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Published in: 50.50Ending violence against women: the challenge of translating words into action
In recognising rape and sexual violence as a violation of human rights, the presence of expansive and well...
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Published in: 50.50Women and the language of peace protest
In January 1968, young feminist antiwar activists in the U.S temporarily broke with a long tradition of protesting...
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Published in: 50.50"Beyond the Fragments": I’m a socialist feminist. Can I be a radical feminist too?
The authors of the re-launched Beyond the Fragments take a feminist approach to healing a divided left. They put...
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Published in: 50.50King Nigel’s speech: recasting 'us' and 'them'
In the UK political debate, boundaries are being blurred between the two hot topics on the political agenda:...
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Published in: 50.50Nude protests and political contradictions
Femen’s April 4 protests in response to death threats against Tunisian nude blogger Amina Tyler have prompted much...
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Published in: 50.50Transgender: the challenge to feminist politics
There are so many battles yet to be won by feminists that we must not be distracted by internal schisms. If we can...
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Published in: 50.50Questioning the imperative to be gendered
Despite women's progress, the norms that dictate that people should act along gender lines are stronger than ever....
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Published in: 50.50Will academia ever graduate from sexism?
From the sexism of fresher’s week to under-employment after they graduate, to the closed walls of the highest...
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Published in: oDRThe thoughts of a prisoner
Today is International Women’s Day, a holiday in Russia, though possibly with few celebrations in the penal colonies...
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Published in: 50.50Shame and honour re-appropriated: women finding their voices
On February 12, 2013, women of the Middle East, in the region and in the Diaspora, officially and publicly...
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Published in: 50.50Who should care about stoning?
Today sees the launch of a new Global Campaign to Stop Stoning. Rochelle Terman examines the history of this...
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Published in: 50.50A transformative strategy: the true value of investing in women’s rights
What happened to the largest pot of money ever made available for advancing gender equality and human rights?...
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Published in: 50.50Beyond individual stories: women have moved mountains
Among all the social movements of the past century, the struggle for women’s rights and gender equality has been the...
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Published in: 50.50A French debate on prostitution
Back from Paris where she has been interviewing prostitutes, politicians, police, and feminists who argue both for...
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Published in: 50.50A problematic discourse: who speaks for Arab women?
Placed between the First Lady and the Diplomat at the recent Trust Women conference on the 'Arab spring', Ala'a...
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Published in: 50.50Egypt speaks to an international audience
Collusion and confusion: Hania Sholkamy asks whether the international community will meet the challenge of...
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Published in: 50.50State complicity in the sexual abuse of women in Cairo
There is a growing belief that the post-revolution spate of sexual attacks on women is a reflection of a large-scale...
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Published in: 50.50Mother of Mohamed and Maria, Daughters of Mrs Baheya (Egypt)
A poem by Marwa Sharafeldin. Part of a series of poems by African feminist writers for 16 Days of Activism against...
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Published in: 50.50Standing on the threshold: banning nuclear weapons
On the 25th anniversary of the first real disarmament agreement of the Cold War, Rebecca Johnson looks back at how...
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Published in: 50.50Capitalism's bright 'Third Billion' future?
Management consultants have their eye on women as growth drivers and change agents for multi-national companies, and...
Tell Priti Patel: Stop your attack on journalistic freedom
Journalists who share leaks of official information should not face life imprisonment for doing their job