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Published in: 50.50Honduras: the battle to protect women human rights defenders
Protection of women human rights defenders must be based on recognizing not only their existence, but also their...
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Published in: 50.50Repeal the Eighth: putting intersectionality into practice
A long-established conservative media frames the terms of abortion politics in Ireland. The pro-choice activism...
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Published in: 50.50Self-care in a digital space
For feminist activists, burnout is the norm. How can we best preserve collective wellbeing while practicing security...
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Published in: 50.50Our movements and collective struggles thrive despite backlash
Activists across the world are re-imagining their strategies, and engaging in cross-movement collaboration, in...
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Published in: 50.50Is a feminist United Nations possible in our lifetime?
Hopes for a female, feminist UN Secretary-General look increasingly unlikely, but there are creative ideas...
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Published in: 50.50Reclaiming Black women’s history: the Montgomery bus boycott 60 years on
With police violence against Black communities giving rise to the #Blacklivesmatter campaign, anniversaries of civil...
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Published in: 50.50Self-immolation and asylum in Australia: ‘This is how tired we are’
The slow violence inflicted upon the 28,621 individuals seeking refuge in Australia waiting on bridging visas to...
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Published in: 50.50A deadly politics of wealth: femicide in India
Census data shows that poverty and illiteracy are not key factors in India’s female genocide as many assume. The...
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Published in: 50.50Still no country for women? Double standards in choosing the next UN Secretary-General
Six of the twelve candidates for the job of UN Secretary-General are women, but in the first informal vote at the...
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Published in: 50.50The distance travelled: Beijing, Hillary, and women's rights
Hillary Rodham Clinton will need to listen to the voices of women working at grassroots on the frontline, and be...
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Published in: 50.50Ending HIV: ideology vs evidence at the UN
This week’s negotiations over the UN’s Political Declaration Ending AIDS are rife with circular debates, and sex,...
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Published in: 50.50'The Devil is in the Details': development, women's rights and religious fundamentalisms
Dealing with the escalation of violence against women across the world requires a wider adoption of a feminist...
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Published in: 50.50Behind the murder of Berta Cáceres: corporate complicity
The corporate denial of violation of human rights in the death of Berta Cáceres reveals the web of complicities and...
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Published in: 50.50UN CSW: debating women’s reproductive rights or a “culture of death” ?
In a cynical ploy, conservative religious groups based in the Global North now frame reproductive rights advocacy in...
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Published in: 50.50UN CSW: the way to empower women is to use CEDAW Article 5, not the CSW
The most effective international mechanism to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment is not the cumbersome...
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Published in: 50.50Berta’s struggle is our global struggle…
Berta Cáceres’s assassination is a painful reminder of the way in which a trinity of corporate, government and...
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Published in: 50.50Guilty: what the Sepur Zarco trial means for women’s rights worldwide
Survivors of wartime sexual violence in Guatemala have secured a landmark victory in the Sepur Zarco trial: a win...
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Published in: 50.50The global pulse of young feminists organising
Young feminists are organising across movements in an intersectional way, locally, nationally and regionally, and...
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Published in: 50.50Defining modern slavery out of existence: who benefits?
Academics who suggest that the very idea of ‘modern slavery’ is inane and clichéd undermine anti-slavery activism...
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Published in: 50.50Who's missing from Syria's peace talks?
Those organising Syria’s peace talks must go beyond merely ticking the gender representation box. It's essential to...