinejad's regime is seeking to silence political dissent through...
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Published in: 50.50The power of storytelling
Zainab Magdy describes her journey as a young feminist writer in a storytelling workshop in Cairo. “Many people ask...
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Published in: 50.50Jack in a Box
He liked playing with the Jack in a Box more than any other toy. It had been his favourite since childhood, and he...
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Published in: 50.50Owner of a Heart
Once upon a time, in a place far far away and a time that was neither happy nor glorious in a small town, there was...
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Published in: 50.50Meeri Piribis: carrying the torch of hope
“No more will we let the army decide, the insurgents decide, or the patriarchal structures of our societies that...
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Published in: 50.50When things fall apart
Alice Welbourn charts her own personal experiences of what she learnt about HIV, about herself and about others...
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Published in: 50.50HIV: both the cause and the consequence of violence against women
In the UK the number of women living with HIV has been steadily growing since the beginning of the epidemic. Newly...
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Published in: 50.50The challenges for women of HIV and gender violence
The hinterland of acknowledging and dealing with the links between gender violence and HIV/AIDS is mostly unexplored...
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Published in: 50.50Nameless, Genderless: The Meena Bazaar Women
What prevents politicians from discussing national security issues and violence against women in the same sentence?...
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Published in: 50.50There is no honour in ‘honour killing’
Islam is more tolerant of male-female relationships than some would have us believe. The issue of ‘honour killing’...