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Published in: democraciaAbierta: InvestigationMexico: Human rights defenders at the forefront of the COVID19 crisis
Human rights defenders in Mexico are simultaneously faced with two emergencies: health and human rights. Español
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Published in: Pandemic BordersIf COVID-19 is the Titanic, the economy is the iceberg
The pandemic has shown how essential care labour is to the functioning of the global economy.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe danger of being transgender in Latin America in times of quarantine
The measures implemented in Panama, Peru and Colombia have subjected LGBTI people to harassment. Also, they do not...
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Published in: 50.50How a harsh Polish abortion bill sparked women’s strikes around the world
This week Polish parliament votes on restricting abortion rights. In 2016, we resisted a bill like this, inspiring...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaIndigenous migrant women from Venezuela: extremely vulnerable to COVID-19
The border closure caused by the pandemic impacts Venezuela’s indigenous migrants particularly harshly. And the...
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Published in: 50.50‘This is war’: The story behind Poland’s bid to ban abortion today
A new book traces religious and ‘traditional values’ networks in Poland and beyond. Now, amidst coronavirus, they’re...
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Published in: openMovementsThe Covid-19 pandemic reveals and exacerbates the crisis of care
Care, not the market, is the central organizing axis of community life. The inability of states and governments to...
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionHow my north Texas students taught me ‘we’re all in the same boat’ is a lie
Asking big questions and learning from our different experiences are the first steps to a better world beyond coronavirus.
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Published in: 50.50Millions may struggle to access contraception and abortion amidst COVID-19
Travel restrictions and border closures are causing clinic closures and shortages of contraceptives and HIV...
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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: openMovementsCommunity spaces in India: constructing solidarity in pandemic times?
Can the initiatives we see pave the way for the exercise of participatory democracy, of solidarity as a way of...
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Published in: 50.50Family offers no solace
#HumansofCOVID19: How can LGBTIQ people find solace in family or religion when these are the sources of our pain?
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Published in: 50.50Regole ‘assurde’ ostacolano l’accesso all’aborto durante COVID-19
Abortire è legale in Italia da oltre quarant’anni, ma secondo le linee guida le IVG farmacologiche sono accessibili...
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Published in: 50.50‘Absurd’ rules obstruct abortion access in Italy during COVID-19
Abortion has been legal in Italy for 40 years but guidelines say medical terminations must occur in hospitals – now...
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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: 50.50: InvestigationEcuador and Costa Rica promise to probe US-backed ‘crisis pregnancy centres’
Health authorities say they'll open formal investigations following openDemocracy's reporting – though it’s unclear...
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Published in: 50.50Job: US Investigations Editor
Seeking: A highly experienced US-based investigative journalist, to lead our project tracking the backlash against...
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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: ourEconomy: OpinionThe coronavirus crisis shows it's time to abolish the family
What does the pandemic tell us about the nuclear family and private household?
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Women refugee photographers who changed how post-war Britain saw itself
These images served to signal that there was also a cultural dimension to the hopes for post-war renewal.