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Published in: 50.50The Handmaid's Tale of El SalvadorPoverty, misogyny, and Christian fundamentalism in El Salvador lie behind the prison sentences of up to forty years...
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Published in: 50.50Masculine violence: call of duty, or call for change?The much-hyped launch of a new gun-shooting video game this month reveals the thread of gender linking...
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Published in: 50.50The right to walk alone without fearThe Reclaim the Night marches through night-time city centres tap into a righteous and rising anger, and are a way...
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Published in: 50.50Preventing violence against women: a sluggish cascade?There has been a global 'cascade' in commitments to end violence against women. But the violence keeps happening....
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Published in: 50.50A choir of lost voices: the murder of Loretta Saunders and Canada's missing womenThe murder of Loretta Saunders, a young scholar who researched missing and murdered Aboriginal women in Canada,...
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Published in: 50.50Iran: a 'bloody stain' on the nationThe war on women continues to manifest itself in different forms and intensity globally; tarnishing all societies...
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Published in: 50.50Abortion: Ireland's reckoning with Amendment 8
Calling for an end to a constitution that bans abortion - and kills women, a deep and broad based movement has...
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Published in: 50.50Oscar Pistorius: the South African storyThe two versions of Oscar Pistorius presented by the state and the defence fit into a wider narrative of South...
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Published in: 50.50Gender violence in the media: elusive reality
The death of Reeva Steenkamp has highlighted the problematic way in which the media treat the issue of domestic...
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Published in: 50.50The rape victims prosecuted for "false" rape allegations
Gail Sherwood was raped three times by a stalker, forced to retract her allegations and sentenced to two years in...
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Published in: 50.50Backlash: The unintended consequences of western human rights intervention
The collision of well-intentioned western activists and imperilled activists in the Global South illustrates the...
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Published in: 50.50Human rights, social justice, and US exceptionalismAmerican politicians often talk as if human rights were only relevant in other countries, but grassroots...
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Published in: 50.50Mandela: towards a non-sexist South AfricaPart of the blessing of Mandela’s longevity is that he modeled reflexive behaviour which changed over time. To...
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Published in: 50.50Sexual exploitation in street gangs: protecting girls or changing boys?
In its recent report on sexual exploitation in street gangs, the Office of the Children's Commissioner for England...
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Published in: 50.50The invisible men with the arms
When it comes to gender based violence in Arab transition contexts, it is not only state militarism we should be...
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Published in: 50.50Preventing abuse in the UK: a matter of education
A new campaign by the UK Government’s Home Office, This Is Abuse, is a critical step to preventing violence against...
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Published in: 50.50The 'feminism' of patriarchy in Egypt
Images of women and the brutal violence against them, whether committed by the Army, Police, Muslim Brotherhood or...
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Published in: 50.50UK: Will proposed legislation mean deporting trafficking victims ?
As young girls, Saima and Linda were trafficked from Zimbabwe to London. It took them ten years to escape from...
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Published in: 50.50Sexual harassment in UK schoolsSexual bullying in the classroom rarely makes the headlines. But one in three 16-18 year old girls in the UK have...
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Published in: Shine A LightEnding the stark choice: domestic violence or destitution in the UK
The introduction of the Destitution Domestic Violence concession in 2012 giving some migrant victims access to...
