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Published in: 50.50Rape, marriage, and rightsWhile the proliferation of domestic violence legislation worldwide is a positive and much-needed development, the...
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Published in: 50.50The invisible war: Sexual assault in the American militaryThousands of soldiers, mostly women, have been the victims of rape and sexual assault in the American military....
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Published in: 50.50The 'women-in-STEM-wash': diversity in science appropriated for corporate brandingAlthough female participation in science and engineering has won recent high-profile victories, the appropriation of...
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Published in: 50.50Sexual violence, access to justice, and human rights
The patriarchal framework of justice which reflects gendered stereotypes, cultural and traditional prejudice has to...
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Published in: 50.50Men challenging male supremacyIn dialogue with feminist, queer and transgender groups, the Challenging Male Supremacy Project works with male...
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Published in: 50.50Reflections of a revolutionary momentWhat is the legacy and future of women’s liberation today? Kathleen B Jones reports from a conference in Boston...
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Published in: 50.50Why are the hopes of the Good Friday Peace Agreement still unfulfilled?At the launch of 50.50's series on women peacebuilders in Northern Ireland, we explore the connection between the...
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Published in: 50.50Egypt: a space that isn't our ownLast month a young woman was mob attacked on Cairo University campus. Socially and culturally constructed circles...
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Published in: 50.50Still 'Our Man in Havana': foreign policy reporting's elitism problem
Foreign policy reporting in the British media is dominated by an elite and a false neutrality presenting a...
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Published in: 50.50US: why Women's History Month?Every generation of little girls and women needs to learn its past so that it can imagine a future in which gender...
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Published in: 50.50Martha Nussbaum, empathy, and the moral imagination
The emphasis in Martha Nussbaum’s work on the importance of the emotions in moral philosophy also posits that...
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Published in: 50.50Contesting patriarchy-as-governance: lessons from youth-led activismYouth-led mobilisation has mocked and exposed patriarchal power by unmasking its politics of social control. Are we...
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Published in: 50.50CSW weather vane: fault lines and prospects for women's human rights
As battles over women’s human rights rage on around the world, governments have gathered in New York this week to...
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Published in: 50.50The 'equality' that serves social injustice
Equality talk, with its roots in liberalism, defines those who aren’t considered equal as lacking. A more radical...
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Published in: Shine A LightRefugee women in the UK: fighting back from behind barsThe experience of female asylum seekers is distinct to their gender, particularly when survivors of rape and...
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Published in: 50.50The war against contraception: “Women need to be liberated from their libidos."
The new Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) requires all health plans to pay for contraception. Some religious...
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Published in: 50.50The Liberty Train: "Because I Decide"A women’s group on the northern coast of Spain devised a plan to fill a train full of protestors against Government...
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Published in: 50.50Gender-based censorship
Gender-based censorship, which takes many forms, can be seen in attempts to stifle women’s public voice - from the...
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Published in: 50.50A word to white women
If you identify as feminist you must examine what it means to be white, and the problem of the dominance of a white...
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Published in: Shine A LightFood bank nation: women in the home, the poor on the streets
The reasons why up to 500,000 people in the UK need emergency food aid are inherently gendered. Low pay, the rise in...
