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Published in: 50.50Egypt: a reality too dark in which to glimpse hope?The last known message from the Egyptian activist Zainab Mahdy reads, " It's like we're digging in water...There is...
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Published in: 50.50Of canaries and coal minesAre women the canaries in the coal mine, their ill treatment signalling larger problems within a society? Or is...
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Published in: 50.50British democracy and women's right to live free from violence
As the general election approaches in May 2015, women's organisations in the UK have issued the Women's Safety...
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Published in: 50.50Young feminists: resisting the tide of fundamentalismsFundamentalism is a root cause of multiple forms of violence experienced by young women and trans*youth worldwide....
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Published in: 50.50The stories we tell about ISIS and women
Political and popular discussions about strategies to confront ISIS are doing women in Iraq and Syria a disservice,...
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Published in: 50.50"It takes broken bones": authoritarianism and violence against women in HungaryRight-wing discourse in Hungarian politics is matched by the government’s regressive handling of gender issues, as...
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Published in: 50.50Responding to sexual abuse in the UK: class, race and culture
The failure of police to take seriously the young victims of sexual abuse in Rotherham who reported the crime,...
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Published in: 50.50What will it take to end violence against women in the UK?
A decade on from the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004, progressive policy, laws and attitudes are being...
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Published in: 50.50The Handmaid's Tale of El SalvadorPoverty, misogyny, and Christian fundamentalism in El Salvador lie behind the prison sentences of up to forty years...
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Published in: 50.50Masculine violence: call of duty, or call for change?The much-hyped launch of a new gun-shooting video game this month reveals the thread of gender linking...
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Published in: 50.50The right to walk alone without fearThe Reclaim the Night marches through night-time city centres tap into a righteous and rising anger, and are a way...
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Published in: 50.50Reeva Steenkamp: justice?At the core of a global pandemic of violence against women rage two defining features of patriarchy: male privilege...
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Published in: 50.50Preventing violence against women: a sluggish cascade?There has been a global 'cascade' in commitments to end violence against women. But the violence keeps happening....
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Published in: 50.50A choir of lost voices: the murder of Loretta Saunders and Canada's missing women
The murder of Loretta Saunders, a young scholar who researched missing and murdered Aboriginal women in Canada,...
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Published in: 50.50Iran: a 'bloody stain' on the nationThe war on women continues to manifest itself in different forms and intensity globally; tarnishing all societies...
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Published in: 50.50Oscar Pistorius: the South African storyThe two versions of Oscar Pistorius presented by the state and the defence fit into a wider narrative of South...
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Published in: 50.50Is denying a visa to Julien Blanc the wrong strategy?
More than 275,000 people have signed online petitions to stop Julien Blanc from entering the UK. Banning...
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Published in: 50.50Why the G20 needs to tackle gender inequality: Brisbane and beyond
The G20 should listen to Oxfam and assess its agenda and actions based on how they support the fulfilment of women’s...
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Published in: 50.50G20: the union movement's fight for gender equality in the labour market
Women are more reliant on decent labour law, minimum wages and conditions, and labour market protections. Yet these...
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Published in: 50.50G20: can women's human rights and economic growth co-exist?Will the G20 adopt an approach that meets human rights standards for economic growth at the Brisbane Summit? More...
