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Published in: 50.50State complicity in the sexual abuse of women in CairoThere is a growing belief that the post-revolution spate of sexual attacks on women is a reflection of a large-scale...
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Published in: 50.50The gender politics of funding women human rights defendersLack of funding for women’s rights is a form of gender-based violence which is so pervasive that it goes largely...
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Published in: 50.50Zimbabwe: speaking from where I feel safe
Many women in Zimbabwe face war in their homes daily and face war with the state when we try to overcome it. Often...
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Published in: 50.50"They have killed Sizakele”
A poem by Jessica Horn. Part of a series of poems by African feminist writers for 16 Days of Activism against Gender...
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Published in: 50.50Mother of Mohamed and Maria, Daughters of Mrs Baheya (Egypt)
A poem by Marwa Sharafeldin. Part of a series of poems by African feminist writers for 16 Days of Activism against...
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Published in: 50.50Silencing women's rights activists in Turkey
Leading Turkish women’s rights activist and lawyer Canan Arin was unlawfully detained on 23 June 2012 for speaking...
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Published in: 50.50He Bullies
A poem by Virginia Phiri. Part of a series of poems by African feminist writers for 16 Days of Activism against...
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Published in: 50.50The mind of the traffickers
Consumer campaigns, self-help methodology and those who risk their lives to defend others cannot match the power of...
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Published in: 50.50Kenya: the women who stand to be counted
Women in Kenya's second largest slum, Korogocho, face forced evictions, domestic violence and rape as a weapon of...
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Published in: 50.50Your Mother’s First Kiss
A poem by Warsan Shire. Part of a series of poems by African feminist writers for 16 Days of Activism against Gender...
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Published in: 50.50When nowhere is safe
No woman, no matter what her immigration status, should have to choose between violence in her country and violence...
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Published in: 50.50The value of a woman's life
We need to make sure that we do not take the blame for the violence that is visited upon us. We need to develop a...
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Published in: 50.50Against coerced sterilisation: a resounding victory in Namibia
Are autonomous feminist movements more important for tackling violence against women than the wealth of a country...
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Published in: 50.50The Circumcision
A story by Fatin Abbas. Part of a series of of poems and short stories by African feminist writers for 16 Days of...
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Published in: 50.50Forced marriage to rapists: the death of Amina El Filali
For years, human rights and women's organizations have been demanding reform of Article 475 of the Moroccan Penal...
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Published in: 50.50Men: time to stand up
For too long the absence of men and boys, as well as the missing component of youth ingenuity and passion, has been...
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Published in: 50.50Global mechanism, regional solution: ending forced sterilisation
For the first time in south-east Asia, an HIV-positive women's group in Indonesia is using the CEDAW Shadow Report...
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Published in: 50.50Today she is not here
A poem from Gabeba Baderoon. Part of a series of poems by African feminist writers for 16 Days of Activism against...
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Published in: 50.50Who is to blame? Street sexual harassment in Yemen
We need an unambiguous law which punish harassers and not the victims, says Ghaidaa Al-Absi.
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Published in: 50.50What kind of feminism does war provoke?
The to-ing and fro-ing about ‘women’s peaceful natures’ is no more than an excitable bubble of argument out of touch...
