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Published in: 50.50Thanks to social media, do teenage girls like Ahed Tamimi now have the power to influence wars?Social media has enabled girls and young women to influence contemporary conflicts in new ways, according to 'War in...
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Published in: 50.50DRC mining industry is a prime example of how corporate power threatens women’s rightsThis is why feminist activists are mobilising behind a proposed international treaty to regulate the impacts of...
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Published in: 50.50Video: feminist activists speak out against corporate impunityHuman rights abuses. Plundered resources. #Feminists4BindingTreaty explain why corporations must be held accountable...
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Published in: 50.50Migrant farmworkers protest in New York City against sexual violenceProtesters march on Thursday to demand fast food giant Wendy’s sign up to scheme to tackle exploitation and improve...
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Published in: 50.50Gender equality cannot be achieved without tax reform for multinational companiesWe can't achieve gender equality, or ensure women’s rights, without progressive tax policies.
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Published in: 50.50Will reactionary delegations torpedo UN talks on rural women?At the Commission on the Status of Women, commitments to rural women’s empowerment are under threat. Can new,...
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Published in: 50.50Illustration: imagining a feminist future togetherA feminist future must be imagined before it can be created – and here art and illustration can play a powerful role.
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Published in: 50.50‘We won’t give up’: 25 years of feminist resistance to the war on women’s bodies in PolandIn 1993, the Polish government took away our right to abortion – starting a war on women’s bodies which continues to...
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Published in: 50.50A tribute to the fearless Laura Lee: freedom fighter for sex workers’ rights, and my friendLaura Lee died on 7 February 2018. She was a leading activist who campaigned fearlessly for the decriminalisation of...
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Published in: 50.50Black Panther’s powerful women are magical – just like our everyday feminist superheroesWatching Black Panther made me think about our everyday feminist superheroes, stepping out of their comfort zones...
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Published in: 50.50This is how the global feminist revolution beganFollowing the #MeToo revelations, journalist and creative writer Sian Norris let her imagination run wild to...
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Published in: 50.50How the global women's movement shaped the UN international development agendaAmid conservative backlash against women’s rights, how did feminist advocates ensure that the sustainable...
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Published in: 50.50Apply for a 50.50 women’s rights and corporate power reporting fellowshipWe need your help to investigate women’s rights and corporate power around the world. Apply for a 50.50 reporting fellowship.
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Published in: 50.50Same-sex marriage has become a political football in Italy's electionsThe so-called centre-right coalition is talking tough against Italy’s LGBTQI and immigrant communities, attacking...
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Published in: 50.50Violence against women at Sudan’s universities has been tolerated for far too longWestern agencies have focused on female genital mutilation in Sudan, but this isn't the only women’s rights battle...
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Published in: 50.50Can Sierra Leone’s female secret societies be allies in the fight against female genital mutilation?FGM is a deeply-rooted and widespread practice in the country. Can its locally-powerful practitioners help curtail it?
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Published in: 50.50The Backlash podcast episode 1: women and the far rightWe talk to three women who know more about the far right than most: councillor Jolene Bunting in Northern Ireland,...
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Published in: 50.50Activist Reham Al-Bader’s death in Yemen shows the dangers women face providing lifelines in conflictWomen in Yemen are challenging the death and destruction around them, often paying a heavy price. Yet, their voices...
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Published in: 50.50Evangelicals in South Africa are 'broadcasting hate masked as morality'Christian right groups are adding to an already dangerous environment for women and LGBTQI individuals, by pushing...
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Published in: 50.50Gender, sexuality and social justice, in your inbox: sign up for 50.50's monthly newsletterCritical and in-depth coverage of women's rights, gender and sexuality. Sign up to receive 50.50's monthly e-mail newsletter.
