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Published in: 50.50Feminist Dissent: why a new journal on gender and fundamentalism?The journal Feminist Dissent creates a space to interrogate the multi-faceted links between historical and resurgent...
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Published in: 50.50Who are they, these revolutionary Rojava women?Meredith Tax just had to find out who they were - the revolutionary women of Rojava, bearing arms against ISIS,...
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Published in: 50.50Refusing to recognise polygamy in the West: a solution or a soundbite?Polygamy in the UK and the West raises many questions and challenges: integration of migrant communities, ensuring...
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Published in: 50.50Disembodying honour and exposing the politics behind itThe reaction to the public stripping of a Coptic grandmother in Upper Egypt reminds us of the power of popular...
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Published in: 50.50Whitewashing Sharia councils in the UK?In an Open Letter to Theresa May, hundreds of women’s human rights organisations and campaigners warn against a...
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Published in: 50.50Islamist terrorism: chilling echoes of Pastor NiemollerThe Islamists have us all in their sights. We are all targets. It is incumbent upon us all to speak up. Being Muslim...
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Published in: 50.50Rojava revolution: how deep is the change?Is optimism in the future of revolutionary change misplaced in a region torn apart by war and a society where...
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Published in: 50.50Rojava revolution: reshaping masculinityRojava's battle with ISIS stronghold Raqqa is not simply a military one, but an ideological one in which the...
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Published in: 50.50'The Devil is in the Details': development, women's rights and religious fundamentalismsDealing with the escalation of violence against women across the world requires a wider adoption of a feminist...
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Published in: 50.50Furthering freedom of religion and belief in Muslim-majority countriesBallot boxes before a culture of toleration for diversity of beliefs takes root in the minds of people can make...
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Published in: 50.50Yazidi women after slavery: traumaMental health care and support services are in short supply for the traumatized women who have escaped from ISIS...
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Published in: 50.50UN CSW: debating women’s reproductive rights or a “culture of death” ?In a cynical ploy, conservative religious groups based in the Global North now frame reproductive rights advocacy in...
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Published in: 50.50Mona Eltahawy and sexual revolution in the Middle East'Traumatised into feminism,' Mona Eltahawy speaks of her decision to unveil and understanding that 'Muslim women’s...
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Published in: 50.50The truth about Charlie: one year after the 7 January attacksThe Charlie Hebdo attack one year ago was part of a long tradition of fundamentalist assaults on artists....
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Published in: 50.50Narendra Modi, gender violence, and the Hindu Right's agendaIndia is facing a relentless nightmare of violence against minorities, Dalits and those who dissent from the agenda...
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Published in: 50.50UN calls for women’s engagement in countering violent extremism: but at what cost?Women are already on the frontlines of violent extremism. Engaging with them is not about instrumentalizing them but...
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Published in: 50.50Preventing violent extremism: a noose that is both too tight and too looseThe British government's programme to counter violent extremism hands religious fundamentalists the gift of a...
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Published in: 50.50Lifting the ban on women’s shelters in Iraq: promoting change in conflictThere is a crisis-level need for shelter in Iraq, so why does the Iraqi government maintain a policy that stymies...
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Published in: 50.50Your fatwa does not apply hereThe UN Human Rights Council has appointed Karima Bennoune as Special Rapporteur in the field of Cultural Rights....
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Published in: 50.50Adam and Eve still leading Religious Studies in SpainAs the autumn political agenda gets off the ground in Spain with this weekend's vote on Catalunyan independence and...
