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Published in: 50.50A feminist revolution demands climate justiceTo change everything, it takes everyone, and to fight oppression, we must fight it in all forms, at all times. This...
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Published in: 50.50Women fight back: from survive to thriveIn the Trumpian world writ large, the feminist struggle is more acute than ever. 13-16 May, the Nobel Women’s...
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Published in: 50.50Monsters, jealousy and “sick love” — how the Italian media covers violence against womenStatistics give partial pictures of gender-based violence in Italy – but the language used to cover such violence...
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Published in: 50.50How Rojava-inspired women's councils have spread across EuropeCould this little-known system provide a way forward for real democracy – from the bottom up – in our failing...
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Published in: 50.50The things I would tell you: British Muslim women speak out in new anthologyEdited by Sabrina Mahfouz, this timely collection of essays, plays, short stories and poetry celebrates the...
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Published in: 50.50Conflict in Syria: stop instrumentalising women’s rightsThe international community is not listening to us. It must depoliticise the fight against sexual violence and...
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Published in: 50.50Why the old Holloway Prison in north London should become a new women's buildingThis former site of state violence against women must be reclaimed – for the collective good.
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Published in: 50.50Older women living with HIV in the UK: discrimination and broken confidentialityWomen accessing HIV care services in the UK report being told to use separate cutlery, being refused help to shower,...
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Published in: 50.50Gender-just laws versus “divine” law in Sri LankaThe heated debate over reforming Muslim personal law in Sri Lanka has resulted in an unprecedented mobilization of...
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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: 50.50PR, profit and ‘empowering women’ in the garment industryHow can a global garment value chain that relies on the systemic devaluation of female labour be expected to fulfil...
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Published in: 50.50Nagaland and the fight for a women's quotaTribal bodies dominated by men, protesting against a 33 percent reservation for women to participate in public...
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Published in: 50.50Queer and trans issues are sidelined again at the United Nations CSWThe language of sexual orientation and gender identity remains absent from the draft conclusions of the Commission...
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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: 50.50Will Nepal give equal citizenship rights to women?Nepali women are treated as second-class citizens, due to discriminatory nationality law.
