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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionThese 13 bodies said they would counter the pandemic in Latin America - have they?
Thirteen Inter-American and international institutions, coordinated by the OAS, agreed on a series of actions to...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWomen activists in the Middle East face online bullying and sexual harassment
A growing wave of online bullying and sexual harassment is forcing many women and feminist activists to abandon the...
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Published in: ourEconomyUnder cover of the pandemic, stealth land grabs are ongoing in India
Indigenous women are on the front lines of resistance against forest evictions.
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Published in: ourEconomyDecolonize your pandemic reading list
From Zimbabwe to China, trade deals to odious debt, get a new perspective on the pandemic this lockdown.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Mothers and children in Italy
“Nobody at my husband’s company asked him how he was going to take care of his kids during the lockdown. It was...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?: OpinionShared parenting in Greece: three cheers for the Mitsotakis cabinet
“This coming autumn, the Greek right-wing government will be introducing shared parenting. This is a major...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Reimagining victory by winning the peace
If we want to see societies win the peace we need a concept of victory that is about justice and reconciliation,...
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Published in: Women's Entrepreneurial JourneysTo support Africa’s women entrepreneurs, investors must understand them
African women entrepreneurs can overcome the funding gap with targeted support from a new type of gender-focused investors.
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Published in: 50.50The sex work network we have been building is saving us during COVID-19
I’m a sex worker in Argentina. I can’t work and I have no support from the government, but our grassroots network is...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: InvestigationZapatistas: Lessons in community self-organisation in Mexico
As the first attempt to abolish police are under way in the US, meet the communities that have been experimenting...
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationInfant formula companies are ‘exploiting’ COVID-19 pandemic
Companies are accused of using COVID-19 to push their products, including targeting parents’ ‘fears of infection’.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaHow to improve gender-based violence research?
Using participatory and creative methods to research gender-based violence in Low- and Middle-Income Countries is...
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Published in: oDRUkraine's surrogate mothers struggle under quarantine
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed that Ukraine's international surrogacy industry desperately needs to change.
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionUruguay’s ‘shadow pandemic’ of violence against women is out of control
The ‘Switzerland of Latin America’ is proud of its COVID-19 response. But almost 80% of women have experienced...
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Published in: HomeDemocracyWatch: African sex workers hit hard by lockdown laws
All around the world, the most marginalised groups have been hit hardest by lockdown laws and their enforcement.
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Published in: 50.50Sex workers abandoned as COVID crackdowns undo Africa’s HIV efforts
Controlling COVID-19 is worsening Africa’s HIV epidemic and destroying HIV services, with sex workers facing...
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Published in: 50.50Now, I have to take whatever clients offer for sex
I’m a sex worker in South Africa. Sex usually costs 70 Rand (about $5), but now I have to accept almost half that,...
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Published in: Pandemic BordersIn Canada, non-status women are being left behind
Non-status women remain largely invisible in the COVID-19 public health response and emergency support programs.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Women in power: countries with female leaders suffer six times fewer Covid deaths and will recover sooner from recession
They did not underestimate the risks, focused on preventative measures and prioritized long-term social wellbeing...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?: OpinionCaring about social care
“I lived in Leicester and if you are a woman and you want a job there, the only jobs available are in care work. ”