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Published in: 50.50Pan-Africanising women’s philanthropy: anatomy of an emerging social movementThe traditional noblesse oblige notion of philanthropy as giving by a wealthy, more privileged class to a poor, less...
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Published in: 50.50Lessons of the hummingbird
In the company of souls departed and souls vibrantly alive, Jessica Horn reflects on the significance of the lives...
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Published in: 50.50"Mighty be our powers": peaceful women and the global south
“We have included the Arab Spring in this prize, but we have put it in a particular context. Namely, if one fails to...
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Published in: 50.50Women Nobel Peace Laureates congratulate three new women Laureates
The women Peace Laureates of the Nobel Women’s Initiative—Jody Williams (USA), Shirin Ebadi (Iran), Mairead Maguire...
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Published in: 50.50Professor Wangari Maathai remembered
Following the death of Professor Wangari Maathai, noted activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner, we remember her...
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Published in: 50.50African leadership for a new generation: reflections on the North African revolutions
The young revolutionaries in North Africa face two challenges: the attempt by incumbent regimes to co-opt them and...
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Published in: 50.50African leadership and the avoidance of responsibility
The failure of African leaders to implement national plans and mechanisms in time to prevent drought from leading to...
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Published in: 50.50Understanding contemporary violence in Central Africa: militarism, race, and gender
It is time to challenge the conventional explanations of gender based violence. Patricia Daley argues that it can...
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Published in: 50.50Burkina Faso: " Restons Debout "
Les agricultrices du Burkina Faso sont en train de s’organiser pour dénoncer les politiques agricoles erronées...
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Published in: 50.50Burkina Faso: "Let us remain standing"
Women farmers in Burkina Faso are organising to denounce the misguided agricultural policies adopted by the state....
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Published in: 50.50Clearing ground: planting the seeds of Our Africa
On the launch of Our Africa, co-editor Jessica Horn reflects on the lives of two formidable Africans, Wambui Otieno...
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Published in: HomeEritrea: the politics of food security
Eritrea’s people are sharing in the food hardships of the wider region. But their government’s authoritarian rule is...
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Published in: 50.50Sudan secession: resolving divisions?
South Sudan celebrates its independence this week, becoming the world's newest nation. But the festering divisions...
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Published in: 50.50Sudan: a lonely road for women MPs in opposition
With the secession of South Sudan on July 9th, North Sudan returns to a familiar and depressing status quo - one...
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Published in: 50.50Tunisia: will democracy be good for women's rights?
History reveals an abundance of democratic paradoxes: cases in which progress on women’s rights regressed in the...
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Published in: 50.50Perpetuation and perpetration: the momentum of violence
So many armed men began their lives as victims of loss and grief. So many have gone on to become the source of...
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Published in: 50.50Sudanese women demand justice
The systematic use of sexual violence along with torture, cruel and degrading treatment – such as the common use of...
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Published in: 50.50My right, my responsibility
Nairobi Women's Hospital treated more than 300 women who had been gang raped in the aftermath of the contested...
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Published in: 50.50Year of the boomerang? Frantz Fanon and the Arab uprisings
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of Frantz Fanon's The Wretched of the Earth. Fatin Abbas...
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Published in: 50.50From Tahrir square to my kitchen
Despite the vibrancy of mobilization in Egypt after Mubarak, Hania Sholkamy’s account of the 8th of March...
