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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...
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Published in: 50.50Femicide and Patriarchy in Lebanon
Femicide and Patriarchy in Lebanon: The Lebanese judiciary has tried sixty six cases of 'honour killing' since 1999...
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Published in: 50.50Enough: ending private justice and violence against women
The Lebanese government is about to decide whether to introduce the first ever piece of legislation to protect women...
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Published in: 50.50Women in Sudan: beyond the war
Professor Balghis Badri speaks to Jane Gabriel about the women being empowered in the midst of conflict.
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Published in: 50.50Women and Memory: “I’m the Story”
Jane Gabriel meets the actors and writers of the Cairo-based Women and Memory forum.
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Published in: 50.50Brazil: searching for a violence-free life
Meeting women's rights activists in Salvador, Brazil, Jane Gabriel finds there can be no talk of empowerment without...