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Published in: 50.50: AnalysisReligious backlash threatens Somaliland’s progressive rape lawReligious leaders have gutted a progressive sexual offences law, creating a new version that permits child marriage
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Published in: 50.50: FeatureAfrican activists show how churches can make space for queer peopleUndeterred by threats and claims that they are ‘un-African’, these activists are making Christianity more inclusive
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageSeeing the myth in human rightsTo call human rights a “myth” would appear to discredit them, but myth was central in drafting the Universal...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageHuman rights and the state: embracing and abandoning religion(s)The debate about whether a state should be religious or secular doesn’t always affect how a society treats religious...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageIslamic ideals of peace and justice: are we overlooking something?Associating progressive social policies with Islam may unsettle some, yet the parallels are there and offer many...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageMexicans expect far more from the Pope than we will ever getThe Pope’s first official visit to Mexico was all talk and no action, but it was exactly what many Mexicans...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageWhat can the “Pope of the poor” really do in a Mexico of props?The Pope’s visit to Mexico could have pushed for change, but politicians masked the country’s true suffering with...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpagePartners in prayer: women's rights and religion in MoroccoPundits say that religion and human rights are opposing forces in Morocco, especially around women’s rights. Our...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageEnsemble dans la prière : les droits de la femme et la religion au MarocLes experts disent qu’au Maroc, la religion et les droits de l’homme sont des forces qui s’opposent, en particulier...
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Published in: TransformationWill the left ever get religion?Can there ever be a truly successful, secular revolution?
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageReligion and rights in Bangladesh: maintaining a delicate balanceBangladeshi activists work around religious elements, sometimes even collaborating with them. The rise of religious...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageবাংলাদেশে ধর্ম এবং অধিকারঃ একটি সূক্ষ্ম ভারসাম্য বজায় রাখাবাংলাদেশী অধিকার কর্মীরা ধর্মীয় বিভিন্ন বিষয় নিয়ে কাজ করে। এমনকি মাঝে মাঝে সেগুলোর সাথে সমন্বয় করে চলে। এর ফলে...
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Published in: TransformationIs secularism bad for women?Gender equality should not be pitted against religious freedom, so what kind of political arrangements could...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWomen and the Arab Spring: a dream turned nightmareChange must start from within each individual. As quoted in the Quran, “Indeed, Allah will not change the condition...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageReligion inspires in ways that international law does notUsing extreme examples to justify a purely secular human rights approach does a disservice to the many religious...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageHome, for Algeria’s Jews, is elsewhereIntolerance towards Algerian Jews has been driven by geopolitics and history, not religion. A contribution to the...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageIn Egypt, human rights need religionReligious progressives are vital for Egypt’s human rights; secular groups can’t do it alone. A contribution to the...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageSecularism can sometimes undermine women’s rightsRights activists tend to identify secularism with women’s rights, but if we don’t engage with religion, we can’t...
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Published in: TransformationFirst, do no harm: expanding our moral circle beyond religionSecular values and commitments are all that’s needed to anchor the deep transformation of society.
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageIncorporating religion into human rights: a bad idea for EgyptIncorporating religion into human rights in Egypt would have disastrous effects, considering the intense and often...
