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Published in: 50.50Is the Indian law on domestic violence fit for purpose?In the first of this three part series, we examine the effectiveness of one of the major planks of the domestic...
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Published in: 50.50Seeking justice for rape by the state in Bastar, IndiaFor tribal women living in the Bastar region of central India, sexual abuse at the hands of security forces has...
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Published in: 50.50The Sharia debate in the UK: who will listen to our voices?Over 300 abused women have signed a statement opposing Sharia courts and religious bodies, warning of the growing...
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Published in: 50.50The voice of Berta Cáceres has become the voice of millionsGraffiti on the walls in Honduras - Berta Vive! Teenagers chanting as they march - Berta Caceres Flores, sown in the...
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Published in: 50.50To exist is to resist: Million Women RiseMarch 11th 2017 will mark the tenth anniversary of Million Women Rise's annual procession and rally to call an end...
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Published in: 50.5016 Days: survivors and activists at the centreThe field of violence against women is an argumentative space. 16 Days offers an opportunity to reflect, to be...
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Published in: 50.50Suffragists, actresses and activists do it: 100 years of self-defenceWherever women are confronted with violence, they try to protect themselves. When this resistance becomes...
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Published in: 50.50"We are not the women with black eyes."Women who have survived abuse are changemakers. It’s time to involve companies in creating a paradigm shift in...
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Published in: 50.50Are universities preventing violence against women?Sexual harassment of women students is rife and violence against women in universities is commonplace. Are...
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Published in: 50.50'All day, everyday': where is the protection against violence in schools and universities?The scale of harassment and violence in schools means girls and boys need more than sex and relationships education....
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Published in: 50.50Femicide in Mexico and GuatemalaFeminists in Mexico and Guatemala working on femicide also use the concept of ‘feminicide’ to draw attention to...
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Published in: 50.50A long road: domestic violence law in ChinaAfter 20 years of campaigning by women’s rights activists, China now has its first domestic violence law. The...
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Published in: 50.50What will it take to end honour based violence in the UK?‘Honour killings’ represent the tragic consequences of the failure to tackle honour based violence. Greater state...
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Published in: HomeMass rapes to mass protests: violence against women in 2016Impunity for violence against women remains a massive problem. Donald Trump hasn’t helped.
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Published in: 50.50When a Man Kills a WomanAcross everything that divides societies, we share in common that men’s violence against women is normalised,...
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Published in: 50.50Since I gave you a phone it’s not rapeAs evidence of UN peacekeepers’ sexual violence against Black African women and girls grows, media reporting and...
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Published in: 50.50Transforming a victim blaming cultureMedia discussions of male violence against women focus on the actions of the victim rather than the perpetrator. How...
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Published in: 50.50Erdogan's war on womenKurdish women in one of the strongest and most radical women’s movements in the world are taking a battering from...
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Published in: 50.50One woman’s brush with Sharia courts in the UK: "It ruined my life forever"“My daughter and I appeared before the Sharia court at Regent's Park mosque in London. They were not interested in...
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Published in: 50.50Honduras: the battle to protect women human rights defendersProtection of women human rights defenders must be based on recognizing not only their existence, but also their...
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