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Published in: 50.50The Occupy movement and the women of Greenham CommonFeminist experience and input into the theory and practice of nonviolence has much to offer a new generation of...
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Published in: 50.50Breaking the code of silence
Storytelling, in itself, will neither eliminate sexual violence nor entirely heal PTSD. But it can help shift the...
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Published in: 50.50Ending female genital mutilation in the UK
"It is only now we realise that female genital mutilation is child abuse, many people in our home country don’t...
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Published in: 50.50Rape: a basic tool of militarism
Women’s groups such as Women in Black have long led the way in challenging the mindsets and structures of...
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Published in: 50.50HIV: of bombs and banks and transformation...
Thirty years into the AIDS pandemic, an AIDS-free generation is in our grasp at last. Alice Welbourn asks whether we...
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Published in: 50.50Forced marriage in the UK: hidden from view
Plans by the government to criminalise forced marriage in the UK will put women and girls at even greater risk of...
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Published in: 50.50Peace can be planned. Just like health
"Violence can be prevented. This is not an article of faith, but a statement based on evidence" (WHO 2002). Scilla...
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Published in: Shine A LightA thousand feminists, a million acts of violenceThe UK government says it wants to end abuse against women and girls but at the same time it is cutting vital...
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Published in: 50.50: NewsopenDemocracy joins UN Women media alliance
