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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: 50.50Iran: a 'bloody stain' on the nation
The war on women continues to manifest itself in different forms and intensity globally; tarnishing all societies...
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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: 50.50Speaking with a forked tongue: whither Malaysia’s moderate Islam?
Responding to the fatwa against their group, Sisters in Islam are calling for the promotion of love and compassion...
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Published in: 50.50Claiming rights, facing fire: young feminist activists
The increased violence against young women human rights defenders needs to be matched by funders prepared to respond...
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Published in: 50.50Being Malala
Recipients of humanitarian awards often invite controversy. In Pakistan, religious and political identities are...
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Published in: 50.50Secularism at risk in Sub-Saharan secular states: the challenges for Senegal and Mali
Secularism is being challenged in several Sub-Saharan African states which have long guarded it as a principle of...
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Published in: 50.50Power and solidarity at the grassroots
In an age of professionalization, both of politicians and of activists, the journey of self-taught politicization of...
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Published in: 50.50Redecorate, repopulate: what next for the E15 mums?
A group of young mothers have petitioned local government and occupied abandoned homes in Newham, London, calling...
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Published in: 50.50Breaking the gridlock of climate change negotiations: learning from allies
An empowered civil society is itself an enforcement mechanism of human rights, transforming the human rights system...
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Published in: 50.50Climate and Indigenous Peoples: the real dispute at the UN
With both the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples and the Climate Summit underway at the UN, far more important...
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Published in: 50.50The UN should not let Sudan get away with murder
When the UN Human Rights Council meets this week to discuss the human rights situation in Sudan, will member states...
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Published in: 50.50Our duty to the stranger: Remembering Helen Bamber
Although Helen Bamber has been celebrated as an ‘iconic’ human rights defender, the most fitting way to honour her...
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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: 50.50Kenya: the women who stand to be counted
Women in Kenya's second largest slum, Korogocho, face forced evictions, domestic violence and rape as a weapon of...
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Published in: 50.50Where we must stand: African women in an age of war
Whether one considers the direct effects of military rule and conflict on women, or the global economic implications...
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Published in: 50.50Women human rights defenders: activism's front-line
There is growing recognition by the international community that women human rights defenders are best placed to...
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Published in: 50.50The call of Sudanese women human rights defenders
Women activists challenging the fundamental structures of their communities and calling for new terms of peaceful...
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Published in: 50.50Visible players: the power and the risks for young feminists
From the student protests in Chile, to the protests of the 'Arab spring' in the MENA region, the debate among young...