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Published in: oDRChechnya: choked by headscarvesIn Chechnya there is official support for attacks on women when they are considered to have ‘flouted’ Islamic rules...
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Published in: 50.50Fundamentalist strategy: the secular and the religious
In Latin America a close network of religious leaders from different traditions, political elites and civil...
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Published in: 50.50Brethren in power
The direct involvement of African Christians in battles over social policy in the USA is mirrored by the involvement...
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Published in: HomeCelebrate plurality
The Rt. Rev. Dr David Zac Niringiye, bishop of of All Saints Cathedral in Kampala, talks to Ute Seela about...
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Published in: HomeEurope's Muslims: burqa laws, women's lives
Several European states - France, Italy, Belgium and Britain among them - are involved in legal, social or political...
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Published in: 50.50Saving Sakineh
This is a tragedy that belongs to modern powerplay and the current moment, and that calls for a much more thoughtful...
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Published in: 50.50Spirit, hope, money and a dose of patriarchy
A growing movement of African Christians are making waves at home and abroad with their ultra conservative...
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Published in: 50.50Feminist revolution: population, migration and consumption
The poor women of the world are defusing the population time-bomb themselves so let’s stop talking about...
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Published in: HomeThe Pope in Portugal
Students mobilise against a secular republic's partiality to the Catholic church
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Published in: 50.50Progressive male Muslim preachers: oxymoron or reality?In their rush to find suitable allies to help control 'extremism', states as well as non-governmental organisations...
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Published in: 50.50The strongest power of all
If violence is out, what power can nonviolence offer? Courage, numbers and solidarity are vital to confront...
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Published in: 50.50Why do women turn religious fundamentalists on?
The more I work on projects to research religious fundamentalisms and advocate for resistance and challenge to their...
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Published in: 50.50The religious lobby and women’s rightsNone of the main political party manifestos tackle the encroachment of religion on our society. As more and more...
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Published in: 50.50Burma may save its tigers and not its women
Cora Weiss reports on the International Tribunal on Crimes against Women of Burma - an overwhelming day of stories...
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Published in: 50.50Holding up half the sky: not for ourselves aloneAs the UN Commission on the Status of Women meets to review the implementation of the radical Beijing Platform for...
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Published in: 50.50Gender, war and conflict transformation
As Shelley Anderson suggests, war and gender are intimately related. Gender lies at war’s heart and the conduct and...
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Published in: 50.50Beyond stalemate: replacing the vicious with the virtuous circleWhat is conflict transformation? How do you begin to approach the mutual hurt of conflict embedded in systems and...
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Published in: 50.50Domestic violence is not a private family matter
In the pioneering ruling Opuz v Turkey, the European Court of Human Rights recognized for the first time that...
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Published in: 50.50An unfortunate accident: violence in Ahmadinejad’s Iran
In the wake of the contested Iranian election, Ahmadinejad's regime is seeking to silence political dissent through...
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Published in: 50.50The power of storytelling
Zainab Magdy describes her journey as a young feminist writer in a storytelling workshop in Cairo. “Many people ask...
