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Published in: 50.50: News‘Callous’ UK aid cuts threaten global gender equality goalsWomen and girls worldwide are ‘under threat of violence’ due to the UK government cutting research funding by two-thirds
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Published in: 50.50: NewsGeorgia grants legal gender recognition to trans woman for first timeIn a historic first, the conservative country of Georgia granted an appeal by a trans woman to change her gender on...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionWith Brexit 'done', it's time to overhaul our tax systemCorporate tax dodging disproportionately affects women and girls. That's why we're calling for a feminist tax system, now!
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Published in: ourEconomyIt's time to tax for gender justiceUnfair tax systems hit women and girls the hardest. We need to make corporations pay their share.
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Published in: ourEconomyIt's time to put gender justice at the heart of our economiesA new ourEconomy series on gender just economies, with ActionAid, FEMNET, Womankind Worldwide and Fight Inequality Alliance.
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Published in: 50.50‘This story rarely gets told’: 10 years of women’s resistance to austerity across EuropeFrom the UK to Greece, women have been hit hardest by austerity policies since the 2008 financial crisis. This...
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Published in: 50.50‘Bad girls’ in Holloway prison: when being a ‘loud’ black woman was an offence in itselfBlack women were disproportionately jailed and mistreated in London’s infamous Holloway prison. This is an edited...
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Published in: 50.50How Pamplona is fighting sexual violence during the running of the bulls – and beyondThe San Fermín festival has become known for reports of sexual violence. But local officials say it’s a good thing...
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Published in: 50.50When will a woman lead Zimbabwe?Despite repeated pledges to promote gender parity in politics, women are dramatically underrepresented among...
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Published in: 50.50The crisis in trans healthcare in the UK killed my daughter SynestraA new book, Transition Denied, exposes 'system failures' to protect vulnerable trans teenagers in Britain. This...
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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: 50.50Gender equality cannot be achieved without tax reform for multinational companiesWe can't achieve gender equality, or ensure women’s rights, without progressive tax policies.
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Published in: 50.50We need to talk about how we learn to accept our own oppressionThe more women stand up against bullies and harassment in our personal lives, the less we will tolerate them in 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: 50.50How to spend €500 million: women’s rights groups on Europe’s UN grantWe welcome this week’s historic funding announcement for work to end violence against women and girls. But there are...
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Published in: 50.50The long road to gender equality in southeast AsiaSingapore may soon elect its first female president – but the struggle for gender equality in the region is far from...
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Published in: 50.50Pakistan’s jirgas: buying peace at the expense of women’s rights?Why are foreign donors so enthusiastic about alternative dispute mechanisms when they deliver second class justice for women?
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Published in: 50.50Poem: For the mamas on the frontlines"I said, if mamas don’t fight for the children, then who will?" Helen Knott performed her poem at the 2017 Nobel...
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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: 50.50What 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...
