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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: 50.50Rape: a basic tool of militarismWomen’s groups such as Women in Black have long led the way in challenging the mindsets and structures of...
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Published in: HomeSeen and not heard: women in Sri Lanka's reconciliation commission
Sri Lanka's Lessons Learned and Reconciliation Commission has no mention of gender in its mandate and no dedicated...
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Published in: 50.50South Korea: destroying the lives of the Haenyo ‘sea women’
A naval base being built on Jeju Island threatens to destroy the livelihoods of the iconic women shellfish divers...
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Published in: 50.50Transforming our woundedness for peace" I refuse to be a victim: I am a resource for peace": Dekha Ibrahim Abdi 1964-2011
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Published in: 50.50Female suicide bombings in Pakistan - what's in it for women?
Islamic militancy in Pakistan appears to be mobilising women suicide bombers as part of its religious trope. This...
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Published in: 50.50Understanding contemporary violence in Central Africa: militarism, race, and gender
It is time to challenge the conventional explanations of gender based violence. Patricia Daley argues that it can...
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Published in: 50.50From civil war to the cult of cool
The policy of dispersing migrants in Britain has led to large numbers of Somali refugees in Smethwick, a town...
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Published in: 50.50Rape in war: ending impunity
Women Peace Laureates urge leaders to protect women in armed conflict, citing evidence from a new report.
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Published in: HomeNot the Only Survivor in the Village
Survivors of gender based violence and their supporters can deliver powerful messages for peace, reflects Betsy Kawamura.
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Published in: 50.50The security sector: an awkward space for engagement
Alongside powerful arguments against militarism, we are hearing an increasingly significant voice from within the...
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Published in: 50.50Perpetuation and perpetration: the momentum of violence
So many armed men began their lives as victims of loss and grief. So many have gone on to become the source of...
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Published in: 50.50Peace negotiations: did you carry a gun?'If sons are fighting, doesn't it make sense for their mother to help make peace?' Jenny Morgan reports on...
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Published in: 50.50Horror and hope meet hand in hand
Blogging from the Nobel Women's Initiative conference, Laura Carlsen sees the strength in the women gathered there...
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Published in: 50.50Making the impossible possible
Nobel Laureates Shirin Ebadi and Jody Williams talk about strategies for change, drawing on their experiences of...
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Published in: 50.50Jessica Horn discusses militarism
Jessica Horn, writer, women’s rights consultant and openDemocracy 50.50 blogger, discusses her thoughts on different...
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Published in: 50.50Hopes and expectations: ending sexual violence in conflict
The Nobel Peace laureates, Shirin Ebadi, Jody Williams and Mairead Maguire, open the third international conference...
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Published in: 50.50Professor Wangari Maathai speaks
Professor Maathai, noted activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner, presents her message to the third international...
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Published in: 50.50We must not make war safe for women"We can not pluck rape out of war and let the war go on. We must not make war safe for women. It is time to abolish...
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Published in: 50.50The mass crime of rape: ending impunity
A group of us gasped when one tiny mother of five, who looked no older than my 20-year old daughter, lamented, “When...
