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Published in: 50.50‘N-A-T-O? What’s that stand for?’How can we cheer NATO for promising equality for women in an institution we deplore? We are saying: ‘military...
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Published in: 50.50Two inches below the neckThe battle to defeat the Indecent Dressing Bill in Nigeria marks another point in the struggle between feminists and...
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Published in: 50.50War and 1325: principles or diversity checkbox ?
Why were women career soldiers, US defense contractors, female peace activists and Pentagon officials talking to...
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Published in: 50.50Faith in service: what has gender got to do with it?
Faith-based organizations are playing increasingly prominent roles in service delivery. However, the premise that...
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Published in: HomeFear Factor: Europe bans the burqa
Face-covering prohibitions in Europe are typically passed on the basis of three arguments: security, women’s rights...
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Published in: 50.501325: an exciting moment
"If we’ve done as much with as little resources as women have, think what we could do with more. Women are the...
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Published in: 50.50Rape in war: the time for 'never again' is now
On October 17th thousands of Congolese women, led by Olive Lembe Kabila marched to end impunity for sexual violence...
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Published in: 50.501325 and the violent world of small arms
Earlier this year the Philippines became the first country in Asia to launch a National Action Plan to implement...
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Published in: 50.50The secular state: protector of women's rights?
By relying on the secular state as the answer to the religious right and entrusting the Left with the protection of...
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Published in: HomeReproductive rights: battleground of moral values
What are the implications for women's reproductive rights of the strong legacy of Catholicism acting as a marker of...
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Published in: 50.50'Jesus was a feminist'
Ghanaian feminist theologian Mercy Amba Oduyoye speaks to Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah about religion, patriarchy and...
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Published in: 50.50Tales of the lionesses: the third African Feminist Forum
Where does feminism fit in our narrative of African experience? What is the vision of Africa’s ‘lionesses’- feminist...
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Published in: 50.50Making women's opposition visible to NATO
NATO's continued 'mission creep' demands a degree of militarization that masculinizes and deforms everyday life. The...
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Published in: 50.50Interfaith peacework: a glimmer of solidarity
Just as borders, once drawn, become subject to militant patrol, so are the lives and bodies of women once they are...
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Published in: 50.50Good substance, bad politics: the row over 1325
Why won’t the Security Council endorse the Secretary General’s strategy for enhancing women’s role in matters of...
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Published in: 50.50SCR 1325: just words on a piece of paper
"SCR 1325 is a tool, and the utility of a tool depends on how it is perceived and how activists employ it. So we...
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Published in: 50.50Gender, knowledge and change: questions and answers
When social change movements of all kinds are under attack, progressives need to build coalitions and to talk to one...
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Published in: 50.50The politics of peace: SCR 1325 at 10
As the 10th anniversary of SCR 1325 approaches and the debates heat up, it is with dual and conflicting senses of...
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Published in: oDRChechnya: choked by headscarves
In Chechnya there is official support for attacks on women when they are considered to have ‘flouted’ Islamic rules...
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Published in: 50.50Fundamentalist strategy: the secular and the religious
In Latin America a close network of religious leaders from different traditions, political elites and civil...
