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Published in: 50.50Depoliticised and unsustainable: Jessa Crispin on why she no longer calls herself a feminist
Why I Am Not a Feminist author argues that feminism has lost touch with its politically radical roots.
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Published in: 50.50The politics of nudity as feminist protest – from Ukraine to Tunisia
Frontline activists, including women who use their topless bodies as political statements, are gathering in London...
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Published in: 50.50The refugee crisis: demilitarising masculinities
Photos emerging from the borders of Europe weave a new narrative around what it means to be vulnerable, to be a man,...
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Published in: 50.50How Rojava-inspired women's councils have spread across Europe
Could this little-known system provide a way forward for real democracy – from the bottom up – in our failing...
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Published in: 50.50How will President Trump’s administration affect women and girls across the world?
Alongside this year’s UN CSW, we asked women doing gender work across the globe how US President Donald Trump’s...
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Published in: 50.50'Faith and family': shrinking common ground at the UN CSW
The Worldwide Organization for Women took a hard line against all forms of comprehensive sexual education, often...
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Published in: 50.50The new UN secretary general is poised to show the world what a feminist looks like
There has been real progress at this year's UN Commission on the Status of Women, and the new Secretary General has...
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Published in: 50.50PR, profit and ‘empowering women’ in the garment industry
How can a global garment value chain that relies on the systemic devaluation of female labour be expected to fulfil...
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Published in: 50.50No borders on gender justice
As the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) takes place in New York, gender justice advocates from around the...
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Published in: 50.50British academia's colourblind problem: an interview with Dr Nicola Rollock
Dr Nicola Rollock, lead author of the award-winning book The Colour of Class: the educational strategies of the...
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Published in: 50.50Time for a Fifth World Conference on Women?
Not holding a fifth UN world conference in 2015 has left a vacuum, a dangerous thing when patriarchal...
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Published in: 50.50Berta Vive! Lessons from Honduras on resistance
A year on from the assassination of indigenous leader Berta Caceres, five Honduras leaders give key lessons on...
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Published in: 50.50Quantity and quality: Part 1 on funding women’s rights
The first international women’s fund explores how funding women and girls translates (or doesn’t) into money for...
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Published in: 50.50The right kind of money: Part 3 on funding women's rights
Mama Cash explores how funding women and girls translates (or doesn’t) into money for feminist movements. The final...
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Published in: 50.50Collaborations: Part 2 on funding women's rights
Mama Cash explores how funding women and girls translates (or doesn’t) into money for feminist movements. The second...
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Published in: 50.50Stop Trump – definitely! But then what?
Resisting Trump should involve asking the UK government to reconsider its approach to global security alliances.
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Published in: 50.50Women on the front at Raqqa: an interview with Kimmie Taylor
What is the reality of war like for the women of Rojava as they advance on Raqqa? Kimmie Taylor from Britain is on...
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Published in: 50.50Out of the box: Megan Prescott on Skins, bodybuilding and busting gender roles
Megan Prescott discusses her experiences of gender inequality, public scrutiny and subverting stereotypes as a young...
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Published in: 50.50India's female genital mutilation: a thousand-year-old secret
So little was known, until recently, about the secretive practice of FGM in a small Muslim community that India is...
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Published in: 50.50Standing our ground at the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
When civic space is under attack, we make no dangerous accommodations. We stand up, and we fight back.