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Published in: 50.50"There’s nothing left" - women’s future under the Conservatives in the UKWith a Conservative victory in the UK election, even deeper cuts are looming for women already in poverty and at...
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Published in: 50.50Our Lives: Poverty then and now in the UKA report launched today, Our Lives: Challenging attitudes to poverty in 2015, captures the humanity of the...
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Published in: 50.50The cuts hit home: austerity in Oxford
Across the UK different services are bearing the brunt of cuts in different areas. In Oxfordshire, the county which...
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Published in: 50.50Redecorate, repopulate: what next for the E15 mums?A group of young mothers have petitioned local government and occupied abandoned homes in Newham, London, calling...
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Published in: 50.50Whose recovery?: Gendered austerity in the UK
The impact of government spending cuts, combined with structural sexism in the UK, means that for British women,...
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Published in: 50.50The underclass of carers: grandparents in the UK
Hundreds of thousands of children in the UK are brought up by family members who are not their parents. These...
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Published in: 50.50CSW: Arguments for reducing the intense time burden of women's unpaid care work
Unpaid care work is one of the major barriers to women's rights, economic empowerment and poverty reduction. Will...
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Published in: 50.50Lower aspirations for higher education
The British university system was until recently seen as one of the best in the world. Now students pay dearly for...
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Published in: 50.50Forced sterilization and impunity in PeruBetween 1995-2000, 300,000 women in Peru, mostly poor indigenous peasants who did not speak Spanish, were forcibly...
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Published in: 50.50US Republicans and their “Female Troubles”As the 2014 midterm elections loom on the horizon, American Republicans fear they may lose a sizable female vote...
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Published in: 50.50Austerity policies in Europe are fuelling social injustice - and violating human rightsA new report by the Council of Europe provides detailed evidence that austerity measures have corroded civil and...
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Published in: 50.50The war on women: The newly invisible and undeserving poor in AmericaThe U.S. Congress is fighting over how much to cut food assistance to needy families. Everyone knows that women and...
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Published in: Shine A LightEnding the stark choice: domestic violence or destitution in the UK
The introduction of the Destitution Domestic Violence concession in 2012 giving some migrant victims access to...
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Published in: 50.50Challenging neoliberal population control
Racist and patriarchal ideas underpin the new ‘family planning’ initiatives promoted by DfID, USAID and the Gates...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe new normal: housing and protest in Britain
Action is stirring in response to the country-wide housing crisis. Severe shortage and cuts to housing benefits...
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Published in: openSecuritySqueezing the poor out of LondonFrom April 2013 major changes to benefit provision in Britain will likely change both the social and spatial make-up...
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Published in: Shine A LightThe vicious circle of poverty and injustice
Although the fundamental injustice of poverty cannot be remedied by lawyers alone, legal aid is crucial to a fair...
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Published in: 50.50The bleak mid-winter of the Coalition - let's see some heat
As huge swathes of Britain are beggared and left bewildered by the upheavals and moralising that we have already...
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Published in: 50.50Don’t blame the bankers or politicians. Blame your unemployed neighbours
Britain’s Coalition Government has announced further cuts to benefits and social services. But while it demonises...
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Published in: 50.50Spain: from 'los indignados' and '15 M' to the first strike by society
400,000 evictions, a hunger strike by Carmen Armaña, and the suicide of Amaia Egaña as the eviction police came up...
