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Published in: 50.50This is how we won a historic victory for women’s and LGBTIQ rights in international lawThe final draft of a new international crimes against humanity treaty has dropped an outdated definition of gender,...
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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: 50.50Why the United Nations security council must let women speak freelyWomen’s civil society advocates were long excluded from the security council. This is changing, but they must be...
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Published in: 50.50The UN secretary general isn’t yet what feminists were looking forAntónio Guterres showed real leadership on gender equality in 2017, but his first year in office fell short of our...
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Published in: 50.50Will the UN secretary-general send misogynistic heads rolling?With his new strategy to achieve gender parity within United Nations’ staff, has Antonio Guterres revived the...
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Published in: 50.50Have women’s rights institutions been ignored again?The European Union’s announced €500 million for work to end violence against women and girls. This should...
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Published in: 50.50Show me the money: the fight for funding and accountability for women’s rightsAid donors, governments and the United Nations have made many commitments to gender equality. Their actions have...
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Published in: 50.50"This is a war": Inside the global "pro-family" movement against abortion and LGBT rightsAt 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: 50.50How will President Trump’s administration affect women and girls across the world?Alongside this year’s UN CSW, we asked women doing gender work across the globe how US President Donald Trump’s...
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Published in: 50.50'Faith and family': shrinking common ground at the UN CSWThe Worldwide Organization for Women took a hard line against all forms of comprehensive sexual education, often...
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Published in: 50.50The new UN secretary general is poised to show the world what a feminist looks likeThere has been real progress at this year's UN Commission on the Status of Women, and the new Secretary General has...
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Published in: 50.50Who runs the world? Girls! Not at the UN CSWAt this year's UN Commission on the Status of Women, the empowerment of girls is getting more attention than ever...
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Published in: 50.50Without global solidarity the women’s movement will collapseBorders are closing across the world, blocking women from the Global South both from seeking refuge, having a voice...
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Published in: 50.50Indigenous women brave the storm to begin talks at UN CSWDespite the winter storm that shut down other events at the UN Commission on the Status of Women, the event on...
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Published in: 50.50No borders on gender justiceAs the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) takes place in New York, gender justice advocates from around the...
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Published in: 50.50Standing our ground at the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)When civic space is under attack, we make no dangerous accommodations. We stand up, and we fight back.
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Published in: 50.50Trump's slap in the face of Lady LibertyWill women be turned away from the UN Commission on the Status of Women, to be held in March, in New York? The...
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Published in: 50.50Towards a feminist United Nations: a six-point agenda for the new SGLeading feminist thinkers and UN staff, past and present, have articulated six key recommendations for António...
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Published in: 50.50António Guterres: The Ninth ManHow will UN Secretary-General António Guterres demonstrate the UN's intention to resist the rising tide of misogyny...
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