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The tagline of Iran’s recent prowomen’s movement is translated from a Kurdish slogan which neatly captures the ideology of the Kurdish feminist revolution. Here a mural displays the Kurdish original. HERZI PINKI/CREATIVE COMMONS

23 Feb 2023 1 minute read

Before Iran, the Kurdish feminist revolution

Rahila Gupta examines the precursor to Iran’s ‘first feminist revolution in the world’: a Kurdish feminist...

A woman in protective clothing kneels down and searches for explosive ordnance

1 May 2022 4 minute read

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Feel the fear and carry on

In Iraq a growing number of women are now doing the dangerous work of removing landmines – previously a male preserve....

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26 Apr 2022 6 minute read

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Feminists challenge inaction at UN summit

Conservative anti-rights groups, and the failure of rich nations to take responsibility for climate change, threatened to...

Women stand in a row holding hands in the air

28 Dec 2021 3 minute read

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Taking on the torch-bearers of patriarchy

A growing number of women are going against the stream in India, writes Nilanjana Bhowmick.

26 Nov 2020 4 minute read

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Keeping the world cared for

From dealing with Covid-19, to finding inventive ways to make ends meet, three workers from the Philippines, Trinidad and...

Photo: Craven Mupenda/Girl Effect

16 Sep 2020 5 minute read

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‘Young people in our country need care and support to thrive’

Flavia Mutamutega, Rwanda’s sole agony aunt for adolescent girls, tells...

Illustration by Andy Carter

1 Jun 2020 3 minute read

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What if…we had quotas for women in politics?

Vanessa Baird looks at what gender parity can do.

1 Aug 2018 5 minute read

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Against their will

Lea Surugue and Gisella Ligios report on the Roma women fighting to make the Czech...

Feminist students have occupied universities across Chile.

25 Jun 2018 6 minute read

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Occupying against the patriarchy

Chilean feminists have taken over university buildings until inequality is tackled. Giulia Dessi reports....

7 Jun 2018 6 minute read

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Argentina’s women fight for safe, free and legal abortion

The Ni Una Menos movement are making history. Will they succeed in this Wednesday’s vote on 13 June? ...

Kenyan lawmaker Sarah Korere talks to supporters during an election campaign rally in the village of Dol Dol in Laikipia County, Kenya.

31 May 2018 5 minute read

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Can men help break Kenyan womens’ exclusion?

Can male volunteers help break the cycle of womens’ political exclusion in Kenya? Hannah O’Neill and...

21 May 2018 6 minute read

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Can a new generation topple Ireland’s 8th amendment?

This Friday’s vote demonstrates a vibrant and long overdue campaign for a secular republic, Éilis Ryan...

8 May 2018 4 minute read

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Why telling victims not to ‘be victims’ is wrong

Kate Smurthwaite stands in defence of this battered word.

29 Apr 2018 3 minute read

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And Finally: Meena Kandasamy

The writer and activist discusses domestic abuse, social media and politics in India with Graeme Green.

4 Apr 2018 6 minute read

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Raising voices to stop rape in Bangladesh

The Bangladeshi state is intimidating indigenous human rights defenders. Amy Hall reports.

14 Mar 2018 7 minute read

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Women starving for their basic humanity

Immigration Removal Centres are the shame of Britain, Katie McQue reports.

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