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Published in: 50.50Gloria Steinem: toward a feminist foreign policyFeminism, when you look at it as Gloria Steinem does, as the recognition of the full humanity and full equality of...
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Published in: 50.50Whose work was the inspiration for the first nuke-free country?New Zealand was the first country in the world to pass national nuclear-free legislation. Marilyn Waring reflects on...
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Published in: 50.50Egyptian women: depression or oppression?Women continuing to push for change in Egypt are bearing the psychological toll of a rigid post-revolution politics...
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Published in: 50.50Imagine a feminist village of the futureOn the last day of the AWID International Forum in Brazil, more than two thousand women came together to help...
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Published in: 50.50Artivism: art as activism, activism as artArt can be a powerful tool for activists. It can grapple with the world and bring about change. This piece explores...
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Published in: 50.50'Feminist Futures': activists from across the globe gather in BrazilThe AWID International Forum in Bahia has started. We meet some of the 2,000 women brought together under the...
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Published in: 50.50Classifying bodies, denying freedomsFrom sex to race, classification is a tool of oppression. Abuse directed at Caster Semenya lies at the centre of the...
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Published in: 50.50The women of the rivers and forests have feminist debate?Beyond the reach of the internet and television in northern Brazil, feminist activism in the forests, on the boats...
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Published in: 50.50Between tradition and feminism: modern Amazonas“We have our world and we are building feminism into it.” In the last two decades there has been a rebirth of the...
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Published in: 50.50A revolution is not a dinner partyDoes the word “revolution” mean the same thing to the Kurdish liberation movement and to American leftists who...
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Published in: 50.50Building a bridge to the future: towards a feminist UNWhat will it take for the world’s women to shift the UN away from its paradigm of patriarchy and gender inequality...
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Published in: 50.50Is a feminist United Nations possible in our lifetime?Hopes for a female, feminist UN Secretary-General look increasingly unlikely, but there are creative ideas...
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Published in: 50.50Questioning rape in ChinaChina is witnessing more and more spontaneous protests and online discussions against rape and the deeper structural...
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Published in: 50.50A deadly politics of wealth: femicide in IndiaCensus data shows that poverty and illiteracy are not key factors in India’s female genocide as many assume. The...
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Published in: 50.50Still no country for women? Double standards in choosing the next UN Secretary-GeneralSix of the twelve candidates for the job of UN Secretary-General are women, but in the first informal vote at the...
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Published in: 50.50The distance travelled: Beijing, Hillary, and women's rightsHillary Rodham Clinton will need to listen to the voices of women working at grassroots on the frontline, and be...
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Published in: 50.50Abortion and contraception in India: the role of menThe callous attitude of Indian men that ‘she can always abort’ in cases of an unwanted pregnancy caused by failure...
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Published in: 50.50Why the backlash against dowry laws in India?The backlash against gender-just law which seeks to protect women against dowry violence reveals the full extent of...
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Published in: 50.50Choose a woman to lead the UN!UN leaders and experts have sent an Open Letter to each member of the UN Security Council asking for the selection...
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Published in: 50.50A lone raised hand: who will become the next UN Secretary-General ?Six women and six men are competing to become the next UN Secretary-General. As the drama unfolds, it’s still not...
