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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: 50.50The story of a feminist victory against fundamentalists and gender segregation in UK schoolsIn 2017 the Court of Appeal ruled that gender segregation in schools is indeed discriminatory. This landmark...
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Published in: 50.50How women migrant workers defy ‘social control’ with everyday resistanceWomen migrant workers face extreme forms of social control in Saudi Arabia. One Sri Lankan woman shares her story of...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe battle between Syrian secular activists and feminists: we all loseYet another pushback for Syrian women to leave the public spaces for the powerful men who behave as if these spaces...
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Published in: 50.50Investigative journalist Jeta Xharra: challenging politicians and patriarchy in the BalkansReporter Jeta Xharra talks about misogyny in journalism, and how she uses her live TV show to challenge politicians...
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Published in: 50.50"The first prejudice to fight was mine": Italy's only publicly trans police officerItaly is one of Europe's most transphobic countries, and its laws – and rates of violence – reflect that.
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Published in: 50.50How India's Café Sheroes fights back against acid attacksRun by survivors of acid attacks, the café is part of broader campaigns for women’s access to public places and...
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Published in: 50.50What does it mean to be a feminist father in America today?Parents must talk to their kids about patriarchy, and confront mental barriers and social pressures that enforce...
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Published in: 50.50I'm a trans teenager in Northern Ireland, where bigotry is taught at schoolWhile LGBTQ+ rights groups are deemed “inappropriate” for educational environments, abusive and anti-choice...
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Published in: 50.50Sexual harassment at work: Italy misses out on Weinstein-inspired moment of reckoningInstead of opening a conversation about workplace sexual harassment, the Italian debate has focused on shaming those...
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Published in: 50.50Hong Kong democracy activist Agnes Chow: “it's never easy to fight for what we believe in”Founding member of the Demosistō political party talked to World Forum for Democracy youth delegates about the...
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Published in: 50.50Tracking the backlash: why we're investigating the 'anti-rights' oppositionGrowing and globalising networks of conservative and fundamentalist groups are pushing back against our sexual and...
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Published in: 50.50In pictures: Chouftouhonna – a North African feminist festivalThis unique arts festival began in 2015, in post-revolutionary Tunisia. This year it challenged patriarchy, gender...
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Published in: 50.50Migration and sexual abuse in Italy: inside a toxic news cycleItalian newspapers have abandoned their fact-checking role, giving in to the political exploitation of immigrants –...
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Published in: 50.50‘Swept under the carpet’: violence against Zimbabwe's women journalists
Women journalists in Zimbabwe have been beaten and harassed by state security. The male-dominated media largely...
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Published in: 50.5070 years after partition: is India, like Pakistan, turning to religious extremism?Pakistani director Sabiha Sumar's brave new documentary, Azmaish, looks at retreats from liberal democracy on both...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaDespite Tunisia's positive reforms, more changes are neededMany in Tunisia feel that the lifting of the ban on women marrying non-Muslims is merely a small step, and greater...
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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: 50.50What will it take to end child sexual abuse in India?In 2012 new legislation was passed to protect children against sexual abuse. But the gap between the law and ground...
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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...
