FGM is a deeply-rooted and widespread practice in the country. Can its locally-powerful practitioners help curtail it?
Anti-choice activists are increasingly active in Mexico’s capital city, strategically targeting and “inciting fear” in women accessing services that were decriminalised a decade ago. Español, RU
This gender-based violence, perpetrated by health workers, is widespread In Italy. A recent survey said it impacts one in five mothers.
Talking about cunnilingus with parents may sound like a type of medieval torture. But we pay for silence in lost pleasure – and health risks.
Growing and globalising networks of conservative and fundamentalist groups are pushing back against our sexual and reproductive rights. Help us investigate.
Art can create safe spaces for queer women to address often-ignored domestic violence. This is important to end the silence, and to heal.
From costly sanitary products to feelings of stigma and shame – why do we put up with this?
These 50.50 authors will delight and challenge us with monthly comment and analysis about sexuality in Africa, and reportage on intersecting forms of oppression in Italy.
Half of female asylum-seekers in Europe are aged 18-34. With little control over their environments, how can they retain control over their bodies?
Recent research on Afghan immigrant women in London has revealed a multi-layered crisis. What can be done to address this, and to empower them?
Quasi 40 anni dopo la legalizzazione dell'aborto – tra proteste e movimenti di liberazione culturale – le donne faticano ancora ad accedere ai servizi essenziali. Read this article in English.
