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Published in: 50.50US isolated at ‘failed’ anti-abortion summit in Nairobi
Conservative protests against global development conference in Kenya fail to draw crowds, or derail commitments
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Published in: 50.50The war on Europe’s women and LGBTIQ people has only just begun
The far right did not conquer the European Parliament – but this doesn’t mean the threats to our rights have...
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Published in: 50.50Women’s stories from the frontline of Sudan’s revolution must be told
Women are leading Sudan’s revolt against religious fundamentalism. As in Egypt and Saudi Arabia they face a violent...
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Published in: 50.50Religious and market fundamentalisms threaten gender equality at UN summit
As the US fosters a backlash at the UN Commission on the Status of Women, states from Lebanon to Namibia are taking...
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Published in: 50.50‘Muslim women are stuck between Islamophobes and Islamic fundamentalists’
From France to Malaysia, Muslim women’s rights activists are challenging those who ask them to ‘choose between being...
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Published in: 50.50How Verona became a ‘model city’ for far-Right and ultra-Catholic alliances
Far-Right and religious conservative movements captured the ‘city of love’ years ago. After national successes,...
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Published in: 50.50Evangelicals in Guatemala on verge of ‘legalising homophobia’
A ‘nefarious’ bill on ‘life and family’ is the first ever drafted by the country's evangelical churches, reflecting...
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Published in: 50.50Christian Right and some UK feminists ‘unlikely allies’ against trans rights
New analysis shows that groups that traditionally disagree are now on the same side – against reforming the Gender...
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Published in: 50.50US evangelicals targeted LGBT young people with ‘dehumanising’ Facebook and YouTube ads
Social media giants acknowledge that Anchored North video ads violated their rules to protect users – but not until...
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Published in: 50.50This ultra-conservative institute has infiltrated the Polish state, on a relentless quest to ban abortion
Ordo Iuris is an extreme anti-choice group whose founders were ‘inspired’ by a controversial Catholic fundamentalist...
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Published in: 50.50Why is the US government meeting LGBT ‘hate groups’ and dangling money in front of them?
Anti-abortion and anti-LGBT ‘extremists’ attended a high-level summit on religious freedom this week, where...
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Published in: 50.50How El Salvador’s evangelicals have joined the backlash against women’s reproductive rights
The changing religious landscape in this historically Catholic country has not been good news for women, who live...
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Published in: 50.50Italy’s new government is bad news for women and minorities
There will be hard times ahead in Italy, unless you are a heterosexual, cisgendered, white man. The new families...
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Published in: 50.50The Right’s ‘gender ideology’ menace rolls to Africa
Spanish group CitizenGo brings anti-trans ‘Free Speech Bus’ to Kenya, where the World Congress of Families is...
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Published in: 50.50Revealed: the US ‘Christian fundamentalists’ behind new Netflix film on millennial sex lives
A new film about youth ‘hookup culture’ follows students at Spring Break beach parties in Florida. Does it have a...
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Published in: 50.50Feminist bots vs right-wing trolls: Brazil’s gender justice movements cross new frontiers
Abortion has long been criminalised in Brazil. It is an issue that many have all but given up on – except for...
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Published in: 50.50Will reactionary delegations torpedo UN talks on rural women?
At the Commission on the Status of Women, commitments to rural women’s empowerment are under threat. Can new,...
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Published in: 50.50The Backlash podcast episode 1: women and the far right
We talk to three women who know more about the far right than most: councillor Jolene Bunting in Northern Ireland,...
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Published in: 50.50Has Trump’s White House ‘resurrected’ Army of God anti-abortion extremists?
Christian extremism as a motivator for violence is often overlooked, while clinics providing abortion services are...
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Published in: 50.50Prosecuting ISIS crimes against women and LGBTIQ people would set a crucial precedent
A potentially precedent-setting petition at the International Criminal Court could help human rights advocates and...