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Rojava revolution: on the hoof

Published on: 23 May 2016

Written by: Rahila Gupta All articles by Rahila Gupta

Rojava is a fast moving, dynamic place where things change by the minute. What are the material conditions which...

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Sexual violence and the culture of impunity in Nagaland

Published on: 10 May 2016

Written by: Dolly Kikon All articles by Dolly Kikon

Perpetrators of sexual violence escape justice, while their victims are trapped between exhortations by women's...

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Furthering freedom of religion and belief in Muslim-majority countries

Published on: 3 May 2016

Written by: Khadija Moalla All articles by Khadija Moalla

Ballot boxes before a culture of toleration for diversity of beliefs takes root in the minds of people can make...

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Rojava revolution: It’s raining women

Published on: 26 April 2016

Written by: Rahila Gupta All articles by Rahila Gupta

In less than four years, the women’s umbrella organisation, Kongira Star, has set up an autonomous, grassroots,...

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Behind the murder of Berta Cáceres: corporate complicity

Published on: 25 April 2016

Written by: Ana Abelenda All articles by Ana Abelenda

The corporate denial of violation of human rights in the death of Berta Cáceres reveals the web of complicities and...

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Women and the War on Drugs

Published on: 13 April 2016

Written by: Robin Lloyd All articles by Robin Lloyd

Survivors and victims of the War on Drugs are travelling from Honduras in a caravan for peace, life and justice to...

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Rojava’s commitment to Jineolojî: the science of women

Published on: 11 April 2016

Written by: Rahila Gupta All articles by Rahila Gupta

Travelling in Rojava is to witness the ways in which the different commitments to the revolution present a...

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Love in a time of hatred

Published on: 7 April 2016

Written by: Scilla Elworthy All articles by Scilla Elworthy

To prevent terror requires radical acts and working with women. To build peace requires courage, determination,...

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A revolution for our times: Rojava, Northern Syria

Published on: 4 April 2016

Written by: Rahila Gupta All articles by Rahila Gupta

Travelling in Rojava is to witness a revolution experimenting with a form of stateless, direct democracy with...

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UN CSW: ending impunity for gender-based crimes against women refugees

Published on: 31 March 2016

Written by: Sophie Giscard d'Estaing All articles by Sophie Giscard d'Estaing

The CSW has called on UN member states to "address sexual and gender-based violence as an integral and prioritized...

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UN CSW: the way to empower women is to use CEDAW Article 5, not the CSW

Published on: 31 March 2016

Written by: Margaret Owen All articles by Margaret Owen

The most effective international mechanism to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment is not the cumbersome...

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Madam Secretary-General?

Published on: 8 March 2016

Written by: Anne Marie Goetz All articles by Anne Marie Goetz

With pressure mounting for the next UN Secretary General to be a woman, is it too much to ask that she also be a feminist?

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Gender, war and peace: "We the people."

Published on: 8 March 2016

Written by: Madeleine Rees All articles by Madeleine Rees

Feminism: a way of thought and a way of being that can and has made change. We must stand up for humanity now so...

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Britain's boycott of the UN multilateral nuclear disarmament talks

Published on: 26 February 2016

Written by: Rebecca Johnson All articles by Rebecca Johnson

With opposition to Trident growing, the British government has refused to join this week's UN multilateral nuclear...

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U.S. Defense: the question of women's roles in conflict

Published on: 15 February 2016

Written by: Brenda Oppermann All articles by Brenda Oppermann

The U.S. Department of Defense has paid scant attention to local women in conflict as either aggressors, crucial...

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Who's missing from Syria's peace talks?

Published on: 29 January 2016

Written by: Lisa Davis All articles by Lisa Davis

Those organising Syria’s peace talks must go beyond merely ticking the gender representation box. It's essential to...

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World Courts of Women: against war, for peace

Published on: 25 January 2016

Written by: Rebecca Johnson All articles by Rebecca Johnson

At the World Court of Women meeting held in Bangalore witnesses to violence and injustice highlighted political...

Student participants on the 1009th Wednesday Demonstration in Seoul, South Korea, February 15, 2012. JoonYoung Kim/Flickr. Some

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Japan's military sexual slavery: whose agreement?

Published on: 20 January 2016

Written by: Maki Kimura All articles by Maki Kimura

The South Korea-Japan agreement on Japan’s military sexual slavery was announced on 28 December, 2015, but it...

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An intimate intifada

Published on: 14 January 2016

Written by: Karin Attia All articles by Karin Attia

Recognizing and understanding Palestinian women’s unprecedented engagement in the latest wave of violence in Israel...

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John Kerry, where are women’s voices in the Syria peace talks?

Published on: 18 December 2015

Written by: Lisa Davis All articles by Lisa Davis

The US may be tempted to congratulate itself for wrangling Russia to the table for the meeting on Syria’s peace...

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