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Published in: 50.50How the Women’s March defied Trump’s populism
The largest single-day protest in US history was also the first mass social movement response to Trump’s election....
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Published in: 50.50We need to talk about how we learn to accept our own oppression
The more women stand up against bullies and harassment in our personal lives, the less we will tolerate them in our...
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Published in: 50.50How women are building feminist human security in the Americas
Across the region, women are forging alternative paths to real peace and security, rejecting militarisation and...
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Published in: 50.50We’re African women and we’re feminists
Feminism is not ‘un-African.’ This is a multi-generational, multi-layered movement of women across the continent,...
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Published in: 50.50Where are the investigative journalists challenging patriarchy?
Amid growing threats to our sexual and reproductive rights, and enduring inequality, discrimination and gender-based...
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Published in: 50.50Apply for a 50.50 feminist investigative journalism fellowship
We need your help to track the backlash against sexual and reproductive rights. Apply for 50.50's inaugural feminist...
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Published in: 50.50The UN secretary general isn’t yet what feminists were looking for
António Guterres showed real leadership on gender equality in 2017, but his first year in office fell short of our...
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Published in: 50.50How Italian women are organising against ‘obstetric violence’
This gender-based violence, perpetrated by health workers, is widespread In Italy. A recent survey said it impacts...
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Published in: 50.502017 in feminist protests: in pictures
Women around the world led protests in 2017 for our rights and against threats from everyday sexism to femicide.
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Published in: 50.50Support independent feminist media
We are at a crucial moment for both independent media and women’s rights, and we need to be bolder and more...
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Published in: 50.50Five inspirational feminists you should know and honour today
Documenting the lives of departed feminists, and sharing their stories, honours their memories and inspires future...
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Published in: 50.50Remembering murdered activists is important – but not enough
My organisation publishes annual, online tributes to activists who have passed away. What we really need is for...
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Published in: 50.50‘Shame has to switch sides’ – Feminist activist Inna Shevchenko on #MeToo
The Femen 'partisan' talks about #MeToo protests and why a recent Roman Polanski celebration in France was “an...
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Published in: 50.50Kashmir abuses: women searching for justice challenge state use of forensics
Thousands of young men have 'disappeared' in Kashmir and there have been numerous allegations of sexual assaults....
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Published in: 50.50Living without men: women-only organising is as old as time
As long as patriarchal societies dominate, we shouldn’t be surprised to see women turning to single-sex spaces for...
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Published in: 50.50Tracking the backlash: why we're investigating the 'anti-rights' opposition
Growing and globalising networks of conservative and fundamentalist groups are pushing back against our sexual and...
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Published in: 50.50Young feminists: the future belongs to us, not transnational corporations
Corporate impunity impacts young women and girls disproportionately. Young feminists must join the growing...
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Published in: 50.50Look that monster dead in the face: tackling domestic violence in lesbian relationships
Art can create safe spaces for queer women to address often-ignored domestic violence. This is important to end the...
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Published in: 50.50We need personal, everyday action to end violence against women
Never laugh at a rape joke, speak out against lower wages for women. Don’t underestimate the power of everyday...
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Published in: 50.50How to spend €500 million: women’s rights groups on Europe’s UN grant
We welcome this week’s historic funding announcement for work to end violence against women and girls. But there are...