Jennifer Allsopp is a writer and researcher working on migration, gender and social policy. She was a commissioning editor at openDemocracy 50.50 between 2011 and 2017, facilitating the People on the Move migration platform (2011-2017) and series including 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence (2012), Unlocking Detention (2014-15) and working with francophone activists for Our Africa (2012-14). She reported from numerous international feminist gatherings including for the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (2015) and the Nobel Women's Initiative (2012, 2015, 2017). She has worked at the universities of Exeter, Birmingham and Queen Mary's and is completing a PhD at the Department of Social Policy and Intervention at the University of Oxford. Twitter @JenniferAllsopp.
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Published in: 50.50Peacebuilding and the nation-state: towards a nonviolent worldWhen did a political formation in theory designed to preserve our common good become a machinery of war? Or does the...
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Published in: 50.50Anti-deportation campaigns: ‘What kind of country do you want this to be?’A new musical, Glasgow Girls, showcases the power of anti-deportation campaigns as both an expression of human...
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Published in: 50.50The mind of the traffickers
Consumer campaigns, self-help methodology and those who risk their lives to defend others cannot match the power of...
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Published in: 50.50Women’s rights and the rule of law: education and implementation
Legislative victories are important in changing society to eradicate injustices like forced child marriage, but such...
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Published in: 50.50Women human rights defenders: activism's front-line
There is growing recognition by the international community that women human rights defenders are best placed to...
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Published in: 50.50State feminism: co-opting women’s voicesFeminism is being used by some states as a political proxy to gloss over economic policies that hurt women,...