Latest
-
Published in: 50.50The pandemic dispersed Delhi’s mass protests but their legacy lives on in artWe joined a historic peaceful protest led by Muslim women. Art was our voice and our mural is a tribute to their...
-
Published in: 50.50A homebirth seemed like the only option
I have just given birth to my second child – but at home instead of in hospital. There wasn’t a hair on my head that...
-
Published in: 50.50Black Brazilian women take bold action against gender-based violenceAs President Bolsonaro’s far-right government decimates state support, activists are stepping in to combat abuse...
-
Published in: 50.50Balkans women face closed clinics and unsafe abortions under COVID-19Rights advocates and doctors warn that coronavirus has intensified long-standing obstacles to access, particularly...
-
Published in: 50.50: OpinionThe COVID-19 domestic violence crisis in the UK is a decade in the makingDomestic violence under coronavirus is a hot topic, but we mustn't forget how we got here. Politicians ripped our...
-
Published in: 50.50New marriage, new country and no friendsI was sent to Iran to be married. My family in Afghanistan ask me how Iranians treat me. How would I know? I’ve...
-
Published in: 50.50Broken promises put more people at risk of domestic violence in COVID-19 EuropeOnly four countries met European targets on shelter spaces before coronavirus, amid a conservative backlash against...
-
Published in: 50.50If I sit back and do nothing, my family won’t surviveI invested all my savings in a tourist shop and café that was due to open in April. Now I deliver desserts to feed...
-
Published in: 50.50: OpinionCOVID-19 poses an existential threat to human rights activists worldwideAuthorities are using the pandemic as an excuse to increase repression, revoke rights and attack gender justice....
-
Published in: 50.50I’m more afraid of Albania’s police than the virusI collect trash to survive but the curfew makes it hard to go out. They demolished our market, and I’m afraid my...
-
Published in: 50.50Stuck in a foreign land with no passport or workI support family in Ethiopia, have to pay my Lebanese sponsor who keeps my passport - and my cleaning work has...
-
Published in: 50.50: OpinionCoronavirus must not repeat the injustice of AIDS treatment – particularly for AfricansMy uncle helped develop life-saving AIDS drugs, then died when he couldn’t afford them. This cannot happen again. Español
-
Published in: 50.50I am lonely and miss talks with neighbours
How can I be afraid of the pandemic? I’m living without any means and I’m still alive! I don’t even die. #HumansofCOVID19
-
Published in: 50.50How a harsh Polish abortion bill sparked women’s strikes around the worldThis week Polish parliament votes on restricting abortion rights. In 2016, we resisted a bill like this, inspiring...
-
Published in: 50.50‘This is war’: The story behind Poland’s bid to ban abortion todayA new book traces religious and ‘traditional values’ networks in Poland and beyond. Now, amidst coronavirus, they’re...
-
Published in: 50.50We are cheap labour to fight COVID-19I was put on the frontline against the coronavirus. I’m a medical resident. We have no tests, protection or...
-
Published in: 50.50: OpinionHow my north Texas students taught me ‘we’re all in the same boat’ is a lieAsking big questions and learning from our different experiences are the first steps to a better world beyond coronavirus.
-
Published in: 50.50Millions may struggle to access contraception and abortion amidst COVID-19Travel restrictions and border closures are causing clinic closures and shortages of contraceptives and HIV...
-
Published in: 50.50Isolated in a toxic relationshipI am in lockdown with my husband who drinks and shouts and breaks things. We live on social grants. My kids are...
-
Published in: 50.50Alarm as 2 billion people have parliaments shut or limited by COVID-19Democracy groups warn of 'significant risks' to rights around the world as a growing number of parliaments shut down...