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Published in: 50.50Olympics 2012: this could be the best Games ever for womenAs the London Olympics welcome more women competitors than ever before in a wider range of events, Sue Tibballs of...
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Published in: HomeSyrian headlines: displacing the displacedDuring the first two hours of the military onslaught on Al-Tadamon nearly 5,000 people - mostly women and children -...
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Published in: oDRChechnya’s fashion dictatorIn Chechnya, the warfare that rumbled on between 1994 and 2009 has been turned against the republic’s women. The...
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Published in: oDR‘Why did I tell you all this!’
Taisa wanted to be a singer, but ended up becoming a victim of one of Russia's most patriarchal and violent...
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Published in: oDRSex and Lies in Kabardino-BalkariaYoung women in Kabardino-Balkaria must resort to lies and stratagems to navigate a society governed by man-made...
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Published in: 50.50Accepted mishaps? Faith healing, HIV and AIDS responses
As the 2012 International AIDS Conference gathers to review “the science”, Jessica Horn examines the powerful role...
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Published in: 50.50Abortion access in the US military – time for the MARCH Act
A Congressional bill has been proposed that will finally repeal the severe restrictions on American servicewomen’s...
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Published in: 50.50The women who make a drama out of rough justice
A London-based theatre company founded by two women prisoners will take a play about trafficked girls to the UK’s...
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Published in: HomeFeminist practice in the 15-M movement: progress and outstanding issuesAs a protest space created by men and women, 15-M has not developed tools for recognising the patriarchal logic to...
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Published in: 50.50The gender gap and the American presidential election
Will the gender gap that decisively helped Bill Clinton and Barack Obama win the presidency again? Only if women...
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Published in: 50.50The use and abuse of honour based violence in the UK
The lack of accuracy in understanding honour based abuse in the UK has critical implications, not only for social...
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Published in: oDRWhy are Pussy Riot girls still in prison?Reaction inside Russia and further afield to the imprisonment of 3 members of a punk rock girl band after their...
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Published in: 50.50The invisible migrant man: questioning gender privileges
Gendered approaches to migration often emphasise the experiences of female migrants, at times privileging their...
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Published in: 50.50Mutilating bodies: the Muslim Brotherhood’s gift to Egyptian womenIn Egypt the Muslim Brotherhood have offered to circumcise women for a nominal fee as part of their community...
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Published in: 50.50Decoding the “DNA of Patriarchy” in Muslim family laws
Why and how did verse 4:34, and not other verses in the Qur’an, become the foundation for the legal construction of...
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Published in: 50.50The hijab or the bikini: the shaping of young girls’ sexuality
Where the line will be drawn between childrens' rights and parents’ rights will always be heavily contested. Issues...
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Published in: 50.50Making visible the invisible: commodification is not the answer
If you are invisible as a producer in the GDP, you are invisible in the distribution of benefits in the economic...
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Published in: 50.50UK migration: a hierarchy of injustices
The social cohesion and inclusion debate does not even begin to touch the lives of those invisible migrants who toil...
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Published in: 50.50Culture versus rights dualism: a myth or a reality?
Women’s human rights discourse and movements have become entangled within a culture-versus-rights dualism. Yakin...
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Published in: 50.50"Food sovereignty" as a transformative model of economic power
The argument is being made that “food sovereignty” is an organising principle so demonstrably strong that it has the...
