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Published in: Shine A LightLet’s make sure they really do end child detention nowIf they mean the immediate closure of Yarl's Wood, that should be a cause for great rejoicing. This is why we must...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAgainst ‘common sense’: election reflections from a campaigner on migration and asylum
A welcome electoral setback for the BNP may have been bought at the expense of their politics on immigration and...
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Published in: openSecurityIsrael and Palestine re-enter peace negotiations
Indirect Israel-Palestine peace talks underway after four-month deadlock. Death toll rises as Thai peace plan...
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Published in: 50.50Implementing SCR 1325: lessons from Israel
The attempt to implement Security Council Resolution 1325 after the failure of the Oslo Peace Process revealed a...
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Published in: 50.50Searching for gender justice
How and when will the Rome Statute and Security Council Resolution 1325 actually contribute to the delivery of...
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Published in: 50.50The right to have rights: resisting fundamentalist orders
While fundamentalist movements may vary according to the global context in which they operate, for women this...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKUK election: Women Going Backwards
New Labour seemed to have a strong feminist component when it came to power in 1997, its legacy is a rollback of...
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Published in: 50.50Progressive male Muslim preachers: oxymoron or reality?In their rush to find suitable allies to help control 'extremism', states as well as non-governmental organisations...
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Published in: openSecurityUnprecedented protests in Lebanon call for secularism
Lebanese protestors demand secularism. Thai PM rejects protestors’ offer as counter-movements gain strength. Clashes...
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Published in: HomeRed Tory: Liberalism and the loss of liberty
If one fully engages with Phillip Blond's critique of liberalism, and how it has shaped society, market and state,...
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Published in: 50.50Getting to peace: what kind of movement?
Today’s antiwar movements could become wider and deeper and more united if they took the critique of gender properly to heart
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Published in: 50.50The religious lobby and women’s rightsNone of the main political party manifestos tackle the encroachment of religion on our society. As more and more...
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Published in: 50.50Gender justice and the ICC: turning a miracle into reality
Ahead of the first global review meeting of the Rome Statue and International Criminal Court, women from around the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKFeminists need to get smart over the sale of sex
As feminism begins a much needed comeback divisions over the sale of sex damage the larger cause but shouldn't, a...
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Published in: 50.50India’s Women’s Reservation Bill
Can the bill for reserved seats for women as passed by India’s upper house be anything other than a cause for...
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Published in: HomeGays, the churches and the right
When Cameron fluffs his lines in a Gay Times interview, he points to the wider problem that the modernising right...
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Published in: HomeGay marriage and adoption in Mexico City
Mexico City has legislated the latest in a series of social reforms sweeping Latin America but progress made there...
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Published in: openIndiaSri Lanka's forgotten TamilsRejected by the rest of the Tamil population and ignored by the Sinhalese authorities, tea workers who migrated from...
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Published in: HomeThe decline of Europe's social democratic parties
On previous occasions of decline, social democracy has bounced back in Europe, but this time the record includes...
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Published in: 50.50Zero tolerance or zero consequence?
Laudable yet formalistic plans, committees and laws have been put in place to address violence against women, yet...
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