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Published in: 50.50A once in a lifetime chance to protect the world's girlsEvery day, we see more headlines documenting the severe rights abuses girls suffer. The primary cause of death for...
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Published in: 50.50"We will not be beaten"It's twenty years since the US Congress passed the Violence Against Women Act which right-wing conservatives...
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Published in: 50.50Guerilla woolfare: against the madness of mutually assured destructionRolling out a seven mile knitted pink peace scarf between the Atomic Weapons Establishment complexes at Aldermaston...
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Published in: 50.50Syria: stories of devastation and hopeThe image of Barbie dolls ‘dismembered’ by Syrian children is a reminder that the trauma of war will last long after...
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Published in: 50.50Political economy, security, and the summit to end sexual violence in conflictFrom London to Ukraine, Madeleine Rees reflects on the lessons of the recent Summit to end sexual violence in...
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Published in: 50.50The marching season: a call for a new vision in Northern IrelandAs the climax of the 'marching season' in Northern Ireland approaches, Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire recalls...
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Published in: 50.50Women everywhere have their movement limited by the male gaze
Street harassment stems from patriarchal entitlement and male structural power that treats women as objects who...
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Published in: 50.50Desolation and despair in Libya: the murder of Salwa BugaighisLooking back, it feels as if Salwa Bugaighis embodied not the hopes and aspirations of the majority of her country's...
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Published in: 50.50Sarajevo peace event: addressing the root causes of warThe recent international Peace Event in Sarajevo was simultaneously a commemoration of war and a renewed commitment...
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Published in: 50.50Stopping sexual violence in conflict: gender politics in foreign policy
Consistent promotion of gender equality has to drive foreign, security and development policy if sexual violence in...
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Published in: 50.50Fleeing FGM: Bodies on the frontlineThe UK’s commitment to protecting the rights of women and girls cannot be limited to international aid; it must...
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Published in: 50.50Due diligence for women's human rights: transgressing conventional lines
On international human rights day, Yakin Ertürk discusses the new vulnerabilities faced by women, including refugee...
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Published in: 50.50'Victim' vs 'Survivor': feminism and language
Rahila Gupta argues that the term ‘victim’ needs to be reclaimed by feminist politics; whilst 'survivor' is...
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Published in: 50.50'None of us have the right to be who we were': a tribute to a peacebuilderAmong Northern Ireland’s peacemakers Inez McCormack was unusual: she was an architect of the parallel peace process,...
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Published in: 50.50Rape, marriage, and rightsWhile the proliferation of domestic violence legislation worldwide is a positive and much-needed development, the...
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Published in: 50.50What will it take to end violence against women?
Twenty years after the United Nations declared violence against women to be a violation of their human rights, we...
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Published in: 50.50The invisible war: Sexual assault in the American militaryThousands of soldiers, mostly women, have been the victims of rape and sexual assault in the American military....
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Published in: 50.50Hopes and fears: Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict
With the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict taking place in London, Sanam Naraghi Anderlini questions...
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Published in: 50.50Sexual violence, access to justice, and human rights
The patriarchal framework of justice which reflects gendered stereotypes, cultural and traditional prejudice has to...
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Published in: 50.50Women's voices in northern Nigeria: hearing the broader narrativesAs the world's attention focuses on northern Nigeria with the abduction of schoolgirls from Chibok, Fatimah Kelleher...
