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Published in: 50.50Isolated in a toxic relationship
#HumansofCOVID19: I am in lockdown with my husband who drinks and shouts and breaks things. We live on social...
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Published in: 50.50Alarm as 2 billion people have parliaments shut or limited by COVID-19
Democracy groups warn of 'significant risks' to rights around the world as a growing number of parliaments shut down...
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Published in: Home: OpinionShaping a new social contract through the pandemic
The actions of governments, business, investors and civil society in response to COVID-19 will shape our futures.
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Published in: HomeThe impact of COVID-19 is all down to inequality
Coronavirus must change the neoliberal rationale, and rescue the social contract between the welfare state and the...
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Published in: oDRHouse of mirrors: what’s behind the third prosecution of Gulnara Karimova
An international arbitration case sheds light on the third successful prosecution of Gulnara Karimova, Uzbekistan’s...
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Published in: Home: InvestigationSign up to our coronavirus DemocracyWatch newsletter
Regimes around the world are rushing through anti-democratic measures. Sign up to our newsletter to follow the crackdown.
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Published in: oDR: Opinion“Your traditions, our blood!”: The struggle against patriarchal violence in Kyrgyzstan
In Kyrgyzstan, it appears that the police and nationalist groups are increasingly conspiring to push organised...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionCan the coronavirus save the planet?
The corona crisis signifies a civilization that is dying. But it also shows a 'pluriverse' of other worlds rising up.
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionEvery cent lost to tax havens could be used to strengthen our health and social systems
It’s women in the informal sector who are suffering the harshest effects of our broken tax system.
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Published in: oDRIn Kazakhstan, women march for their rights - and against violence
Unhindered by government restrictions, activists in Kazakhstan held the largest women’s day rally in years on 8 March.
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Published in: oDRIn Uzbekistan, homosexuality is illegal. Here's what LGBT life is like there
In a country where sex between men is a crime, these personal accounts reveal the everyday realities of pressure,...
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Published in: oDR: OpinionGrim news from Kyrgyzstan on domestic violence
It shouldn’t take a series of brutal murders to prompt government action.
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Published in: oDRWhy domestic violence is flourishing in Kyrgyzstan - and how it could stop
Nearly three years ago, a law outlawing domestic violence was passed in Kyrgyzstan, but it has had little effect....
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Published in: oDRThey shot to kill: the massacre of Kazakhstan’s striking oil workers, eight years on
Eight years after the infamous massacre of striking oil workers and their supporters at Zhanaozen in western...
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Published in: oDR: OpinionFateful Feminnale: an insider’s view of a “controversial” feminist art exhibition in Kyrgyzstan
A recent feminist art exhibition in Bishkek brought whip-wielding nationalists out to protest. Their outrage shows...
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Published in: oDR: OpinionPolarisation grows as Kyrgyzstan tackles controversial corruption issues
A high-profile corruption investigation has divided public opinion along familiar regional lines.
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Published in: oDR: OpinionThe moral education of a young woman in Kazakhstan
In Central Asia, female researchers trained in the west face traditionalism, poor compensation for work done and...
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Published in: oDR: OpinionCentral Asian feminists are carving out their space in gender studies
Few theories directly deal with the experience of colonisation and patriarchy in Central Asia. It’s time to develop them.
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Published in: oDRThe secret in their eyes: in Kyrgyzstan, plastic surgery is booming thanks to Instagram
In this Central Asian state, urban and social media-savvy women are increasingly turning to eye surgery for self-confidence.
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionThe Battle of Seattle: 20 years later, it's time for a revival
On this 20th anniversary of the Battle of Seattle, the struggle against globalized capital continues.