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Published in: 50.50A tale of two cities: blood, football and politics in EgyptAs the two cities of Cairo and Port Said remain engulfed in the worst violence seen since the Revolution, the...
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Published in: 50.50Women in the US military – uncomfortable powerLast week saw the lifting of the ban on women in combat in the US military. How will this change the dynamics within...
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Published in: 50.50Gender wars: women redefining customs as crimesThe social movements of the 60s gave American women the skills to name and address the injuries they faced in their...
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Published in: 50.50Of rights and risks: are women’s human rights in jeopardy?
Human rights instruments have enabled women’s movements to access a normative and analytic framework for fighting...
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Published in: 50.50Fear and fury: women and post-revolutionary violencePutting episodes of post-Arab spring violence against women down to a routine manifestation of patriarchy and its...
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Published in: 50.50India: examining the motivation for rape
Were Ram Singh and his cohort simply claiming a notion of masculinity promoted every day by their role models in...
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Published in: 50.50War against polio or polio workers?
The Tehreeq e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) launched an effective and violent campaign against polio vaccination during...
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Published in: 50.50Rebuilding Somalia
The appointment of two Somali women in key ministerial posts must not mask the massive day to day persecution of...
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Published in: 50.50A problematic discourse: who speaks for Arab women?
Placed between the First Lady and the Diplomat at the recent Trust Women conference on the 'Arab spring', Ala'a...
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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: 50.50Signs of Islamist fascism in Egypt?
How do we explain the escalation of violence in Egypt? Mariz Tadros argues that the government in place is...
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Published in: 50.50Capitalism's bright 'Third Billion' future?Management consultants have their eye on women as growth drivers and change agents for multi-national companies, and...
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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: 50.50Men: 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: 50.50Challenging the merchants of human slaveryWe need to remind people that the sex industry has created a structured system of merchandising humans. We should...
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Published in: 50.50Taliban: agent or victim?In their attempt to assassinate girl-activist, Malala Yousufzai, has the Taliban inadvertently rescued the narrative...
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Published in: 50.50Where we must stand: African women in an age of war
Whether one considers the direct effects of military rule and conflict on women, or the global economic implications...
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Published in: 50.50Can a story save a life? Women and the Arab uprisingsAs Tahrir Square fills up again and the Arab uprisings continue, the power of words and the battle over who owns...
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Published in: 50.50A brutal manifestation of patriarchy
The involvement of women in anti-war actions and in support of peace activism worldwide is a critical part of modern...
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Published in: 50.50Child soldiers, child wives: wounded for life
Working with ex-child soldiers of Charles Taylor's army, and the girls they have taken as wives, has convinced Nobel...
