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Published on: 15 July 2015

Written by: Roxanne Krystalli All articles by Roxanne Krystalli

Could compassion be a currency of our economic systems? For of all of the pains Greek people are suffering now,...
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In celebration of African literature: Africa Writes 2015

Published on: 14 July 2015

Written by: Che Ramsden All articles by Che Ramsden

For the past 6,000 years, Africans have been writing. Africa Writes 2015, a three-day festival in London, explored...
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The Women in Black remember Srebrenica

Published on: 11 July 2015

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The Women in Black commemorate Srebrenica twenty years on, whilst facing abuse in their own country, and amidst a...
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Gendered legacies of Communist Albania: a paradox of progress

Published on: 9 July 2015

Written by: Sidita Kushi All articles by Sidita Kushi

Hoxha's regime used the language of ‘ending conservative traditions’ to justify many of its horrors, but today...
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Blood brides: feminist activists cracking China’s patriarchal order

Published on: 9 July 2015

Written by: Ting Guo All articles by Ting Guo

With echoes of Russia's Pussy Riot, the arrest of five young women on the eve of International Women’s Day drew...
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An insight into Bosnia and Herzegovina’s male and female survivors of wartime rape

Published on: 9 July 2015

Written by: Adem Ferizaj All articles by Adem Ferizaj

The 2014 documentary Silent Scream addresses the issue of wartime rape during the Bosnian war – and the diverse...

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