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Published in: 50.50Women's citizenship:implications of the Southern Sudan referendumHow will the result of last month's Southern Sudan referendum affect the prospects for women's participation and...
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Published in: 50.50Pakistan: the liberals’ dilemma
During Zia’s years, liberal forces presented the most radical opposition to the theocracy-military collusion and...
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Published in: 50.50Feminist politics: creating alliances for justice and democracy
If the goals of economic and gender justice cannot be pursued in tandem, and if solid transnational alliances cannot...
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Published in: 50.50Critical intersections: the politics of gender and religion
Understanding the prominence of religions and their effects on the politics of gender defies facile explanations,...
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Published in: 50.50Donor-driven Islam ?
Collaboration between western academia and Pakistani women at home and in the diaspora has established a body of...
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Published in: HomeFrom geopolitics to human security? - a review
Is the human security blueprint presented in the book by Mary Kaldor and Shannon D.Beebe achievable in a states...
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Published in: HomeEgypt's post-democratic elections: political meaning beyond the menu of manipulation
Egypt's recent elections went very much as expected. This, however, doesn't mean they were insignificant.
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Published in: 50.50Mobilising for Muslim women’s rights in India
The emerging Muslim women-led networks in India are challenging the authority of the religious elite to represent...
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Published in: 50.50Fair trade, Fair immigration?
The Global Forum on Migration and Development is an example of global civil society activism, and was seen by many...
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Published in: 50.50Women’s citizenship: implications of the Southern Sudan referendum
How will the outcome of the South Sudan referendum affect the prospects for women's participation and activism in...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe higher education debate exposes the need for a new approach to social organisation, large and small
While we must respect the organic nature of our institutions, we must also accept them as social constructs. We need...
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Published in: 50.50A tangled web: the politics of gender in Turkey
Although the women’s movement in Turkey has scored major victories in the realm of legal reforms, there is a...
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Published in: 50.50Best of 50.50 in 2010
A global debate for democracy is neither global nor democratic without the female half of humanity. Read seven of...
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Published in: 50.50The Tea Party: the American “precariat”?
What role does racism play in fueling support for the Tea Party movement? Tea Partiers are mobilizing to defend...
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Published in: 50.50The 'Big Society': filling the breach
If Prime Minister David Cameron’s 'Big Society' brings religious groups to the fore even more than Tony Blair’s...
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Published in: oDRMany problems, but one purpose: human rights in RussiaRussian human rights activists routinely put themselves in danger’s way, but are largely unappreciated and...
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Published in: 50.50The migrants who care
The social care sector in the UK relies on migrants to look after older people. There is an urgent need to balance...
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Published in: 50.50Why the cap won’t fit
In the rush to tighten borders, the government is engaged in a disservice not only to the British public today, but...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Left and the Big Society VII: Hilary Wainwright of Red PepperIn this latest interview in our Big Society Challenge series, Hilary Wainwright, co-editor of Red Pepper, contrasts...
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Published in: 50.50Positive women human rights defenders
When the world has come to terms with the reality that HIV is not a morality issue, and that it can affect any one...