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Published in: 50.50Violence against women in the UK: a map of gaps
The shift of funding from central to local authorities has led to the loss of essential services and...
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Published in: 50.50Why do Americans love Sarah Palin?
Why does America take Palin seriously? The answer lies in gender politics, and in the history of right-wing...
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Published in: 50.50Fotokids – Out of the Dump
How an organisation that attempts to bring young people in Guatemala out of poverty by providing training in the...
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Published in: 50.50Ugandan gays and Muslim women:a common struggle to redefine family
What have gay rights activists in Christian-majority Uganda and Muslim women fighting for family law reform in Asia...
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Published in: 50.50Gender in Afghanistan: pragmatic activism
War and mismanagement have produced a breakdown of trust, decency and reciprocity in Afghan society. Gender activism...
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Published in: 50.50Could the Conservatives detoxify immigration politics?
Ayesha Saran reflects on her experience at the recent party conferences
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Published in: 50.50A Powerful Women's Agency: will the UN deliver?
As the UN moves to create a strong women's agency led by an Under Secretary General, Charlotte Bunch argues that...
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Published in: 50.50Changing lives in the West Bank villages
The increasing economic poverty in villages outside Ramallah in the West Bank is leading to unexpected changes in...
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Published in: 50.50We are visible
Katana Gégé Bukuru spoke to Isabel Hilton at the Nobel Women's Initiative gathering in Antigua about her work for...
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Published in: 50.50Violence targets the weakest
We have found that the primary cause of all the violence and submission which women undergo is discrimination, and...
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Published in: 50.50Laureate Mairead Maguire: building 'deep democracy'
Laureate Mairead Maguire spoke to Jane Gabriel about a new politic she sees arising: one in which ‘deep democracy’...
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Published in: 50.50To know that we are not alone
Every woman at the NWI gathering in Antigua had a way of redefining democracy - from writing the new Ecuadorian...
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Published in: 50.50Laureate Jody Williams: telling it like it is
Jody Williams speaks frankly to Jane Gabriel about the impact that being a Nobel Peace Laureate has on her life -...
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Published in: 50.50It all began on March 8th: feminism and fatwas......
Moroccan women won profound changes in their status when the Family law was reformed.
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Published in: 50.50Karama: Uniting to be each other's voice
After three years of constant debate, the Karama movement is finding a common language with which to speak, and a...
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Published in: 50.50We Moroccan women: we are not impatient, we know that it will come
Podcast: The reform of the Moroccan Family Code (Mudawana) in 2004 was a watershed in the campaign for women’s...
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Published in: 50.50Stepping up: young Muslim women in Britain
From reforming mosques to challenging perceptions of their communities, young Muslim women in Britain are stepping...
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Published in: 50.50Syrian Women's Rights: "the fight does not stop here"
Syrian Women's Rights: "The fight does not stop here, this is not the end of the story". Also read: Bassam AlKadi -...
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Published in: 50.50Breaking the Cycle of Violence: finding a place of peace
Breaking the Cycle of Violence: finding a place of peace. Women in Birmingham who have escaped violence at home talk...
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Published in: 50.50Iraqi women refugees: surviving in Syria
Iraqi women refugees: surviving in Syria. As the months turn into years, more and more women refugees in Damascus...