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Published in: democraciaAbiertaHow to improve gender-based violence research?Using participatory and creative methods to research gender-based violence in Low- and Middle-Income Countries is...
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Published in: 50.50Sex workers abandoned as COVID crackdowns undo Africa’s HIV effortsControlling COVID-19 is worsening Africa’s HIV epidemic and destroying HIV services, with sex workers facing...
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Published in: ourEconomyThe community initiative creating sustainable employment, food security and energy out of wasteThe Dajopen Waste Management Project shows how tackling environmental breakdown and poverty can go hand in hand.
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Published in: ourEconomyThe ‘flexible’ gig economy is not such a great option for women after allFlexibility is difficult for many workers to take advantage of in practice.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBloody Sunday and how the British empire came homeThe events of 30 January 1972 in Northern Ireland weren’t an aberration. Britain has been in the business of killing...
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Published in: 50.50‘Religious freedom’ claims used to defend FGM in courts in four countriesCases come as rights advocates warn such arguments are increasingly being ‘weaponised’ against women’s and LGBT equality.
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Published in: HomeKenya's security vacuum is driving vigilantismThe withdrawl of the state has lead to a surge in vigilante violence.
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Published in: 50.50The right’s ‘gender ideology’ menace rolls to AfricaSpanish group CitizenGO brings anti-trans “Free Speech Bus” to Kenya, where the World Congress of Families is...
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Published in: 50.50The state-sanctioned erasure of queer stories in Africa must end nowMovies depicting LGBTIQ experiences have been banned in Kenya and South Africa – adding fuel to the dangerous...
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Published in: 50.50Teen Mom Tanzania: denied sex education, then criminalised for pregnancyPregnant teenagers face expulsion from school, arrests, even death. The backlash against sex education in Africa is...
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Published in: 50.50“We’re not just here to learn – we can lead too”: young women human rights defenders speak outYoung activists from four continents talk about their local struggles and what motivates them.
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Published in: HomeA view of the Kenyan electionsKenya’s violence cannot be regarded as isolated events unconnected to how society negotiates the terms on which it...
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Published in: 50.50Horn of Africa: there are no quick fixes in ‘countering violent extremism’An effective response to violence and harmful ideologies is important. But projects are failing to adequately engage...
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Published in: HomeParliaments and the defence of democracyNational legislatures too frequently pass legislation limiting freedom and democracy. To change this requires not...
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Published in: HomeWill counter-radicalisation policies take the heat off Somalis in Kenya?If Kenya’s new counter-radicalisation policies are to be successful, the first step must be in creating decent lives...
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Published in: HomeThe dangers of a blanket ban: ‘hawalas’ in KenyaThe closure of Somali remittance firms in Kenya, as a direct response to Al-Shabaab, only means cutting off one of...
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Published in: openSecurityAfter Garissa, Kenya needs to break the cycleThe massacre at a university in Kenya should lead the government to a recognition that repressive and discriminatory...
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Published in: HomeKenya’s Security Law Act: freedom of expression and media freedomThe measures risk deterring journalists from covering terrorism-related topics and may have a significant effect on...
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Published in: HomeViolence and civil society on the Kenyan coastPessimism about the prospect of peaceful change was not shared by activists from the wide range of civil society...
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Published in: openSecurityKenya’s outlaw policeDevelopments in Kenya show what happens when “counter-terrorist” police and other security forces are not subject to...
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