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Published in: 50.50‘Now, every woman knows she needs to fight violence everywhere’Congolese activist Julienne Lusenge talks about the struggle to end wartime sexual violence and why she appreciates...
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Published in: HomeWhy get married? How Julia Margo changed her mindWe explore the value of direct experience in changing people’s minds, as well as delving into why it’s harder to...
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Published in: 50.50How Kenyan women are fighting for themselves in courtWinner of the Council of Europe’s 2018 Democracy Innovation Award talks about training women to represent themselves...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe world may have moved on from ISIS, but Yezidi women haven’tIraq must take urgent and significant actions to provide better protection for the Yezidi women and girls and make...
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Published in: 50.50Online platforms have enabled “deluge of hatred against trans women” in the UKSocial media platforms have policies against discriminatory and hateful content – but LGBTQ+ rights activists say...
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Published in: 50.50Why drug policy is a feminist issueLike feminism, harm reduction is a philosophy that encourages us to do away with the false distinction between...
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Published in: 50.50Trans rights: Woman’s Place UK responds to 50.50’s reportA co-founder of the women’s group responds to openDemocracy’s report analysing opposition to potential gender...
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Published in: 50.50UK sexual politics have become ‘profoundly authoritarian’ says Beatrix CampbellI interviewed the prominent feminist amid ‘heated and toxic’ debates over proposed reforms to the UK’s Gender...
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Published in: 50.50Attacks on women's ministries are a threat to democracyWomen’s ministries in Brazil and beyond have been under attack from the right for years – foreshadowing wider...
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Published in: oDRDraft legislation in Ukraine targets same-sex relationshipsA Ukrainian MP has introduced legislation to criminalise same sex relationships and protect traditional values. RU
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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: 50.50Why UK trans rights debates are so frustrating, but I won’t give up hopeProposed reforms to the Gender Recognition Act have led to a vile backlash in the media. But we all deserve freedom.
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Published in: 50.50Christian right and some UK feminists ‘unlikely allies’ against trans rightsNew analysis shows that groups that traditionally disagree are now on the same side – against reforming the Gender...
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Published in: 50.50Romanians didn’t show up to an anti-LGBT referendum. But the battle for equality continuesA vote to make legalising equal marriage even harder was defeated this weekend. It’s a victory for progressive...
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Published in: 50.50'Sexual liberation, socialist style': an overlooked women's rights story?New research by Kateřina Lišková places eastern bloc countries at forefront of twentieth century push for gender equality.
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Published in: 50.5028 abortion rights successes in 2018For International Safe Abortion Day, on 28 September, we are celebrating 28 aspects of progress and success we’ve...
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Published in: 50.50These women are demanding their rights from inside Rome’s occupied buildingsPrecarious labour and housing conditions have pushed many to squat Rome’s empty buildings, living in fear of...
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Published in: 50.50Will the new crimes against humanity treaty protect women and LGBTI persons?It’s time for the international community to take a stand. A new treaty could affect people’s rights for generations to come.
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Published in: oDRFear and loathing in Kyrgyzstan: how the LGBTQI community is fighting back against rising discriminationLGBTQI people remain easy targets in Kyrgyzstan, with nowhere to turn for recourse. But activists are fighting back.
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Published in: 50.50We simply said ‘enough’: the story of Spain’s ‘Las Kellys’ hotel cleanersFrom gruelling working conditions to more limited access to healthcare, austerity policies have hit women hardest....
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