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Published in: 50.50“I’m a sex worker and a feminist”: Fighting for sex worker rights in ArgentinaActivist Elena Eva Reynaga faced decades of arrest, rape and abuse. But she won’t stop organising and educating the...
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Published in: 50.50Meet the journalist documenting India’s unreported rape casesPriyanka Dubey has reported on gender-based violence for years. Her new book is out in the UK and US on 8 March,...
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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: 50.50We have to stop blaming ‘backward’ culture for FGM and child marriageThese issues have received increased global attention. But simple attacks on ‘tradition and culture’ just fuel the...
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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: 50.50“We create space for freedom”: battling sexism in Ukraine’s mediaGender stereotypes are widespread in the Ukrainian media. I talked to activist Oleksandra Golub about campaigns to...
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Published in: 50.50Men in Europe must stop blaming migrants for ‘importing’ gender violenceFrom Germany to India, these campaigners are battling ‘toxic masculinity’ to engage men in fights for gender equality.
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Published in: 50.50Twitter threats, abuse, murder: what women face defending the environmentLatin America is the deadliest region for environmental and land defenders. But murders often follow numerous...
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Published in: 50.50Don’t forget the working-class women who made suffragette historyA century after some UK women won the vote, most of the suffragette stories we hear still focus on the elite. But...
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Published in: 50.50After Me Too, can we trust the UK government to tackle sexual abuse?If our lawmakers fail to confront abuse in their own workplace, how do we trust them to enact effective policies for...
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Published in: 50.50Excluded, stereotyped and abused: where do women stand in UK politics today?100 years since (some) women won the right to vote, they’re still marginalised in corridors of our power – and...
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Published in: 50.50Feminist comedians are laughing at privilege – and it’s funnyComedy that targets oppressed groups is outdated. These feminists are using humour to speak truth to power.
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Published in: 50.50How one woman is mapping femicides in MexicoFrom her home and cafés in Mexico City, María Salguero is filling in the gaps left by official data on...
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Published in: 50.50Attacks against women health workers show how workplace violence hurts us allViolence in the health sector, where a majority of workers are women, accounts for a quarter of assaults at work –...
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Published in: 50.50Why the ‘Me Too’ movement in India is succeeding at lastCenturies of entrenched patriarchy cannot be upturned in a month. But this country finally looks ready for a...
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Published in: 50.50‘Now, every woman knows she needs to fight violence everywhere’Congolese activist Julienne Lusenge talks about the struggle to end wartime sexual violence and why she appreciates...
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Published in: 50.50How Kenyan women are fighting for themselves in courtWinner of the Council of Europe’s 2018 Democracy Innovation Award talks about training women to represent themselves...
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Published in: 50.50What would a feminist internet look like?After World Forum for Democracy talks about creating safe spaces in cyberspace, we asked five delegates this...
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Published in: 50.50What’s next for the MeToo movement?At the Council of Europe’s annual World Forum for Democracy, we asked five activists one simple question.
