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Published in: 50.50The refugee crisis: demilitarising masculinities
Photos emerging from the borders of Europe weave a new narrative around what it means to be vulnerable, to be a man,...
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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: 50.50Without global solidarity the women’s movement will collapse
Borders are closing across the world, blocking women from the Global South both from seeking refuge, having a voice...
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Published in: 50.50Time for a Fifth World Conference on Women?
Not holding a fifth UN world conference in 2015 has left a vacuum, a dangerous thing when patriarchal...
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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: 50.50Women on the front at Raqqa: an interview with Kimmie Taylor
What is the reality of war like for the women of Rojava as they advance on Raqqa? Kimmie Taylor from Britain is on...
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Published in: 50.50Trump's slap in the face of Lady Liberty
Will women be turned away from the UN Commission on the Status of Women, to be held in March, in New York? The...
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Published in: 50.50António Guterres: The Ninth Man
How will UN Secretary-General António Guterres demonstrate the UN's intention to resist the rising tide of misogyny...
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Published in: 50.50UK National Security Strategy: security for whom?
To make real progress on tackling insecurity, there needs to be far greater commitment by the British government to...
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Published in: 50.50Are we all beheaded Copts?
Is the beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians by ISIS in Libya associated with a broader political project of cleansing...
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Published in: 50.50Since I gave you a phone it’s not rape
As evidence of UN peacekeepers’ sexual violence against Black African women and girls grows, media reporting and...
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Published in: 50.50How will António Guterres tackle the UN’s gender problem ?
Can António Guterres make good on his promises to advance gender equality as UN Secretary-General, or will “politics...
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Published in: 50.50The fraught road to justice: Sri Lankan victims of sexual violence
As more women testify about their experience of sexual violence in Sri Lanka the path to redress does not become...
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Published in: 50.50Still no woman at the helm of the UN
António Guterres's election as the new UN Secretary-General is a stark illustration of how male-dominated...
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Published in: 50.50Redressing the UN's gender gap: how do the SG contenders compare?
Following an informal vote held at the UN in New York today, the UN Security Council will vote by acclamation...
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Published in: 50.50Nobel Women’s Initiative at 10: When We Are Bold
“It is time to stand up, sisters, and do some of the most unthinkable things. We have the power to turn our...
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Published in: 50.50Gloria Steinem: toward a feminist foreign policy
Feminism, when you look at it as Gloria Steinem does, as the recognition of the full humanity and full equality of...
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Published in: 50.50Whose work was the inspiration for the first nuke-free country?
New Zealand was the first country in the world to pass national nuclear-free legislation. Marilyn Waring reflects on...
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Published in: 50.50The dishonourable killing of a Pakistani social media celebrity
Qandeel Baloch’s murder fuelled the debate over women’s sexuality, their lives, and their deaths. Her ‘honour’...
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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...