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Published in: 50.50A jail, not a shelter: women’s refuges in India
On 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 permitted
Criminalization 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 Rise
March 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 centre
The 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-defence
Wherever 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 Turkey
Syrian 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 women
In 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 violence
Feminist 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 harassment
To 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 rape
As evidence of UN peacekeepers’ sexual violence against Black African women and girls grows, media reporting and...
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Published in: 50.50Transforming a victim blaming culture
Media 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 practice
A long-established conservative media frames the terms of abortion politics in Ireland. The pro-choice activism...