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Published in: 50.50The Antis: anti-imperialist or anti-feminist?A recent article on "imperialist feminism" accuses the US women's movement of being a cheerleader for American...
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Published in: 50.50Is denying a visa to Julien Blanc the wrong strategy?More than 275,000 people have signed online petitions to stop Julien Blanc from entering the UK. Banning...
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Published in: 50.50A global sisterhood
A global feminism that transcends narrow national, cultural, religious and social boundaries is crucial. Radha Bhatt...
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Published in: 50.50The right to feel safe in public: addressing the root cause of sexual harassment
A new poll reveals that 19% of women in London have been physically abused and 32% have been verbally harassed on...
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Published in: 50.50It's time for feminists to Get In, not Lean In.
The practice of patriarchy as a form of social governance has brought us to the brink of a planet crisis. The...
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Published in: 50.50A safe space to reclaim ‘normal’
When a distorted ‘normal’ oppresses our daily lives and experiences, Ché Ramsden says that feminist conferences like...
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Published in: 50.50Missing and murdered: Am I next?
Canada offers its Indigenous women a quality of life degraded by disproportionate danger, fear, and aggression. As a...
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Published in: 50.50Claiming rights, facing fire: young feminist activistsThe increased violence against young women human rights defenders needs to be matched by funders prepared to respond...
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Published in: 50.50Redecorate, repopulate: what next for the E15 mums?A group of young mothers have petitioned local government and occupied abandoned homes in Newham, London, calling...
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Published in: 50.50Conscientious objection: Virginia Woolf's ideas live onIn her 1938 essay Three Guineas, Virginia Woolf defined patriarchy, militarism and nationalism as sources of war....
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Published in: 50.50Feminism and men: time to stop making excuses
Emma Watson has launched the UN’s ‘He for She’ campaign with a fiery speech calling on men to take action against...
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Published in: 50.50"What can a woman do?" Gender norms in a Nigerian universityAre universities necessarily transformative spaces for women students? Research at the University of Ibadan,...
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Published in: 50.50Scotland either way: challenging 'patriarchy in a skirt'
Feminist grassroots activism has raised the voices of women during the Scottish referendum campaign, and to some...
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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: 50.50'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: 50.50We need to talk about structural racism
The ‘not all white people’ defence is narcissistic defensiveness that upholds a structurally unequal status quo....
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Published in: 50.50US: why Women's History Month?Every generation of little girls and women needs to learn its past so that it can imagine a future in which gender...
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Published in: 50.50Gender violence in the media: elusive reality
The death of Reeva Steenkamp has highlighted the problematic way in which the media treat the issue of domestic...
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Published in: Shine A LightRefugee women in the UK: fighting back from behind barsThe experience of female asylum seekers is distinct to their gender, particularly when survivors of rape and...
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Published in: Shine A LightFood bank nation: women in the home, the poor on the streets
The reasons why up to 500,000 people in the UK need emergency food aid are inherently gendered. Low pay, the rise in...
