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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: 50.50How Verona became a ‘model city’ for far-Right and ultra-Catholic alliancesFar-Right and religious conservative movements captured the ‘city of love’ years ago. After national successes,...
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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in: 50.50Feminist comedians are laughing at privilege – and it’s funnyComedy that targets oppressed groups is outdated.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: 50.50‘We’re seeing a backlash to policies against online violence’Asha Allen from the European Women’s Lobby talks about perpetrators and forms of online violence – and what’s needed...
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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.
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Published in: 50.50Gender equality in Europe ‘advancing at snail’s pace’Women's rights debates take centre stage at this year's World Forum for Democracy at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.
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Published in: 50.50Ten resources if you’ve experienced targeted hate onlineOnline abuse of women and LGBTQ people is relentless. But there are resources to support you, from digital security...
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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: 50.50Online platforms have enabled ‘deluge of hatred against trans women’ in the UKSocial media platforms have policies against discriminatory and hateful content – but LGBTQ+ rights activists say...
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Published in: 50.50Christian Right and some UK feminists ‘unlikely allies’ against trans rightsNew analysis shows that groups that traditionally disagree are now on the same side – against reforming the Gender...
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Published in: 50.50Nadia Murad may have won the Nobel peace prize, but the world failed her Yazidi peopleThe international community could and should have done more to rescue those captured by ISIS. The media also failed...
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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: 50.50These women are demanding their rights from inside Rome’s occupied buildingsPrecarious labour and housing conditions have pushed many to squat Rome’s empty buildings, living in fear of...
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Published in: 50.50We simply said ‘enough’: the story of Spain’s ‘Las Kellys’ hotel cleanersFrom gruelling working conditions to more limited access to healthcare, austerity policies have hit women hardest....
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Published in: 50.5010 years of women's resistance to austerity across Europe – in picturesWomen across Europe have not been passive victims of austerity policies. From Paris, France to Nicosia, Cyprus, they...
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Published in: 50.50‘This story rarely gets told’: 10 years of women’s resistance to austerity across EuropeFrom the UK to Greece, women have been hit hardest by austerity policies since the 2008 financial crisis. This...
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Published in: 50.50In rural Paraguay, women are on the frontlines of a ‘race against time’ to save native seedsAmid the spread of industrial farming, transgenic crops and seed patents, rural women are conserving native...
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Published in: 50.50Gender justice activists are organising against online violence – and they need your supportThe burden of responding to violence should not fall on the most affected. We must do more to support these...
