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Published in: 50.50Rest in power, Assia DjebarWhy is it that the homeland always rejects its most erudite children? Latefa Guemar pays tribute to the feminist...
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Published in: 50.50Trapped: women fleeing violence in the UKThe raft of cuts affecting the women's sector, and election promises made by Labour and the Conservatives not to...
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Published in: 50.50#SetHerFree: a spectrum of solidarity for refugee womenThe campaign against detaining refugee women must be part of the movement against violence against women and girls....
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Published in: 50.50Detention knows no bordersThe first ever parliamentary inquiry into immigration detention in the UK listened to the voices of...
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Published in: 50.50Like a chicken surrounded by dogsScotland may have a different relationship with immigration from the rest of the UK, but at least for now, Dungavel,...
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Published in: Shine A LightExtraordinary things: visiting the women at Yarl’s Wood detention centreNext door to a Formula 1 car testing zone, hundreds of migrant women are kept behind bars. Heather Jones is a...
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Published in: 50.50State racism and sexism in post-war Sri Lanka
Central to the resurgence of Sinhala Buddhist nationalism in post-war Sri Lanka is a redefinition of gender role and...
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Published in: Shine A LightDetained at the UK border: mould, cat calls and barbed wireKey statutory instruments governing the use of detention do not apply to holding rooms at ports or short term...
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Published in: Shine A LightA crisis of harm in immigration detentionA young Guinean woman has become the sixth victim in three years of ‘inhuman and degrading treatment’ in UK...
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Published in: 50.50Immigration detention: time for a time limitThe countdown to the UK general election is on, and with a collective push we could yet make change for those still...
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Published in: 50.50Calling from the margins: ending child and early forced marriage in the UK
Ending forced marriage and FGM within a generation cannot be done without addressing the harder issues, such as the...
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Published in: 50.50Equal access to the asylum process for women
Despite some progress in the treatment of single female asylum seekers in the UK, women in families frequently go...
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Published in: 50.50Migration and craft: reimagining the cityThrough creative social enterprise, migrant and refugee women in Britain's second largest city have found a way to...
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Published in: 50.50Fleeing FGM: Bodies on the frontlineThe UK’s commitment to protecting the rights of women and girls cannot be limited to international aid; it must...
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Published in: 50.50Trojan Women in the twenty first century: women in war from Euripides to SyriaLast December, a small group of volunteers organised a production of ‘Trojan Women’ with female Syrian refugees now...
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Published in: Shine A LightA call to action in memory of the woman I never knew
At least 20 people have died in immigration detention in the UK: how many more must die before the UK changes its...
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Published in: 50.50Seeking safety in Algeria: Syrian refugee women’s resilienceFor many Syrian women in Algeria, the gendered experience of violence and displacement has been compounded by the...
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Published in: 50.50Knitted Together: Crafting a culture of welcome for refugee womenA group of women in the UK have created a piece of art to challenge the detention of refugee women. Craft can be a...
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Published in: 50.50Syrian women refugees: out of the shadowsSyrian women refugees cite rape, or the fear of rape, as one of the main reasons they fled. A coalition of...
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Published in: 50.50Due diligence for women's human rights: transgressing conventional lines
On international human rights day, Yakin Ertürk discusses the new vulnerabilities faced by women, including refugee...
