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Published in: 50.50Women’s voices must not be ignored in business and human rights talksThe corporate rush for land and resources in the Global South has gender-specific impacts on women, who are...
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Published in: 50.50What does it mean to be a feminist father in America today?Parents must talk to their kids about patriarchy, and confront mental barriers and social pressures that enforce...
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Published in: 50.50Northern Ireland police must stop intimidating equality activistsThe force can't claim to be progressive whilst cracking down on those protesting hateful conservatism and...
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Published in: 50.50Sexual harassment at work: Italy misses out on Weinstein-inspired moment of reckoningInstead of opening a conversation about workplace sexual harassment, the Italian debate has focused on shaming those...
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Published in: 50.50Living without men: women-only organising is as old as timeAs long as patriarchal societies dominate, we shouldn’t be surprised to see women turning to single-sex spaces for...
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Published in: 50.50In pictures: Chouftouhonna – a North African feminist festivalThis unique arts festival began in 2015, in post-revolutionary Tunisia. This year it challenged patriarchy, gender...
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Published in: 50.50Feminist movements lead the way in fight against repressive statesDespite pressures from society and states alike, feminist movements are growing around the world. They know how to...
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Published in: 50.50Is Liberia's Sirleaf really standing up for women?President Sirleaf's promise to campaign for women candidates in Liberia's upcoming elections comes too little, too late.
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Published in: 50.50"The revolution will not be NGO-ised": four lessons from African feminist organisingAfrican feminist movements are diverse. But we can, and must, learn from decades of transformational organising on...
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Published in: 50.50The politics of nudity as feminist protest – from Ukraine to TunisiaFrontline activists, including women who use their topless bodies as political statements, are gathering in London...
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Published in: 50.50#OpérationRobe: confronting everyday sexism in FranceIn 2012, then-minister Cécile Duflot was cat-called in parliament. Last week, the dress she wore made a comeback in...
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Published in: 50.50"This is a war": Inside the global "pro-family" movement against abortion and LGBT rightsAt a recent summit in Budapest, anti-abortion celebrities and anti-gay rights activists gathered with their...
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Published in: 50.50Books for bleak times: a reading list from six British feministsWe asked Caroline Criado-Perez, Sarah Ditum, Helen Lewis, Nimco Ali, Joanna Walsh, and Bidisha which books inspire...
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Published in: 50.50How do we fight anti-rights fundamentalism at the United Nations?An extract from the first report of a new initiative tracks how fundamentalist groups have embraced the UN as a site...
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Published in: 50.50The refugee crisis: demilitarising masculinitiesPhotos emerging from the borders of Europe weave a new narrative around what it means to be vulnerable, to be a man,...
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Published in: 50.50Women fight back: from survive to thriveIn the Trumpian world writ large, the feminist struggle is more acute than ever. 13-16 May, the Nobel Women’s...
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Published in: 50.50There are more women at Sri Lanka’s universities – but they remain spaces dominated by menNow is not the time for complacency. Universities should produce critical thinkers – and questioning gendered norms...
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Published in: 50.50"Visionary and creative resistance": meet the women challenging extractivism – and patriarchyEnvironmental degradation is deliberate, violent and patriarchal. From Turkey to Guatemala, women are on the...
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Published in: 50.50Monsters, jealousy and “sick love” — how the Italian media covers violence against womenStatistics give partial pictures of gender-based violence in Italy – but the language used to cover such violence...
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Published in: 50.50How Rojava-inspired women's councils have spread across EuropeCould this little-known system provide a way forward for real democracy – from the bottom up – in our failing...
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