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Published in: 50.50Will the sky fall when big NGOs move south?INGOs moving their HQs to the Global South will not alter the management problems with international development and...
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Published in: 50.50Stability Sandwiches: the control of street entrepreneurs in Sisi’s CairoNormal 0 21 false false false EN-GB JA X-NONE The post-Sisi drive to restore and sanitize public space in Cairo is...
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Published in: 50.50The Day You Catch the Fish: speaking out on domestic abuseViolence is manifested in so many ways, yet it is always the violence that comes within the domestic space that...
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Published in: 50.50COP21: forget 'the future', we need a more radical presentAs COP21 meets, people around the world already realise the devastating impacts of climate change. Instead of acting...
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Published in: 50.50Ghana: women at war in a country at peaceThe absence of war does not necessarily imply peace for women. The binary opposites of war and peace obscure the...
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Published in: 50.50South Africa: white fear, black anger and student protestsStudent protests across South Africa have heralded a new generation of political activists. ‘Born free’ into...
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Published in: 50.50Refugee or economic migrant? Join the dots Theresa MayThe compartmentalisation of individuals into the categories of economic migrants or refugees obscures the...
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Published in: 50.50AIDS targets: the fear factorHIV is not just a health issue but a multi-sectoral issue that requires many different players. Is the UNAIDS HIV...
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Published in: 50.50Doing gender justice in northern UgandaThe efforts of NGOs and international organisations to gradually nudge post-war northern Uganda towards a ‘gender...
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Published in: 50.50Those who believe in freedom: Yara SallamYara Sallam is starting the second year of her sentence in Qanater Women's prison outside Cairo. She says, "I do not...
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Published in: 50.50Addressing global taxation and gender equality
The increased call on countries to maximise local revenue in order to finance their own development agenda adds to...
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Published in: 50.50In celebration of African literature: Africa Writes 2015For the past 6,000 years, Africans have been writing. Africa Writes 2015, a three-day festival in London, explored...
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Published in: 50.50The sexual and reproductive health issue you’ve probably never heard of….
Why is one of the most common gynaecological conditions in sub-Saharan Africa, schistosomiasis, misunderstood,...
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Published in: 50.50Hope's song: my companion in life's journey
On my way from Zimbabwe to Amsterdam I shared a seat with a man called Musi. He was curious about how I became a...
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Published in: 50.50Libya: "Rejoicing at our bloody democracy"For sustainable peace, the UN must refuse to sanction militarism as the default response to unwanted migration and...
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Published in: 50.50A tribute to Joan Kagezi: the murder of a human rights defender
Joan Kagezi was a lead prosecutor in high profile cases in Uganda, including against a former LRA commander and...
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Published in: 50.50At the margins of visibility: recognising women human rights defenders
Every small act that stands up to patriarchy or to inequality, whether it is asking to go to school, or refusing to...
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Published in: 50.50Lampedusa: Never againThe terrible migrant deaths off the Italian island have evoked horror across the continent. In a small camp in...
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Published in: 50.50Tunisia's fight against fundamentalism: an interview with Amel Grami
In conversations with Karima Bennoune, Tunisian intellectual Amel Grami shares her analysis of the political crisis...
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Published in: 50.50Opposing political Islam in Tunisia: Mohamed Brahmi's widow speaks out
On the first anniversary of Mohamed Brahmi’s assassination, his widow, Mbarka Brahmi, denounces fundamentalism and...
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