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Published in: 50.50The use and abuse of honour based violence in the UKThe lack of accuracy in understanding honour based abuse in the UK has critical implications, not only for social...
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Published in: oDRWhy are Pussy Riot girls still in prison?Reaction inside Russia and further afield to the imprisonment of 3 members of a punk rock girl band after their...
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Published in: 50.50Mutilating bodies: the Muslim Brotherhood’s gift to Egyptian womenIn Egypt the Muslim Brotherhood have offered to circumcise women for a nominal fee as part of their community...
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Published in: 50.50Decoding the “DNA of Patriarchy” in Muslim family laws
Why and how did verse 4:34, and not other verses in the Qur’an, become the foundation for the legal construction of...
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Published in: 50.50The hijab or the bikini: the shaping of young girls’ sexuality
Where the line will be drawn between childrens' rights and parents’ rights will always be heavily contested. Issues...
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Published in: 50.50Turmoil in Syria: failed “Arab spring” or sectarian nightmare?
Although inspired by the movements of the Arab spring, the protests in Syria have degenerated into increasingly...
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Published in: 50.50The gendered cost of NATO in Pakistan
Pakistan's Domestic Violence Bill has become the latest fatality in the barter between women's rights, NATO, and...
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Published in: 50.50Crisis in Mali: fundamentalism, women's rights and cultural resistance
In conversation with Jessica Horn, a leading Malian women’s rights activist identifies the roots of the crisis in...
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Published in: 50.50The "Turkish model" : for whom?
In the aftermath of the Arab spring the “Turkish model” is being held out as an optimistic scenario for...
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Published in: 50.50The sources of global homophobia
Activists and politicians working for the human rights of LGBT people must study the history which underlies the...
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Published in: 50.50February 20 movement: reflections of a young activist
The 20th February movement was seen by some as elitist and too focused on political demands, while the people were...
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Published in: 50.50Egypt: will there be a place for women's human rights?
In the days ahead a struggle looms over women's human rights and gender justice in Egypt. Will the Muslim Sisters...
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Published in: 50.50Contraception: the new American soap opera
The war over contraception in America during the last bizarre month was never about religious freedom or women’s...
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Published in: 50.50Faith: know thy placeThe feminist critique of religion should not appease the strident voices which label secularism as fundamentalist or...
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Published in: 50.50Taking the Pope to court
In a landmark effort to bring Vatican officials, including Pope Benedict XVI, to account for crimes against humanity...
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Published in: HomeThe Great Partnership: multiculturalism, faith and citizenship
Do the supposedly civilised values of human rights and responsible citizenry become exclusionary, used to divide...
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Published in: 50.50Religion, gender and migration: beyond 'obedience vs agency’
It is time that debates surrounding religion and migration in the UK move beyond the almost monolithic focus on...
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Published in: 50.50The tactical cosmopolitanism of migrants
How do foreign migrants in South Africa's urban estuaries deal with the hostility they regularly encounter? The...
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Published in: 50.50Tunisia: Women's winter of discontent
Nine months after the overthrow of the former president, Tunisia has voted in the first open and fair election in...
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Published in: 50.50Egypt: does the revolution include the Copts?
Sectarian clashes between Muslims and Coptic Christians highlight the recurring question about what role Copts will...
