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Published in: 50.50A jail, not a shelter: women’s refuges in IndiaOn the tenth anniversary of a major law dealing with domestic violence in India, we explore how the poor quality of...
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Published in: 50.50Is the Indian law on domestic violence fit for purpose?In the first of this three part series, we examine the effectiveness of one of the major planks of the domestic...
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Published in: 50.50Sex work: not prohibited, not permittedCriminalization sets a context in which the range of human rights violations experienced by sex workers is...
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Published in: 50.50The Sharia debate in the UK: who will listen to our voices?Over 300 abused women have signed a statement opposing Sharia courts and religious bodies, warning of the growing...
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Published in: 50.50To exist is to resist: Million Women RiseMarch 11th 2017 will mark the tenth anniversary of Million Women Rise's annual procession and rally to call an end...
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Published in: 50.5016 Days: survivors and activists at the centreThe field of violence against women is an argumentative space. 16 Days offers an opportunity to reflect, to be...
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Published in: 50.50Suffragists, actresses and activists do it: 100 years of self-defenceWherever women are confronted with violence, they try to protect themselves. When this resistance becomes...
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Published in: 50.50"We are not the women with black eyes."Women who have survived abuse are changemakers. It’s time to involve companies in creating a paradigm shift in...
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Published in: 50.50Dangerous journeys: violence against women migrants in TurkeySyrian women migrants in Turkey face many forms of violence - sexual harassment, forced and early marriage, polygamy...
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Published in: 50.50Are universities preventing violence against women?Sexual harassment of women students is rife and violence against women in universities is commonplace. Are...
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Published in: 50.50What lies beneath prostitution policy in New Zealand?The rosy rhetoric that surrounds prostitution policy in New Zealand is being exposed by survivors of the...
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Published in: 50.50The Italian mafia and violence against womenIn the name of “culture” and “honour” young girls born into the ‘ndrangheta mafia in Calabria lose their sense of...
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Published in: 50.50A move to set free child sex abusers: in the name of “our culture”Recent law reform initiatives on sexual crimes against children in Turkey reveal the growing danger for women and...
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Published in: 50.50Lesbians at the heart of the movement to end men’s violenceFeminist lesbians have been passionate activists from the beginning of the movement against men’s violence and...
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Published in: 50.50Men's intrusion: rethinking street harassmentTo capture the impact of ‘street harassment’ on women’s sense of self, we may need to rethink our language to better...
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Published in: 50.50Since I gave you a phone it’s not rapeAs evidence of UN peacekeepers’ sexual violence against Black African women and girls grows, media reporting and...
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Published in: 50.50Transforming a victim blaming cultureMedia discussions of male violence against women focus on the actions of the victim rather than the perpetrator. How...
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Published in: 50.50'Not a tomboy, a lesbian or a Hijra but a transman'‘Whenever laws and bills in India are passed regarding transgender rights, transmen are almost never called to the...
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Published in: 50.50Resurgent Sikh fundamentalism in the UK: time to act?Growing confidence among resurgent Sikh fundamentalist networks in the UK was evident in recent protests against...
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Published in: 50.50Repeal the Eighth: putting intersectionality into practiceA long-established conservative media frames the terms of abortion politics in Ireland. The pro-choice activism...
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