Lidia Kurasinska is a freelance journalist covering eastern Europe and the Balkans. Follow her on Twitter @LidiaKurasinska.
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Published in: 50.50Poland’s abortion rights protesters prepare for revolution“We’re entering a second stage of the revolution, and everyone’s invited” #12DaysofResistance
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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, amid COVID-19, they’re...
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Published in: 50.50This new political party in Poland wants to ‘re-Christianise’ EuropeFather Rydzyk controls a media empire accused of amplifying homophobic and sexist views. Now, he’s seen as the...
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Published in: 50.50Men in Europe must stop blaming migrants for ‘importing’ gender violenceFrom Germany to India, these campaigners are battling ‘toxic masculinity’ to engage men in fights for gender equality.
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Published in: 50.50This ultra-conservative institute has infiltrated the Polish state, on a relentless quest to ban abortionOrdo Iuris is an extreme anti-choice group whose founders were ‘inspired’ by a controversial Catholic fundamentalist...
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Published in: oDRA new Chernobyl at your doorstep?Three decades after the Chernobyl nuclear accident in Ukraine, Belarus is building its first nuclear power station....