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Published in: 50.50Tracking the backlash: why we're investigating the 'anti-rights' oppositionGrowing and globalising networks of conservative and fundamentalist groups are pushing back against our sexual and...
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Published in: 50.50Can a feminist tech collective help end the silence around LGBTQ+ domestic abuse?The Supernova Project is a new online platform that aims to provide crucial information and support to those in...
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Published in: 50.50Persecuted beyond borders: why Italy needs LGBT refugee sheltersLGBT refugees fleeing torture, violence and discrimination often find persecution has followed them to Europe....
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Published in: 50.50“It’s so taboo but we want it so damn bad”: introducing 50.50 columnists Tiffany Mugo and Claudia TorrisiThese 50.50 authors will delight and challenge us with monthly comment and analysis about sexuality in Africa, and...
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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: 50.50Monsters, 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: 50.50Queer and trans issues are sidelined again at the United Nations CSWThe language of sexual orientation and gender identity remains absent from the draft conclusions of the Commission...
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Published in: 50.50Lesbians at the heart of the movement to end men’s violenceFeminist lesbians have been passionate activists from the beginning of the movement against men’s violence and...
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Published in: 50.50Feminists and feminisms come in many forms: Suspend judgment!The responses of feminist activists to the Suspend Judgement! campaign reveal the hidden hierarchies of power and...
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Published in: 50.50Classifying bodies, denying freedomsFrom sex to race, classification is a tool of oppression. Abuse directed at Caster Semenya lies at the centre of the...
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Published in: 50.50Trans women and feminism: the struggle is realAt the centre of the troubled relationship between trans women and feminists are the questions of who gets to be a...
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Published in: 50.50UN resolution 2242: gender, generation, and counter terrorism
Key issues that remain unresolved within the Women, Peace, and Security agenda include: the nature of gender, the...
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Published in: 50.50"Men get more freedom": women and memoir writingJuliet Jacques spoke to Dawn Foster about her new book, Trans: A Memoir, and the struggles of gender typecasting in the media
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Published in: 50.50Sexualized violence in Iraq: how to understand and fight it
Sexualised and gender-based violence in Iraq, highlighted in recent weeks in relation to ISIS atrocities, has been...
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Published in: 50.50A safe space to reclaim ‘normal’
When a distorted ‘normal’ oppresses our daily lives and experiences, Ché Ramsden says that feminist conferences like...
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Published in: 50.50HIV: a call for solidarity with the transgender community
With the prevalence of HIV 50 times higher than that of the general population, societal acceptance and family...
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Published in: 50.50Strengthening the anti-fascist movement in GreeceAn anti-fascist festival in Athens earlier this month brought activists from across Greece and Europe together to...
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Published in: 50.50Egypt: a space that isn't our ownLast month a young woman was mob attacked on Cairo University campus. Socially and culturally constructed circles...
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Published in: 50.50Elegy for queers for economic justiceYnestra King laments the untimely closing of a visionary US queer social justice organization, and reflects on its...
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Published in: 50.50Feminist Africa: putting Africa’s feminist thinking on the intellectual map
This month oD 50.50's platform Our Africa launches a special collaboration with Africa’s leading gender studies...
