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Published in: 50.50‘Bad girls’ in Holloway prison: when being a ‘loud’ black woman was an offence in itselfBlack women were disproportionately jailed and mistreated in London’s infamous Holloway prison. This is an edited...
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Published in: 50.5025 feminist alternatives to mainstream media in Spain and Latin AmericaFrom the most playful topics to the most serious, these platforms provide alternative coverage of current affairs –...
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Published in: 50.50How feminist journalists are shaking up the Spanish language mediaA growing number of new media projects are providing alternative coverage of topics from economics to beauty. But...
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Published in: 50.50Tackling the trolls: how women are fighting back against online bulliesRefusing to be silent, women are leading research, campaigns and new strategies to stop trolls and create safer...
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Published in: 50.50The exploitation of Mayan women’s art is a story of racism, sexism – and global capitalismMayan women’s bodies, labour and knowledge have been exploited for centuries. This is an old story, with a...
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Published in: 50.50US evangelicals targeted LGBT young people with ‘dehumanising’ Facebook and YouTube adsSocial media giants acknowledge that Anchored North video ads violated their rules to protect users – but not until...
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Published in: 50.50Video: Trump's anti-immigrant policies aren’t all that different from our ownThe state-sanctioned backlash against migrant rights is transatlantic. At a protest against Trump in London, we...
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Published in: 50.50Why the Women’s March sees Trump’s UK visit as ‘a glorious opportunity’Thousands plan to march in London on Friday and also raise awareness of impacts of government policies on vulnerable...
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Published in: 50.50Why the world needs a Vagina Museum to combat shame and stigma about women’s sexualityTalking about vaginas and vulvas remains taboo – and this can have serious consequences for our health. Español.
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Published in: 50.50How did Northern Ireland lawmakers carve out an anti-abortion ‘ghetto’ within the UK?Northern Ireland remains a blind spot for equality for women and members of the LGBTIQ community. Will Ireland’s...
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Published in: 50.50The Backlash podcast episode 3: Why we need feminist investigative journalismAt the 2018 International Journalism Festival in Perugia, Italy, 50.50 organised a panel on feminist investigative...
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Published in: 50.50Revealed: the US ‘Christian fundamentalists’ behind new Netflix film on millennial sex livesA new film about youth ‘hookup culture’ follows students at Spring Break beach parties in Florida. Does it have a...
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Published in: 50.50Girls at Dhabas: challenging issues of safety, or ‘respectability’ in urban Pakistan?“You need to understand,” I told the reporter. “These are baby steps, but important steps, for fuller participation...
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Published in: 50.50Feminist bots vs right-wing trolls: Brazil’s gender justice movements cross new frontiersAbortion has long been criminalised in Brazil. It is an issue that many have all but given up on – except for...
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Published in: 50.50How women in the Balkans are using social media to fight sexismWomen are primary targets of bias and online harassment in the Balkans. Now, a growing number are using the internet...
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Published in: 50.50The Backlash podcast episode 2: "you can't eat a condom"Anti-choice activists at the United Nations argue that rural women need food, not reproductive choice. But unsafe...
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Published in: 50.50'The Tories cut, we bleed': the story of Women’s Lives Matter in DoncasterJoyce Sheppard talks about the campaign to save South Yorkshire’s Women’s Aid – one of many domestic violence...
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Published in: 50.50How the UN women’s talks failed to call out corporate power – letting down our human rights defendersLast month’s Commission on the Status of Women talks failed to tackle corporate impunity, despite increasingly...
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Published in: 50.50#MeToo in Japan: 'I was told not to bring shame on the country, with my story’Journalist Shiori Ito spoke about her own experience of sexual assault in 2017 – a year marked by allegations...
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Published in: 50.50Thanks to social media, do teenage girls like Ahed Tamimi now have the power to influence wars?Social media has enabled girls and young women to influence contemporary conflicts in new ways, according to 'War in...
