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Published in: 50.50A life of hope lived in defiance of violence: Rebecca Masika Katsuva“They think when they’re raped that their lives are shattered. But we’d like them to know that it’s not the end of...
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Published in: 50.50Nobel Women’s Initiative at 10: When We Are Bold“It is time to stand up, sisters, and do some of the most unthinkable things. We have the power to turn our...
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Published in: 50.50Gloria Steinem: toward a feminist foreign policyFeminism, when you look at it as Gloria Steinem does, as the recognition of the full humanity and full equality of...
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Published in: 50.50Whose work was the inspiration for the first nuke-free country?New Zealand was the first country in the world to pass national nuclear-free legislation. Marilyn Waring reflects on...
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Published in: 50.50Security is not just CCTV: valuing ourselves is securityIt feels as if the entire world has been given over to the most perverse notions of 'safety' that are really about...
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Published in: 50.50Women human rights defenders: reigniting the embers
The profile of today’s front line activist is different to that of the freedom fighter of old. We need to see her in...
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Published in: 50.50Mairead Maguire: breaking the silence on Palestine
Palestinian women human rights defenders and peace makers, in resisting the injustices being perpetrated upon their...
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Published in: 50.50Defending the Defenders: a daunting challenge
Women human rights defenders are under attack. The Nobel Women's Initiative conference convenes today to deepen the...
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Published in: 50.50Daring to speak: militarism and women’s human rights in Burma
‘How can we get peace and democracy when we still have domestic wars and when everyday people are dying?’ Jessica...
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Published in: 50.50Leymah Gbowee: five words for the men of Libya
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Leymah Gbowee was recently invited to Tripoli to deliver a speech on the role of women in...
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Published in: 50.50From the war on terror to austerity: a lost decade for women and human rightsPatriarchy, militarism and neoliberalism have created a matrix in which women and women’s rights can never flourish...
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Published in: 50.50"We want peace. We’re tired of war"
"If we live violence every day, how can we work for the development of our country so that we can benefit from human...
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Published in: 50.50The framework of democracy is human rights law
Democracy is more of a culture than a way of governing or a political system. It is a historical process that must...
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Published in: 50.50Building a culture of love: replacing a culture of violence and death
What unites people's movements from the Arab 'spring' to Occupy, is a new consciousness that a good life, with...
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Published in: 50.50Child soldiers, child wives: wounded for life
Working with ex-child soldiers of Charles Taylor's army, and the girls they have taken as wives, has convinced Nobel...
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Published in: 50.50Wangari Muta Maathai: "I've been thinking..."
Small and big things, local and global, bridging the communities of the elite and the every day, never losing the...
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Published in: 50.50Peace of mindIf some of us had hoped to walk away with a global plan of action rather than a series of personal commitments stuck...
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Published in: 50.50The pragmatism of hopeHope may be a rare word in the discourse of realpolitik that frames much official discussion on conflict and...
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Published in: 50.50Professor Wangari Maathai speaks
Professor Maathai, noted activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner, presents her message to the third international...
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Published in: 50.50We are visible
Katana Gégé Bukuru spoke to Isabel Hilton at the Nobel Women's Initiative gathering in Antigua about her work for...
