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Published in: 50.50Mexico City is an island in a sea of anti-abortion states – and the right to choose is threatened here tooAnti-choice activists are increasingly active in Mexico’s capital city, strategically targeting and “inciting fear”...
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Published in: 50.50Prosecuting ISIS crimes against women and LGBTIQ people would set a crucial precedentA potentially precedent-setting petition at the International Criminal Court could help human rights advocates and...
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Published in: 50.50How women are building feminist human security in the AmericasAcross the region, women are forging alternative paths to real peace and security, rejecting militarisation and...
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Published in: 50.50Where are the investigative journalists challenging patriarchy?Amid growing threats to our sexual and reproductive rights, and enduring inequality, discrimination and gender-based...
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Published in: 50.50Rome’s occupied domestic violence shelter under threatLucha y Siesta is a unique occupation in Italy’s capital: it is one of Rome’s few domestic violence shelters. Now,...
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Published in: 50.50The UN secretary general isn’t yet what feminists were looking forAntónio Guterres showed real leadership on gender equality in 2017, but his first year in office fell short of our...
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Published in: 50.502017 in feminist protests: in picturesWomen around the world led protests in 2017 for our rights and against threats from everyday sexism to femicide.
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Published in: 50.50How UK anti-abortion activists use American tactics to shock and shame women50 years after the 1967 Abortion Act, the anti-abortion movement is consolidating – with transatlantic support.
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Published in: 50.50Christian ‘legal army’ in hundreds of court battles worldwideWomen’s rights advocates say controversial US legal advocacy group Alliance Defending Freedom is ‘exporting extreme...
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Published in: 50.50Five inspirational feminists you should know and honour todayDocumenting the lives of departed feminists, and sharing their stories, honours their memories and inspires future...
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Published in: 50.50Remembering murdered activists is important – but not enoughMy organisation publishes annual, online tributes to activists who have passed away. What we really need is for...
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Published in: 50.50Women’s voices must not be ignored in business and human rights talksThe corporate rush for land and resources in the Global South has gender-specific impacts on women, who are...
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Published in: 50.50How India's Café Sheroes fights back against acid attacksRun by survivors of acid attacks, the café is part of broader campaigns for women’s access to public places and...
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Published in: 50.50Tracking the backlash: why we're investigating the 'anti-rights' oppositionGrowing and globalising networks of conservative and fundamentalist groups are pushing back against our sexual and...
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Published in: 50.50Young feminists: the future belongs to us, not transnational corporationsCorporate impunity impacts young women and girls disproportionately. Young feminists must join the growing...
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Published in: 50.50How anti-abortion extremists are exploiting #BlackLivesMatter to vilify African-American womenFighting anti-choice campaigns requires more than a gendered approach – reproductive justice demands direct...
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Published in: 50.50We need a new, radical vision of feminist sisterhoodThe racism of white feminists, whether overt or covert, contributes to the oppression of women of colour, and holds...
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Published in: 50.50How to spend €500 million: women’s rights groups on Europe’s UN grantWe welcome this week’s historic funding announcement for work to end violence against women and girls. But there are...
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Published in: 50.50“We’re not just here to learn – we can lead too”: young women human rights defenders speak outYoung activists from four continents talk about their local struggles and what motivates them.
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Published in: 50.50Feminist movements lead the way in fight against repressive statesDespite pressures from society and states alike, feminist movements are growing around the world. They know how to...
