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Published in: 50.50Theresa May and the love police
In Theresa May’s “One Nation” we are all border guards. Her vision of the Big Society will make us all shrink.
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Published in: 50.50Why the old Holloway Prison in north London should become a new women's building
This former site of state violence against women must be reclaimed – for the collective good.
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Published in: 50.50Uncomfortable assumptions about security: the UK vote on support for Saudi Arabia
Pervasive and problematic assumptions about the UK’s security lie at the heart of parliament’s recent decision to...
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Published in: 50.50Negotiating a global nuclear ban treaty: nuclear-armed states vs the UN
UN negotiations start today in New York on a global treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons. Ignoring cross-party...
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Published in: 50.50British academia's colourblind problem: an interview with Dr Nicola Rollock
Dr Nicola Rollock, lead author of the award-winning book The Colour of Class: the educational strategies of the...
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Published in: 50.50Quantity and quality: Part 1 on funding women’s rights
The first international women’s fund explores how funding women and girls translates (or doesn’t) into money for...
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Published in: 50.50When Black is not the only colour
Too Black for the adoption agencies but not Black enough for the political campaigners. On growing up an adoptee of...
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Published in: 50.50Stop Trump – definitely! But then what?
Resisting Trump should involve asking the UK government to reconsider its approach to global security alliances.
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Published in: 50.50Escaping domestic violence: ‘according to the law, you are not here’
Many women survivors of violence in Europe cannot access support services because of their migration status. The...
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Published in: 50.50Beyond ‘post-truth’: confronting the new reality
The term ‘post-truth’ is itself a product of seductive alarmism. It’s time we looked at the cold facts of our...
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Published in: 50.50The Sharia debate in the UK: who will listen to our voices?
Over 300 abused women have signed a statement opposing Sharia courts and religious bodies, warning of the growing...
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Published in: 50.50'We are the granddaughters of the witches you weren’t able to burn.'
An art project on two narrow boats hitched together on a canal in northern England is celebrating co-dependency -...
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Published in: 50.5016 Days: survivors and activists at the centre
The field of violence against women is an argumentative space. 16 Days offers an opportunity to reflect, to be...
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Published in: 50.50Suffragists, actresses and activists do it: 100 years of self-defence
Wherever women are confronted with violence, they try to protect themselves. When this resistance becomes...
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Published in: 50.50Are universities preventing violence against women?
Sexual harassment of women students is rife and violence against women in universities is commonplace. Are...
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Published in: 50.50What will it take to end honour based violence in the UK?
‘Honour killings’ represent the tragic consequences of the failure to tackle honour based violence. Greater state...
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Published in: 50.50When a Man Kills a Woman
Across everything that divides societies, we share in common that men’s violence against women is normalised,...
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Published in: 50.50Transforming a victim blaming culture
Media discussions of male violence against women focus on the actions of the victim rather than the perpetrator. How...
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Published in: 50.50Fear and humiliation at the job centre
The lack of self-confidence among young women looking for a job in Britain, revealed in the ‘Work It Out’ report, is...
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Published in: 50.50Grunwick 40 years on: lessons from the Asian women strikers
The women who led the Grunwick dispute challenged not just the stereotypes of Asian women within British society,...