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Published in: 50.50: FeatureMedical misogyny is failing women with chronic urinary tract infectionsWomen experience years of suffering due to gaslighting, misdiagnosis and wrong treatment by medics, say UTI experts
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Published in: 50.50: AnalysisThe feminist movement in Eastern Europe: struggles in a changing landscapeWomen’s rights movements in the region have faced challenges ranging from war to the rise of anti-gender activism
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Published in: 50.50: NewsIndian women cautious about Supreme Court’s ‘historic’ abortion rulingAbortion rights have been extended to unmarried women, but how will this affect women’s lives in reality?
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Published in: 50.50There’s a backlash against sex education in ‘Feminist Canada’Canada appears progressive on the world stage. But under pressure from the Christian Right, Ontario’s premier...
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Published in: 50.50‘Religious freedom’ claims used to defend FGM in courts in four countriesCases come as rights advocates warn such arguments are increasingly being ‘weaponised’ against women’s and LGBT equality
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Published in: 50.50FGM in the UK will only end if attitudes shift from within communitiesA landmark FGM conviction last week heralds a welcome change. But ending this practice requires both criminal and...
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Published in: 50.50I went inside a Colombian ‘youth camp’ run by anti-abortion activistsAt a camp mixing extreme sports and extreme rhetoric, I saw how they’re training teenagers to join their fight...
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Published in: 50.50Evangelicals in Guatemala on verge of ‘legalising homophobia’A ‘nefarious’ bill on ‘life and family’ is the first ever drafted by the country's evangelical churches, reflecting...
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Published in: 50.50The Backlash podcast episode 5: targeted hateSocial media propaganda. Data-mining. Foreign interference in Ireland's abortion referendum. The backlash against...
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Published in: 50.50Why drug policy is a feminist issueLike feminism, harm reduction is a philosophy that encourages us to do away with the false distinction between...
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Published in: 50.50This is how anti-abortion propaganda gets into US cinemasAmid open war on reproductive rights, anti-choice supporters of the new ‘Gosnell’ film want it to change hearts and...
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Published in: 50.50UK Christian ‘reactionaries’ mark 10 years of lobbying against women’s and LGBT rightsAt Christian Concern’s birthday party in London, lobbyists talked about their expansion plans and work to recruit...
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Published in: 50.50‘Dear reader, put yourself in the position of a child raped and denied an abortion’I am a 14-year-old aspiring human rights activist and this is why I believe in women’s and girls' right to safe...
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Published in: 50.5028 abortion rights successes in 2018For International Safe Abortion Day, on 28 September, we are celebrating 28 aspects of progress and success we’ve...
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Published in: 50.50Re-imagining the American Dream: a decade of sisterhood with Positive Women’s NetworkWomen living with HIV are mobilising to demand visibility and rights in the US. Our collective voice, vision and...
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Published in: 50.50Women’s bodies have become a battleground in the fight for Iran’s futureA regressive law to boost the population has restricted the reproductive choices and rights of all Iranian women....
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Published in: 50.50Argentina abortion vote divides the nation, from senators to doctorsThe senate votes this week on a potentially groundbreaking bill to legalise voluntary abortion. Opponents include...
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Published in: 50.50This ultra-conservative institute has infiltrated the Polish state, on a relentless quest to ban abortionOrdo Iuris is an extreme anti-choice group whose founders were ‘inspired’ by a controversial Catholic fundamentalist...
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Published in: 50.50Breastfeeding is best for HIV-positive mothers too – but corporate interests and weak health systems hinder progressAs a paediatrician and health researcher in South Africa, I am acutely aware of the ongoing support that women need...
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Published in: 50.50How ‘conscientious objectors’ threaten women’s newly won abortion rights in Latin AmericaFrom Uruguay to Chile, medical staff are refusing to provide abortion services even after legalisation Español
