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Published in: 50.50Why are women joining far-right movements, and why are we so surprised?
Women’s ‘shocking’ participation in far-right politics has received much media attention. But is this a new trend,...
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Published in: 50.50What’s attracting women to Myanmar’s Buddhist nationalist movement?
Amid Myanmar’s transition towards democracy, a dangerous Buddhist nationalist movement is on the rise, and women are...
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Published in: 50.50The story of a feminist victory against fundamentalists and gender segregation in UK schools
In 2017 the Court of Appeal ruled that gender segregation in schools is indeed discriminatory. This landmark...
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Published in: 50.50Has rape become a weapon to silence atheists in Bangladesh?
“There is no place for me in Bangladesh," says a young woman blogger who fled the south Asian country in 2017...
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Published in: 50.50Tracking the backlash: why we're investigating the 'anti-rights' opposition
Growing and globalising networks of conservative and fundamentalist groups are pushing back against our sexual and...
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Published in: 50.5070 years after partition: is India, like Pakistan, turning to religious extremism?
Pakistani director Sabiha Sumar's brave new documentary, Azmaish, looks at retreats from liberal democracy on both...
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Published in: 50.50The right to blasphemy: is this the boundary between civilisation and barbarism?
Former Charlie Hebdo journalist Zineb El Rhazoui collects fatwas like badges of honour. Her recent book outlines...
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Published in: 50.50“I don’t want to die because I’m an atheist”: ex-Muslims speak out
In the UK and beyond, filmmaker Deeyah Khan has documented the experiences of ex-Muslims and the “extraordinary...
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Published in: 50.50"They are coming for your children" – the rise of CitizenGo
The right-wing campaigning platform has coordinated mass online petitions – and offline actions. Its reach is...
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Published in: 50.50Surviving a machete attack: the story of Bangladeshi-American freethinker Bonya Ahmed
The growth of religious fundamentalist forces in Bangladesh poses life-threatening challenges to atheists and secularists.
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Published in: 50.50Where is the line between Islam and Islamism?
A recent conference on freedom of expression threw up issues around relationships between ex-Muslims and reformist...
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Published in: 50.50The politics of nudity as feminist protest – from Ukraine to Tunisia
Frontline activists, including women who use their topless bodies as political statements, are gathering in London...
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Published in: 50.50Horn of Africa: there are no quick fixes in ‘countering violent extremism’
An effective response to violence and harmful ideologies is important. But projects are failing to adequately engage...
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Published in: 50.50Re-branding hate?: ultra-conservative organising under a "family-friendly" banner
Diverse groups are joining international “pro-family” alliances. Their common cause? To block and roll back feminist...
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Published in: 50.50Violence against women and extremism are intrinsically linked: overlooking this puts rights at risk
Religious groups we work with, in the fight against extremism, must have a commitment to universal rights – as well as peace.
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Published in: 50.50"This is a war": Inside the global "pro-family" movement against abortion and LGBT rights
At a recent summit in Budapest, anti-abortion celebrities and anti-gay rights activists gathered with their...
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Published in: 50.50How do we fight anti-rights fundamentalism at the United Nations?
An extract from the first report of a new initiative tracks how fundamentalist groups have embraced the UN as a site...
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Published in: 50.50Video: Voices from the 2017 Nobel Women's Initiative conference
Participants at the 2017 Nobel Women's Initiative conference talk about memory, activism after trauma, what women's...
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Published in: 50.50Fight fundamentalism in all its guises: a call to action from Yemen to Germany
“Be close to people’s dreams, their aspirations and their suffering...fight for a society of equal citizenship” -...
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Published in: 50.50What would a world without barriers to feminist solidarity look like?
Citizenship is a duty that transcends borders. Jennifer Allsopp reports for 50.50 from the first day of the 2017...