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Published in: 50.50The exodus of women from the UK television industryIn the past three years 5,000 women have left the industry compared to 750 men. The quality of our television...
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Published in: 50.50Putting money where our mouths areLyric Thompson, in her last report from New York, writes that as we close the 54th UN Commission on the Status of...
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Published in: 50.50Women’s empowerment in Central Asia and movement buildingFor the first time at CSW, women from Central Asia shared their stories. I realized that this in itself is the...
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Published in: 50.50Iran: time to change the questionParvin Ardalan spoke to Jane Gabriel at the UN CSW about the link between a conversation with her father and her...
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Published in: 50.50Negotiating Bliss
The bliss of an egalitarian and just relationship between spouses cannot be achieved through a sheet of paper. But...
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Published in: 50.50New York: no place for women in actionIn an open letter to the United Nations Secretary General, the European Women's Lobby declares that "The 54th...
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Published in: 50.50How about equality of respect?Last week the UN CSW54 was accused by the European Women's Lobby of being a 'step backwards' for women. As it grinds...
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Published in: 50.50Widowhood: invisible for how much longer?Margaret Owen has been trying to get the CSW to address the poverty of widows for 12 years. This is her last...
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Published in: 50.50Equality between women and men is not a ‘women’s issue’As the 54th UN Commission on the Status of Women meets to review action on the promises made in Beijing’95, will the...
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Published in: 50.50Vital peace constituencies
The last decade has seen much more detailed attention to the many, sometimes contradictory, roles women play in...
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Published in: 50.50Thinly veiled misogynyAs French President Nicolas Sarkozy attempts to drive through a ban on the niqab and burqa, Laurie Penny describes...
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Published in: openEconomyRadical Homemakers
Rediscovering and reshaping a world in which husbands were house-bound and families were free, what are the skills...
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Published in: 50.50Meeting in monochrome: women and the Afghanistan conference
The picture said it all; an expanse of suits broken only by Hillary's blonde bob floating in their midst. The London...
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Published in: 50.50Negotiating with the Taliban: the view from below
While the only official woman delegate in the Afghan mission to the London Conference pleaded that women’s rights...
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Published in: 50.50CEDAW: designed to be used
CEDAW is not just a wish list from which politicians in the UK can ‘pick-n-mix’ when drawing up their shopping lists...
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Published in: 50.50Violence and democracy in Bolivia
Dr Ana Maria Encina’s election earlier this month as mayor of Santa Cruz is a sign that Bolivian women are not going...
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Published in: 50.50Is gender a universal category? The double edged sword of identity politics.
Jameen Kaur reports on the three day conference on ‘Women Deepening Democracy: Transforming Gender Equality. From...
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Published in: 50.50Deepening democracy by building gender equality
The conference on 'Women deepening democracy' held in New Delhi last week examined what can be done to tackle the...
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Published in: 50.50Stress, quarrels and neglect: the 'normal' polygamous family
A large-scale study currently underway across Malaysia uncovers proof that polygamy harms everyone involved: from...
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Published in: 50.50What will it take to realise our vision of a just and equal world?
After thirty years of CEDAW, gender equality is at a vital juncture. How can we progress towards a just and equal...
