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Published in: 50.50Neoliberal neopatriarchy: the case for gender revolutionWe are living in a distinctive moment when neoliberal capitalism and neopatriarchy converge. Male dominance is no...
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Published in: 50.50Getting serious about data on womenUnprecedented access to data and information has been a tremendous boon to those who care about the situation of...
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Published in: 50.50Austerity policies in Europe are fuelling social injustice - and violating human rightsA new report by the Council of Europe provides detailed evidence that austerity measures have corroded civil and...
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Published in: 50.50The rape victims prosecuted for "false" rape allegations
Gail Sherwood was raped three times by a stalker, forced to retract her allegations and sentenced to two years in...
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Published in: 50.50Working class feminism is alive and well, and it doesn’t need ‘re-branding’
The recession has caused a political resurgence amongst women in some of our poorest communities, but both their...
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Published in: 50.50Preventing abuse in the UK: a matter of education
A new campaign by the UK Government’s Home Office, This Is Abuse, is a critical step to preventing violence against...
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Published in: 50.50Misogyny in the Greek parliament and media: a problem no-one wants to deal withChauvinism and corruption work in tandem to stifle public life in Greece. The disparaging and dismissive treatment...
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Published in: 50.50Finland’s paradox of equality: professional excellence, domestic abuse
Finland is regularly touted as a paragon of gender equality and one of the most progressive countries for women’s...
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Published in: 50.50"160 Girls": Making legal history in the fight against sexual violenceA landmark decision by the High Court in Kenya found that police inaction in dealing with rape cases brought by 160...
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Published in: 50.50When the judge is a woman
Redressing the historical and structural male domination of judicial systems requires that we consider the impact of...
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Published in: 50.50Women's 'secure estate': Does the punishment fit the crime ?
Incarceration is emblematic of women’s confined and marginalised position in society. Reducing women’s imprisonment...
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Published in: 50.50Can conversations about women in pop move beyond a binary of agency or exploitation?
The feminist debate after Miley Cyrus’ VMA performance rarely touched upon the issue of race. A comparison with...
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Published in: 50.50Women in journalism: not a trivial subject
The biggest newspapers in the United States, Britain and Europe still reserve pages of the most serious political...
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Published in: 50.50Is gendered austerity finally on the political agenda?
The 2013 Green Party conference made women and austerity one of its themes, while a new report from the Women’s...
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Published in: 50.50Will homophobia rain off Serbia's parade?
Gay pride week begins September 21, but it is unclear whether the Serbian government is willing to expend the...
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Published in: 50.50Gender, mental health, and intersectionality
Last month a pilot project was launched to add mental health nurses to police call-outs in parts of the UK. This...
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Published in: 50.50Creating a safe haven in the intersection of state racism and structural patriarchy
The UK Feminista’s summer school heard how female asylum seekers fight back against the intersecting injustices they face.
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Published in: 50.50Domestic violence: on the frontline of intersectionality
Provisions for those affected by domestic violence are in decline in the UK, but work in the area of domestic...
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Published in: 50.50Tackling the normalisation of sexism in Irish political culture
Recent positive legislative change will hopefully encourage more Irish women into political life, but the laddish,...
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Published in: 50.50The unsafe house of Italy: violence against women does not break for summer
Italy has just passed a new law offering better protection for victims of domestic violence. But will this be enough...
