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Published in: 50.50Arrests of women’s rights activists put Saudi Arabia on the wrong side of historyFrom Indonesia to Saudi Arabia, Muslim women’s movements for equality are increasingly interconnected – and unstoppable.
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Published in: 50.50Prosecuting ISIS crimes against women and LGBTIQ people would set a crucial precedentA potentially precedent-setting petition at the International Criminal Court could help human rights advocates and...
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Published in: 50.50The story of a feminist victory against fundamentalists and gender segregation in UK schoolsIn 2017 the Court of Appeal ruled that gender segregation in schools is indeed discriminatory. This landmark...
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Published in: 50.50Kashmir abuses: women searching for justice challenge state use of forensicsThousands of young men have 'disappeared' in Kashmir and there have been numerous allegations of sexual assaults....
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Published in: 50.5070 years after partition: is India, like Pakistan, turning to religious extremism?Pakistani director Sabiha Sumar's brave new documentary, Azmaish, looks at retreats from liberal democracy on both...
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Published in: 50.50The right to blasphemy: is this the boundary between civilisation and barbarism?Former Charlie Hebdo journalist Zineb El Rhazoui collects fatwas like badges of honour. Her recent book outlines...
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Published in: 50.50“I don’t want to die because I’m an atheist”: ex-Muslims speak outIn the UK and beyond, filmmaker Deeyah Khan has documented the experiences of ex-Muslims and the “extraordinary...
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Published in: 50.50Surviving a machete attack: the story of Bangladeshi-American freethinker Bonya AhmedThe growth of religious fundamentalist forces in Bangladesh poses life-threatening challenges to atheists and secularists.
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Published in: 50.50Where is the line between Islam and Islamism?A recent conference on freedom of expression threw up issues around relationships between ex-Muslims and reformist...
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Published in: 50.50The politics of nudity as feminist protest – from Ukraine to TunisiaFrontline activists, including women who use their topless bodies as political statements, are gathering in London...
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Published in: 50.50Horn of Africa: there are no quick fixes in ‘countering violent extremism’An effective response to violence and harmful ideologies is important. But projects are failing to adequately engage...
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Published in: 50.50Pakistan’s jirgas: buying peace at the expense of women’s rights?Why are foreign donors so enthusiastic about alternative dispute mechanisms when they deliver second class justice for women?
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Published in: 50.50Violence against women and extremism are intrinsically linked: overlooking this puts rights at riskReligious groups we work with, in the fight against extremism, must have a commitment to universal rights – as well as peace.
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Published in: 50.50How do we fight anti-rights fundamentalism at the United Nations?An extract from the first report of a new initiative tracks how fundamentalist groups have embraced the UN as a site...
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Published in: 50.50There are more women at Sri Lanka’s universities – but they remain spaces dominated by menNow is not the time for complacency. Universities should produce critical thinkers – and questioning gendered norms...
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Published in: 50.50Copts of Egypt: Pope Francis, Al-Azhar, and the reality of sectarianism on the groundThe Pope’s meeting with Al-Azhar this week may create goodwill at a high-level, but on the ground, the situation for...
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Published in: 50.50Copts of Egypt: more than political pawns for ISIS and el-SisiRecent attacks on Copts cannot be understood exclusively as militant resistance to authoritarianism in Egypt.
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Published in: 50.50Copts of Egypt: from survivors of sectarian violence to targets of terrorismRecent bombings mark a new era in the religious targeting of Copts – one which is qualitatively different from...
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Published in: 50.50Gender-just laws versus “divine” law in Sri LankaThe heated debate over reforming Muslim personal law in Sri Lanka has resulted in an unprecedented mobilization of...
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Published in: 50.50Gender and fundamentalism: when religion muscles in on developmentThe truism that there cannot be real development without women’s participation needs a caveat: women’s rights cannot...
