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Published in: 50.50Transnational marriage abandonment: A new form of violence against women?Transnational marriage abandonment lies at the intersect of immigration and patriarchal control, allowing abusers...
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Published in: 50.50Poland: a total ban on abortion?With unprecedented political momentum for a total ban on abortion in Poland, thousands are marching in protest and...
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Published in: 50.50Does the caste system really not exist in Bengal?Bengali middle class society is seen as casteless because caste violence lacks visibility. One woman’s story of...
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Published in: 50.50Legumes vs. labour rights: how Indian women pay for the cost of dalA cooking project in Asia’s biggest informal settlement brings into focus the millions of workers denied a share in...
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Published in: 50.50From Pondi to Paris: Pondicherry's marriage marketMarriages between Pondicherrians who took French nationality in 1962, and those who chose to remain Indian, reveals...
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Published in: 50.50UN CSW: ending impunity for gender-based crimes against women refugeesThe CSW has called on UN member states to "address sexual and gender-based violence as an integral and prioritized...
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Published in: 50.50Sexual harassment in Kosovo: no longer invisibleA video of a woman walking in Prishtina being sexually harassed 50 times in 8 hours and publication of quantitative...
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Published in: 50.50The confinement of Eve: resolving Ebola, Zika and HIV with women’s bodies?There are parallels between three major newsworthy viruses, Ebola, HIV and Zika, in relation to the global public...
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Published in: 50.50Japan's military sexual slavery: whose agreement?The South Korea-Japan agreement on Japan’s military sexual slavery was announced on 28 December, 2015, but it...
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Published in: 50.50Mona Eltahawy and sexual revolution in the Middle East'Traumatised into feminism,' Mona Eltahawy speaks of her decision to unveil and understanding that 'Muslim women’s...
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Published in: 50.50Romani women of the Balkans: battling intersectional oppressionCenturies old oppression founded on gender, race, cultural group, and socio-economic class is being challenged by...
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Published in: 50.50Gender violence in Spain: from electoral tool to decisive issue ?
As political parties in Spain struggle to form a government this week their commitment to dealing with violence...
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Published in: 50.50The Quipu project: testimonies of forced sterilisation in PeruThe mass forced sterilisations of Peruvians is one of the grave human rights violations of our time. But the...
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Published in: 50.50BAM! OUCH! Being a man
A festival in London allowed men to see other men outside the confines of a narrowly defined masculinity that limits...
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Published in: 50.50Global Femicide WatchDubravka Šimonović, the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, explains to Yakin Erturk why she is calling...
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Published in: 50.50Nepal: the struggle for equal citizenship rights for womenNepal's new constitution was widely celebrated as progressive, but restrictions on a woman's right to pass on...
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Published in: 50.50Sea change for gender equity in Canada: great smoke, how much fire?Justin Trudeau has pledged to open a national inquiry into the staggering rates of violence against Indigenous women...
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Published in: 50.50Time for Kosovo's media to stand up for gender equalityFor a country of 1.7 million people, Kosovo has a large and vibrant media landscape. All too often, however, the...
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Published in: 50.50Men and Lads: Playboy nods to the cultural revolution
Lad mag circulations have been diving and several have closed. The debate about sexual objectification of women...
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Published in: 50.50Defending ourselves: defining the rights of girlsExploited in the media, sanctioned by the state, and controlled by religious fundamentalism, decisions about the...
