Margaret Owen is the Director of Widows for Peace through Democracy. She is the Patron of Peace in Kurdistan, a UK barrister and an international women’s human rights activist. Follow her on twitter @electionmargie
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Published in: 50.50"To demand peace is not a crime": Turkish academics on trialPresident Erdoğan's attack on academics and freedom of speech calls into question whether Turkey will ever comply...
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Published in: 50.50UN CSW: the way to empower women is to use CEDAW Article 5, not the CSWThe most effective international mechanism to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment is not the cumbersome...
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Published in: 50.50Conflict widows: agents of change and peacebuilding
The rise of religious fundamentalism and conflict is diminishing widows to the status of a chattel. Their key role...
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Published in: 50.50UK: indifference to ending discrimination against women
More than 30 years years after the British Government signed up to the Convention to Eliminate all Forms of...
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Published in: 50.50CSW: will there be an Agreed Conclusion to the CSW this year?
As the CSW enters its final week, the political agendas of different countries are reflected in the deep divisions...
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Published in: 50.50CSW: the gulf between the UN and civil society
We are worlds apart. Separated not just by First Avenue, but by a vast gap in beliefs, philosophy, ideas and hopes....