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Published in: 50.50The foundation of human security in every societyThe social fabric of a group is woven, in the first place, by the efforts of women. After war, the surest way to...
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Published in: 50.50Italy's inconvenient women: in praise of Laura Boldrini and Cecile KyengeAs the renewed threats against politician Cecile Kyenge show, the problem of the abuse of women in Italy's public...
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Published in: 50.50Beyond war: women transforming militarism, building a nonviolent world
If we want to ensure that humanity is not doomed to repeat its bloodiest century, the logical move would be to mount...
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Published in: 50.501% FeminismSince Sheryl Sandberg has taken it upon herself to jump-start the stalled feminist revolution it’s worth taking a...
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Published in: 50.50Sex work, violence and HIV: experience from rural Karnataka
In the final days of the CSW meeting in New York, arguments over the language to be used in the Outcome Document are...
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Published in: 50.50The post 2015 development agenda: what's at stake for the world's women?
"We want to be included. We are still invisible in the process of consultation. We are the key stakeholders....
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Published in: oDROrenburg shawls: a classic of Russian folk artGossamer or spider web shawls have been knitted in Orenburg for generations. The tradition nearly disappeared, but...
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Published in: oDRMarina Goldovskaya: documenting modern RussiaLondon’s Pushkin House is hosting a retrospective of Russian director Marina Goldovskaya’s documentaries under the...
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Published in: 50.50Women in the US military – uncomfortable powerLast week saw the lifting of the ban on women in combat in the US military. How will this change the dynamics within...
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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: 50.50“Kind sirs, stop beating your wives!”
Day-to-day, Chadian women are beaten, humiliated and crushed beneath the weight of traditions. However, women were...
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Published in: 50.50Chers messieurs, arrêtez de battre vos femmes!
Quotidiennement les femmes tchadiennes sont battues, humiliées et écrasées sous le poids de traditions. Pourtant la...
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Published in: 50.50War against polio or polio workers?
The Tehreeq e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) launched an effective and violent campaign against polio vaccination during...
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Published in: 50.50Making finance work for womenJust as it is not an inherent feature of the financial system to work against society, it need not be the case that...
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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: 50.50Driving women out of the workforce
Pregnant women in the UK are reporting blatant cases of unfair – and unlawful – treatment. Basic health and safety...
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Published in: 50.50A victory against modern day slavery
The ILO Domestic Workers Convention was unthinkable just a few years ago. It represents the culmination of years of...
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Published in: 50.50GenderForce: why didn't we do this before?
"As an 18 year old woman I wanted to join what I saw as the coolest and toughest force - not the Air Force, not the...
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Published in: 50.50Women human rights defenders: activism's front-line
There is growing recognition by the international community that women human rights defenders are best placed to...
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Published in: 50.50UK: the power of the women’s vote
Resistance to viewing women as a homogenous block can all too often provide politicians with an excuse to ignore...
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
