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: 50.50The Women's Library in London: a khôra and a call to armsAt a time in which the word ‘occupy’ has become synonymous with social movements, the threat of closure to The...
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Published in: Shine A Light'Migrant Hope' versus political distrust in the UKWhere do we stand when migrant children and young people in Britain cannot even secure basic access to justice?
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Published in: 50.50Tribunal 12: migrants’ rights abuses in Europe45 years on, the International War Crimes Tribunal set up by Bertrand Russell and Jean-Paul Sartre is being used to...
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Published in: 50.50"Food sovereignty" as a transformative model of economic power
The argument is being made that “food sovereignty” is an organising principle so demonstrably strong that it has the...
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Published in: 50.50Visible players: the power and the risks for young feminists
From the student protests in Chile, to the protests of the 'Arab spring' in the MENA region, the debate among young...
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Published in: 50.50Women defining economic citizenship
How can we empower women to participate in existing economic structures and also transform them? We need a model of...