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Published in: 50.50Laureate Jody Williams: telling it like it is
Jody Williams speaks frankly to Jane Gabriel about the impact that being a Nobel Peace Laureate has on her life -...
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Published in: 50.50It all began on March 8th: feminism and fatwas......
Moroccan women won profound changes in their status when the Family law was reformed.
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Published in: 50.50Karama: Uniting to be each other's voice
After three years of constant debate, the Karama movement is finding a common language with which to speak, and a...
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Published in: 50.50We Moroccan women: we are not impatient, we know that it will come
Podcast: The reform of the Moroccan Family Code (Mudawana) in 2004 was a watershed in the campaign for women’s...
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Published in: 50.50Stepping up: young Muslim women in Britain
From reforming mosques to challenging perceptions of their communities, young Muslim women in Britain are stepping...
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Published in: 50.50Syrian Women's Rights: "the fight does not stop here"
Syrian Women's Rights: "The fight does not stop here, this is not the end of the story". Also read: Bassam AlKadi -...
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Published in: 50.50Breaking the Cycle of Violence: finding a place of peace
Breaking the Cycle of Violence: finding a place of peace. Women in Birmingham who have escaped violence at home talk...
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Published in: 50.50Iraqi women refugees: surviving in Syria
Iraqi women refugees: surviving in Syria. As the months turn into years, more and more women refugees in Damascus...
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Published in: 50.50Femicide and Patriarchy in Lebanon
Femicide and Patriarchy in Lebanon: The Lebanese judiciary has tried sixty six cases of 'honour killing' since 1999...
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Published in: 50.50Enough: ending private justice and violence against women
The Lebanese government is about to decide whether to introduce the first ever piece of legislation to protect women...
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Published in: 50.50Women in Sudan: beyond the war
Professor Balghis Badri speaks to Jane Gabriel about the women being empowered in the midst of conflict.
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Published in: 50.50Women and Memory: “I’m the Story”
Jane Gabriel meets the actors and writers of the Cairo-based Women and Memory forum.
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Published in: 50.50Brazil: searching for a violence-free life
Meeting women's rights activists in Salvador, Brazil, Jane Gabriel finds there can be no talk of empowerment without...
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Published in: 50.50World Refugee Day
A special podcast from Sheffield's City of Sanctuary, marking Refugee Week.
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Published in: 50.50Inside the Muslim Brotherhood: "living the other side of existence"
Afaf El Sayyad tells Jane Gabriel about living within a strict section of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, what...
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Published in: 50.50Ending violence against women
UN Special Rapporteur Dr Yakin Ertürk calls for action now to end violence against women.
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Published in: 50.50Rebuilding civil society in Sierra Leone
Hussaina Abdullah spoke to Jane Gabriel about rebuilding civil society in Sierra Leone in the aftermath of civil war.
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Published in: 50.50Women and world poverty
The basic rights of women in the developing world are being ignored in the battle against poverty
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Published in: 50.50Making development work for women
What has happened to the argument for women's human rights in international policy? Rosalind Eyben of IDS, Maitrayee...
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Published in: 50.50Empowering women in the middle east
Hibaaq Osman on dignity and violence in the middle east. Plus: blogging 16 days