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Published in: 50.50Bosnia's error of othering
Bosnia is saddled with a peace settlement for a constitution, and that is getting in the way of building a functioning state
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Published in: 50.50Is gender a universal category? The double edged sword of identity politics.
Jameen Kaur reports on the three day conference on ‘Women Deepening Democracy: Transforming Gender Equality. From...
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Published in: 50.50Deepening democracy by building gender equality
The conference on 'Women deepening democracy' held in New Delhi last week examined what can be done to tackle the...
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Published in: 50.50Stress, quarrels and neglect: the 'normal' polygamous family
A large-scale study currently underway across Malaysia uncovers proof that polygamy harms everyone involved: from...
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Published in: 50.50Peace process in Mindanao
How does conflict transformation work? Peace advisers have a particular range of skills which must be adapted and...
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Published in: 50.50Beyond stalemate: replacing the vicious with the virtuous circle
What is conflict transformation? How do you begin to approach the mutual hurt of conflict embedded in systems and...
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Published in: 50.50The challenge of moving from war to peace
One of the challenges in this set of unseen and unsung practices is how to make it visible and strengthen its...
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Published in: 50.50Nuanced agency in local-international peacebuilding:
In attempting to secure nonviolent transformation as a bottom-up mechanism, ‘uncomfortable voices’ may be ignored in...
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Published in: 50.50A Welcome to Diana Francis’ reflections: Conflict Transformed
This new generation missed out on the US civil rights movement, where nonviolent direct action was employed...
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Published in: 50.50What will it take to realise our vision of a just and equal world?
After thirty years of CEDAW, gender equality is at a vital juncture. How can we progress towards a just and equal...
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Published in: 50.50Last but not least: CEDAW and family law
When injustice in marriage and the family is such a pervasive experience for women and girls, why is family law...
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Published in: 50.50Making human rights for women a reality
There has been a critical shift from CEDAW being an aspirational international document, to its gender equality...
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Published in: 50.50The wedding dress with attitude
Malians do a good line in combining fashion and public relations for the causes they care about. Fatoumata and...
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Published in: 50.50The human cost of war
Diana Francis finds in an exhibition of quilts and arpilleras made by women from Ireland to Chile, a rallying call...
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Published in: 50.50Domestic violence is not a private family matter
In the pioneering ruling Opuz v Turkey, the European Court of Human Rights recognized for the first time that...
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Published in: 50.50An unfortunate accident: violence in Ahmadinejad’s Iran
In the wake of the contested Iranian election, Ahmadinejad's regime is seeking to silence political dissent through...
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Published in: 50.50The power of storytelling
Zainab Magdy describes her journey as a young feminist writer in a storytelling workshop in Cairo. “Many people ask...
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Published in: 50.50Jack in a Box
He liked playing with the Jack in a Box more than any other toy. It had been his favourite since childhood, and he...
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Published in: 50.50Owner of a Heart
Once upon a time, in a place far far away and a time that was neither happy nor glorious in a small town, there was...
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Published in: 50.50Meeri Piribis: carrying the torch of hope
“No more will we let the army decide, the insurgents decide, or the patriarchal structures of our societies that...