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Published in: 50.50Nepal: the struggle for equal citizenship rights for womenNepal's new constitution was widely celebrated as progressive, but restrictions on a woman's right to pass on...
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Published in: 50.50Grief and rage in India: making violence against women history?There was uproar in India at the brutal gang rape of a 23 year old student on her way home from the cinema. Can we...
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Published in: 50.50Who wrote the Universal Declaration of Human Rights ?Many of the assumptions about who wrote the Universal Declaration of Human Rights are wrong. The less known story of...
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Published in: 50.50Gender at the G20If the G20 is serious about 'sustainable and balanced growth' as the 'premier forum for international economic...
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Published in: 50.50What will it take to end violence against women?
Twenty years after the United Nations declared violence against women to be a violation of their human rights, we...
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Published in: 50.50Reclaiming feminist visions of empowermentGlib and glossy visions of women’s empowerment, designed to avoid actual power structures, are being avidly promoted...
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Published in: 50.50Egypt: a space that isn't our ownLast month a young woman was mob attacked on Cairo University campus. Socially and culturally constructed circles...
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Published in: 50.50Contesting patriarchy-as-governance: lessons from youth-led activismYouth-led mobilisation has mocked and exposed patriarchal power by unmasking its politics of social control. Are we...
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Published in: 50.50Gender-based censorship
Gender-based censorship, which takes many forms, can be seen in attempts to stifle women’s public voice - from the...
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Published in: 50.50Political motherhood vs violence against mothersThe Activist Mothers of Xalapa have united their individual power as mothers to create a collective political...
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Published in: 50.50Gender and development debates: overlooking diversity
Twenty five years after Gita Sen and Caren Grown made an appeal for development practitioners to use the diversity...
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Published in: 50.50Afghanistan: fundamentalism, education, and the minds of the people
Women can only hope for a better future if the next generation of Afghans is taught to unlearn religious, cultural,...
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Published in: 50.50The politics of women’s rights promotion in Jordan
The promotion of women’s rights through the introduction of gender quotas in Jordan is being used to score points on...
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Published in: 50.50Iran: a small window of hope
Will president-elect Hassan Rowhani listen to human rights activists? Will he respond to Pegah Ahangarani's simple...
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Published in: 50.50Italy's inconvenient women: in praise of Laura Boldrini and Cecile KyengeAs the renewed threats against politician Cecile Kyenge show, the problem of the abuse of women in Italy's public...
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Published in: 50.50Beyond war: women transforming militarism, building a nonviolent world
If we want to ensure that humanity is not doomed to repeat its bloodiest century, the logical move would be to mount...
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Published in: 50.50Legacy of a feminist revolutionary
American radical feminist Shulamith Firestone was a leading theorist of 70s feminism who died a lonely death last...
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Published in: 50.50Zimbabwe: women debunking the myth of 'merit'
In preparation for Zimbabwe's forthcoming general election, the use of quotas to increase women’s occupation of...
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Published in: 50.50The future is 'smart' but is it equal? African women’s digital agency
As mobile and smartphone use expands across Africa, Fatimah Kelleher asks what role African women play in digital...
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Published in: 50.50Hope of a migrant'Domestic work is the beginning of all labour; it is central to our lives and is at the heart of our economy and...
