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Published in: 50.50Is that what we fought for? Gaddafi's legacy for Libyan womenWomen played a largely unreported role in last year’s revolution in Libya. Now they have to fight both Islamist and...
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Published in: 50.50J’Accuse the West!
There is a perception among the non-Islamist political movements and civil society that there is a western...
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Published in: 50.50Understanding the subordination of women in the Arab region: Wilaya
The concept of wilaya (guardianship over women) is key to discrimination against women. Debates over different...
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Published in: 50.50Patriarchy and militarism in Egypt: from the street to the government
The lack of institutional concern for epidemic levels of sexual harassment and assault in Egypt is part of the...
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Published in: 50.50A war against women: The CSW declaration and the Muslim Brotherhood riposte
The statement issued by the Muslim Brotherhood in response to the UN Commission on the Status of Women draft Agreed...
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Published in: 50.50Troubling parallels, hopeful differences: Iran, women, and the 'Arab spring'Despite parallels with Iran, Haideh Moghissi notes more hopeful prospects for the future of women’s rights and...
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Published in: 50.50Egypt: the Islamization of state policy
Fears that Egypt’s constitution will be used to inhibit freedoms and enhance the powers of the Islamists in power...
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Published in: 50.50A problematic discourse: who speaks for Arab women?
Placed between the First Lady and the Diplomat at the recent Trust Women conference on the 'Arab spring', Ala'a...
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Published in: 50.50A Revolutionary woman
A poem by Marwa Sharafeldin. Part of a series of poems by African feminist writers for 16 Days of Activism against...
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Published in: 50.50Land, loss and longing: women and equalities in the north of Israel PalestineExpropriation of their land by the Israeli state is an ongoing injustice for its resident Palestinians. Cynthia...
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Published in: 50.50South Kordofan: activism, resilience and sacrifice
Sudanese women's rights organisations that fled South Kordofan last year are rebuilding their networks, and women...
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Published in: 50.50Can a story save a life? Women and the Arab uprisingsAs Tahrir Square fills up again and the Arab uprisings continue, the power of words and the battle over who owns...
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Published in: 50.50State feminism in Tunisia: reading between the linesThe Tunisian experience with state feminism is a model to draw lessons from, especially for the Arab-Muslim...
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Published in: 50.50Somalia: a call for sisterhood
In the run up to next week's Presidential election in Somalia, Zainab M. Hassan writes an open letter to new women...
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Published in: 50.50We Are Fed Up! The power of a new generation of Sudanese youth activists
The recent protests in Sudan attest to the rise of a new generation of Sudanese youth activists. At the heart of...
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Published in: 50.50Undressing Um Ahmad: Egyptian women between the bikini and the burquaa'Egypt's new First Lady is covered, a first in the history of this country. Just as her Muslim Brotherhood husband...
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Published in: 50.50أنا و أم أحمد و البيكينيلأول مرة في تاريخ مصر, ترتدي سيدتها الأولى الحجاب و كما أثار زوجها قلق الكثيرون حول مدنية الدولة, أثارت زوجته القلق...
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Published in: 50.50التحرش الجنسي في الشوارع: كسر حاجز الصمت في اليمنحوالي 90% من النساء اليمنيات يتعرضن للتحرش الجنسي في الشوارع يوميا. مجموعة من الناشطات الشابات في مجال حقوق النساء...
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Published in: 50.50Street sexual harassment: breaking the silence in YemenYoung women’s rights activists are using new media to give a voice to the 90% of Yemeni women who face street sexual...
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Published in: HomeSyrian headlines: displacing the displacedDuring the first two hours of the military onslaught on Al-Tadamon nearly 5,000 people - mostly women and children -...
