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Published in: 50.50US isolated at ‘failed’ anti-abortion summit in NairobiConservative 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 begunThe 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 toldWomen 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 summitAs 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 alliancesFar-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 rightsNew 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 adsSocial 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 abortionOrdo 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 rightsThe 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 minoritiesThere 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 AfricaSpanish 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 livesA 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 frontiersAbortion 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 rightWe 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 precedentA potentially precedent-setting petition at the International Criminal Court could help human rights advocates and...
