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Published in: Changemakers: FeatureHow Brazil’s mothers helped Lula win the election
A digital community once focused on the challenges of parenting became a unique space for political empowerment
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Published in: Freedom of Information: NewsGovernment loses 18-month fight to keep ‘Covid lessons learnt’ review secret
Department of Health and Social Care officials battled openDemocracy to avoid releasing the internal document
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Published in: Home: OpinionNo one voted for Rishi Sunak to return the UK to crippling austerity
OPINION: Sunak wants yet another round of cuts to public spending. And just like in 2010, we didn’t vote for it
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Published in: 50.50: NewsDeath of 14-year-old triggers protests for abortion rights in Morocco
Moroccan feminists are protesting both online and offline to kickstart stalled reforms to abortion rights and more
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionWill Polish police repeat crackdown on anti-abortion protests two years on?
OPINION: The EU should insist that Poland uphold the right to sexual and reproductive health care
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionGovernments are blocking abortion info online. Here’s how we’re fighting back
How rights group Women On Web is resisting digital attacks on reproductive rights
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Published in: 50.50: NewsIndian women cautious about Supreme Court’s ‘historic’ abortion ruling
Abortion rights have been extended to unmarried women, but how will this affect women’s lives in reality?
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Published in: oDR: FeatureHard to stay, hard to leave: Ukrainians on the struggle to evacuate Donetsk region
openDemocracy talks to those who’ve fled the front lines, about why many are reluctant to leave
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Published in: 50.50: AnalysisHow Italian activists are fighting for abortion rights
Italians have marched for abortion rights since the far-Right election win, but their real fight began long before
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionCourt ruling should inspire US Left to reclaim meaning of ‘religious freedom’
OPINION: The Christian Right has long used ‘religious freedom’ to limit human rights – but there is hope for change
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Published in: 50.50: AnalysisWhat Giorgia Meloni’s far-Right government will mean for Italy
How did Brothers of Italy take power – and how will the party’s election affect women’s and LGBTIQ+ rights?
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Published in: ourEconomy: AnalysisWhenever capitalism gets into crisis, it’s women’s bodies on the line
From witch hunts to overturning Roe v Wade, violence against women is at the heart of our economic operating system
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Published in: Home: NewsHospital appointments cancelled because of Queen’s funeral
Exclusive: Thousands of patients waiting for surgery, maternity checks and some cancer care will be affected
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Published in: 50.50: Feature‘I’m scared that the rights we have today will be under attack’
LGBTIQ+ Italians tell of their fears as a far-Right coalition looks set for victory in the upcoming elections
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Published in: Home: FeatureHow the cost of living crisis is hurting students
Exclusive: As maintenance grants fail to keep pace with inflation, students on low incomes struggle to get by
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Published in: Home: NewsKids skimping on meals to buy food for hungry friends, youth workers warn
Exclusive: Youth workers have spoken of ‘a failure of society’ as kids take on responsibility for feeding friends
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Published in: 50.50: AnalysisReligious backlash threatens Somaliland’s progressive rape law
Religious leaders have gutted a progressive sexual offences law, creating a new version that permits child marriage
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Published in: Home: OpinionLet’s not forget about the heatwave now it’s over
Many acted like COVID was over once restrictions ended. Let’s not do the same with the latest devastating heatwave
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionWhat does Kansas’s ‘no’ vote on anti-abortion amendment mean for midterms?
The state is a rather peculiar place – its result may not matter as much as some analysts and pundits are suggesting
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Published in: Home: FeatureFirefighters risk cancer and heat stroke as UK braces for more wildfires
Having been ‘decimated’ by cuts, fire services must risk personal safety as climate change worsens heatwaves