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Published in: 50.50"The rising of the women means the rising of us all"In the 1970s, the women’s liberation movement had a badge that proclaimed: women who seek equality with men lack...
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Published in: 50.50Promise and peril: women and the ‘Arab spring’
Women were visible and effective in the popular revolts in Tunisia and Egypt. Will this moment of opening yield...
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Published in: HomePostmodern Islam and the Arab revolts
The emancipatory movements in the Arab world represent an inner shift in the self-understanding of Islam - one that...
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Published in: 50.50Sri Lanka: where are the women in local government?
The women party activists who applied for nominations to stand in next week's local elections in Sri Lanka found...
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Published in: 50.50Egypt: from equality of purpose to equality on the ground
"We acted together and we all adhere to the same values: justice, compassion, and unity, and these values are...
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Published in: 50.50The rightful place of gender equality within Islam
An animated discussion is taking place about the relationship between Islam and equality and justice in the context...
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Published in: HomeA great change is sweeping Arab political culture
All Arab regimes, regardless of regime type, have essentially behaved like dynasties. This is why the essentially...
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Published in: 50.50Pakistan: the Taliban's successful marriage of dogma and custom
That the guardians of women's virtue should present a direct threat to it, encapsulates the essential paradox of...
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Published in: HomeEgypt: the transition to democracy needs women
Boots-on-the-ground often plays itself out in the transitional period after deadly conflict: predominantly male...
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Published in: 50.50Women's citizenship:implications of the Southern Sudan referendum
How will the result of last month's Southern Sudan referendum affect the prospects for women's participation and...
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Published in: 50.50Donor-driven Islam ?
Collaboration between western academia and Pakistani women at home and in the diaspora has established a body of...
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Published in: 50.50Women’s citizenship: implications of the Southern Sudan referendum
How will the outcome of the South Sudan referendum affect the prospects for women's participation and activism in...
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Published in: 50.50Should violence against women in the UK be seen as hate crime?
Woman-hating continues to occupy a central and too-often unrecognised and unchallenged position within our culture....
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Published in: 50.50Two inches below the neck
The battle to defeat the Indecent Dressing Bill in Nigeria marks another point in the struggle between feminists and...
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Published in: HomeFear Factor: Europe bans the burqa
Face-covering prohibitions in Europe are typically passed on the basis of three arguments: security, women’s rights...
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Published in: 50.50No more 'Little Boy' and 'Fat Man'
As a political instrument of power projection and status, nuclear weapons carry a peculiarly masculine symbolism. In...
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Published in: HomeReproductive rights: battleground of moral values
What are the implications for women's reproductive rights of the strong legacy of Catholicism acting as a marker of...
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Published in: HomePope Benedict: the faith of authority
A delicate papal visit to Britain was in the end a diplomatic success. All the more reason to examine the ideas it...
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Published in: 50.50Interfaith peacework: a glimmer of solidarity
Just as borders, once drawn, become subject to militant patrol, so are the lives and bodies of women once they are...
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Published in: oDRChechnya: choked by headscarves
In Chechnya there is official support for attacks on women when they are considered to have ‘flouted’ Islamic rules...
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