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Published in: 50.50Le Cameroun: une forme de violence sournoise en milieu scolaireDans la Région de l’Extrême-Nord du Cameroun, des pères privent leurs filles de leur droit à l’éducation. Aîssa...
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Published in: 50.50Cameroon: a subtle violence in education
In the extreme north region of Cameroon, fathers routinely deprive their daughters of the legal right to education....
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Published in: 50.50"Mighty be our powers": peaceful women and the global south
“We have included the Arab Spring in this prize, but we have put it in a particular context. Namely, if one fails to...
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Published in: 50.50Female suicide bombings in Pakistan - what's in it for women?
Islamic militancy in Pakistan appears to be mobilising women suicide bombers as part of its religious trope. This...
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Published in: 50.50Understanding contemporary violence in Central Africa: militarism, race, and gender
It is time to challenge the conventional explanations of gender based violence. Patricia Daley argues that it can...
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Published in: 50.50Burkina Faso: " Restons Debout "
Les agricultrices du Burkina Faso sont en train de s’organiser pour dénoncer les politiques agricoles erronées...
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Published in: 50.50Burkina Faso: "Let us remain standing"
Women farmers in Burkina Faso are organising to denounce the misguided agricultural policies adopted by the state....
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Published in: 50.50From civil war to the cult of cool
The policy of dispersing migrants in Britain has led to large numbers of Somali refugees in Smethwick, a town...
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Published in: 50.50Women, food security and peacebuilding: from gender essentialism to market fundamentalism
Is gender equality advocates' emphasis on women as agents of change helping to legitimize a neo-liberal vision of...
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Published in: HomeBreaking the conspiracy of silence
"I was 12 years old.....my anguish ended when my family left Okinawa after this man had paid me $5 during our last...
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Published in: 50.50Redefining security: human rights and economic justice
Security is impossible without people’s freedom to organize and defend their rights, a cornerstone of the exercise...
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Published in: 50.50Women: redefining peace, democracy and security
From May 23-25, women activists and scholars from around the world will gather in Quebec at the invitation of the...
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Published in: 50.50Sri Lanka: where are the women in local government?
The women party activists who applied for nominations to stand in next week's local elections in Sri Lanka found...
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Published in: HomeHow the left is losing the war on traffickingBased on her fieldwork research on Filipinas in the sex industries in Japan, the author examines the traps and...
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Published in: 50.50Feminist politics: creating alliances for justice and democracy
If the goals of economic and gender justice cannot be pursued in tandem, and if solid transnational alliances cannot...
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Published in: 50.50Donor-driven Islam ?
Collaboration between western academia and Pakistani women at home and in the diaspora has established a body of...
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Published in: 50.50Women’s citizenship: implications of the Southern Sudan referendum
How will the outcome of the South Sudan referendum affect the prospects for women's participation and activism in...
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Published in: Shine A Light“We weren’t born asylum seekers”
For women seeking asylum in the UK the tales of persecution, flight and exile, of children and families left behind,...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKTelling the story of how women become asylum seekersLet the women who come to Britain for asylum from rape and mayhem in their own countries, be heard. The theatre...
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Published in: 50.50Faith in service: what has gender got to do with it?
Faith-based organizations are playing increasingly prominent roles in service delivery. However, the premise that...
