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Published in: 50.50Moving beyond political paralysis in Northern Ireland
With Stormont in crisis, it's time to bring everyone to the table and re-work the Good Friday Agreement. This must...
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Published in: 50.50From Northern Ireland to Korea: the power of nonviolence and love in action
As thirty international women peacemakers prepare to cross the DMZ with women from North and South Korea, Nobel...
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Published in: 50.50Ending the humiliation of women in Northern Ireland
Women demanding democratic participation in Northern Ireland's peace process are using human rights principles to...
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Published in: 50.50What does the Stormont House Agreement mean for women in Northern Ireland?
The Stormont House Agreement ended a political crisis, but it brings women no closer to economic equality or equal...
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Published in: 50.50Addressing Northern Ireland’s incomplete peace: young feminists speak out
Organising around a belief in feminism’s ability to articulate and represent visions of peace and politics, a new...
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Published in: 50.50The Fall: extreme violence as a distorted mirror of post-conflict Belfast
The most watched drama on the BBC for 20 years,The Fall, is about a serial killer in Belfast who murders and 'poses'...
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Published in: 50.50Northern Ireland: a transformative strategy for women, peace and security
Moving beyond the paralysing difference of opinion about whether the 'Troubles' in Northern Ireland constituted an...
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Published in: 50.50The marching season: a call for a new vision in Northern Ireland
As the climax of the 'marching season' in Northern Ireland approaches, Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire recalls...
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Published in: 50.50Singing the backbone: women’s stories of Northern Ireland
“What’s interesting about our lives?” The process of creating a play from nine women’s testimonies shows we are...
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Published in: 50.50The politics of defining 'armed conflict' in Northern Ireland
It is hard to see the British Government's resistance to implementing UNSCR 1325 as anything other than denying...
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Published in: 50.50'None of us have the right to be who we were': a tribute to a peacebuilder
Among Northern Ireland’s peacemakers Inez McCormack was unusual: she was an architect of the parallel peace process,...
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Published in: 50.50'Peace will bring prosperity': Northern Ireland’s big lie?
Feminist and trades union activists are leading the fight back against neoliberal economic policies in Northern...
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Published in: 50.50Dealing with the past: "There must never be a hierarchy of pain"
"I would like you to come with me to explore the past through the eyes of victims and survivors. It is difficult a...
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Published in: 50.50Women in Northern Ireland: sharing the learning
In the last two years, more than 600 women peacebuilders have met on a cross-community and cross-border basis to...
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Published in: 50.50Women in Northern Ireland should be leading peacebuilders again
Women Together played a crucial role in the peace process. As violence and tension mount again, Anne Carr argues...
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Published in: 50.50Women Together in the darkest days of the 'Troubles'
Women Together brought Catholic and Protestant women into talks and cooperation in the 1970s, standing in solidarity...
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Published in: 50.50Dealing with Northern Ireland’s past: a guide to the Haass-O’Sullivan talks
In late 2013, negotiations seeking to address the legacy of the past in Northern Ireland failed to reach agreement....
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Published in: 50.50Insulting the women of Northern Ireland
Racist abuse directed at the politician Anna Lo is indicative of the disrespect shown to women in Northern Ireland...
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Published in: 50.50Why are the hopes of the Good Friday Peace Agreement still unfulfilled?
At the launch of 50.50's series on women peacebuilders in Northern Ireland, we explore the connection between the...
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Published in: 50.50Excluded and silenced: Women in Northern Ireland after the peace process
There is a backlash against women’s agency in Northern Ireland in a number of different ways, all of which impact on...