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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...
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Published in: 50.50World Refugee Day
A special podcast from Sheffield's City of Sanctuary, marking Refugee Week.
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Published in: 50.50Inside the Muslim Brotherhood: "living the other side of existence"
Afaf El Sayyad tells Jane Gabriel about living within a strict section of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, what...
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Published in: 50.50Ending violence against women
UN Special Rapporteur Dr Yakin Ertürk calls for action now to end violence against women.
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Published in: 50.50Rebuilding civil society in Sierra Leone
Hussaina Abdullah spoke to Jane Gabriel about rebuilding civil society in Sierra Leone in the aftermath of civil war.
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Published in: 50.50Women and world poverty
The basic rights of women in the developing world are being ignored in the battle against poverty
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Published in: 50.50Making development work for women
What has happened to the argument for women's human rights in international policy? Rosalind Eyben of IDS, Maitrayee...
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Published in: 50.50Empowering women in the middle east
Hibaaq Osman on dignity and violence in the middle east. Plus: blogging 16 days
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Published in: 50.50Working for women's rights in Jordan
Afaf Jabiri talks about taking on the Jordanian government over women's rights. Plus: blogging 16 days
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Published in: 50.50A war that can be won
The UN's John Holmes on confronting sexual violence worldwide Plus: blogging 16 days
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Published in: 50.50"To me, it is like oxygen"
Listen now to Takyiwaa Manuh on her work to empower women in Ghana plus: tackling domestic violence in Africa
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Published in: 50.50The preventable pandemic: one woman's story
Faustina Fynn Nyame talks about returning to her native Ghana to campaign for womens' right to safe abortion. Plus:...
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Published in: 50.50The fight for safe abortion
openDemocracy speaks to those on the frontline of the fight to end a global scandal.
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Published in: 50.50Pathways of Women's Empowerment: Egypt
Listen now to Dr Hania Sholkamy on gender and empowerment in Egypt, and the challenge of engaging with global feminism
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Published in: 50.50Podcast: pathways of women's empowerment
Andrea Cornwall, Srilatha Batliwala, Cecilia Sardenberg and Anne Marie Goetz talk to Jane Gabriel about feminism and...