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Published in: 50.50What has Hindu law ever done for women?India’s long overdue Uniform Civil Code, a set of common personal laws for all citizens, guaranteed by its...
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Published in: 50.50Failing a generation of children: choose to seeIf we want to eradicate child slavery we must take a global approach to what is clearly a global issue and the...
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Published in: 50.50The human costs of 'fast-fashion': the power to change is in your hands
A living wage is a human right, and it is crucial that consumers are fully aware of the power in their hands. We’ll...
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Published in: 50.50The right to feel safe in public: addressing the root cause of sexual harassment
A new poll reveals that 19% of women in London have been physically abused and 32% have been verbally harassed on...
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Published in: 50.50Human trafficking: from outrage to action
If we are to have any chance of addressing trafficking, we should work towards the elimination of labour recruitment...
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Published in: 50.50Abortion rights: victory for women in Spain
As the political analysts get into their stride over the Spanish Government's decision to back down over mediaeval...
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Published in: 50.50Litigating for equality in South Africa: Muslim marriagesWhile South Africa’s legal provisions around equality are some of the best in the world, do they adequately protect...
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Published in: 50.50The politics of defining 'armed conflict' in Northern IrelandIt is hard to see the British Government's resistance to implementing UNSCR 1325 as anything other than denying...
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Published in: 50.50Rape, marriage, and rightsWhile the proliferation of domestic violence legislation worldwide is a positive and much-needed development, the...
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Published in: 50.50UK: Will proposed legislation mean deporting trafficking victims ?
As young girls, Saima and Linda were trafficked from Zimbabwe to London. It took them ten years to escape from...
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Published in: 50.50Problematic protection: the law on Elimination of Violence against Women in Afghanistan
The attempt to get the Afghan parliament to ratify a key law on violence against women ended in a fiasco and has...
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Published in: 50.50Longing for Spring: The revolution that betrayed Arab women
Revolutions take time. The French Revolution was followed by years of terror and conflict before stability. Arab...
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Published in: 50.50Patriarchy and militarism in Egypt: from the street to the government
The lack of institutional concern for epidemic levels of sexual harassment and assault in Egypt is part of the...
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Published in: 50.50The framework of democracy is human rights law
Democracy is more of a culture than a way of governing or a political system. It is a historical process that must...
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Published in: 50.50How to challenge the patriarchal ethics of Muslim legal traditionOne lesson from the 1979 Iranian revolution and the 2011 Arab revolutions is that activists seeking to promote...
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Published in: 50.50A war against women: The CSW declaration and the Muslim Brotherhood riposte
The statement issued by the Muslim Brotherhood in response to the UN Commission on the Status of Women draft Agreed...
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Published in: 50.50A French debate on prostitution
Back from Paris where she has been interviewing prostitutes, politicians, police, and feminists who argue both for...
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Published in: 50.50Yes to ending violence against women, but no to the ‘zero tolerance’ route
The problem with the use of 'zero tolerance' in public discourse is that it makes for good populist politics and...
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Published in: 50.50A problematic discourse: who speaks for Arab women?
Placed between the First Lady and the Diplomat at the recent Trust Women conference on the 'Arab spring', Ala'a...
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Published in: 50.50Silencing women's rights activists in Turkey
Leading Turkish women’s rights activist and lawyer Canan Arin was unlawfully detained on 23 June 2012 for speaking...
