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: 50.50The hidden lives of child widowsChild widows, some less than ten years old, face bleak futures as they bear the triple disadvantage of gender,...
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Published in: 50.50Egypt: from equality of purpose to equality on the ground
"We acted together and we all adhere to the same values: justice, compassion, and unity, and these values are...
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Published in: HomeTurkey's judgement day: the trial of the Kurds
Margaret Owen, a member of the UK Independent Observer delegation, reports on the KCK trial in Diyarbakir before...
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Published in: 50.50New York: no place for women in actionIn an open letter to the United Nations Secretary General, the European Women's Lobby declares that "The 54th...
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Published in: 50.50Disillusionment, Anger and Protest.At this Tuesday morning’s NGO consultation we women from the NGOs, attempting to participate in the 54th CSW,...
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Published in: 50.50The mother of all widowsSo yesterday CSW formally opened and we NGOs, thousands of us,queue, crowd, jostle to get a seat either in the...