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Published in: democraciaAbierta: Investigation"They are going to kill me, and I don't want to get killed": social leader of the Colombian Cauca region
democraciaAbierta spoke with Yaneth Mosquera, social leader of the Colombian Cauca, who has dedicated her life to...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaWomen: the new political force in Latin America
Feminist movements in the region have taken figures such as Marielle Franco in Brazil, Beatriz Sánchez in Chile and...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWill the new Iraqi government face the domestic violence epidemic?
With domestic violence reaching alarming levels in Iraq during the pandemic, can the Iraqi government do the right thing?
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaDuring a pandemic, domestic violence shelters are essential services
In the Arab region, the pandemic serves as a wake-up call, highlighting the need to view shelter and other domestic...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEgypt: no country for all women
Recent events in Egypt show how the country’s mistreatment of women is part of a system that uses violence against...
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Published in: Home: OpinionHelen Lewis: Why I'm getting less liberal about sex work
The journalist and author talks about how she came to question her previous beliefs in the latest episode of Changed My Mind.
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: InvestigationMexico's Tragic Chain: 133 journalists' lives lost
The following article features 10 obituaries of journalists killed in Mexico in 2019. They are some of the 133...
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Published in: Women's Entrepreneurial JourneysHow women are helping each other to business success in Ghana
Tourism offers opportunities to women with little capital and few skills, but they need friends and professional...
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Published in: 50.50UK government criticised for “inconsistent” restrictions on pregnant women’s check-ups
Maternal health advocates demand answers after pubs and shops reopen but some women in England’s least-hit areas are...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Turkey’s presidential dictatorship
Re-converting Ayasofya takes a major symbolic step towards the President’s ideal goal of an Islamised one-party state.
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionWhy feminists should support the struggle for prison and police abolition
Prisons and police don’t protect women – particularly women of colour – from male violence. In fact they expose them...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: InvestigationWhere are the black, female and working class people at the government press conferences?
Those most affected by the COVID-19 crisis have been woefully under-represented at the daily briefings, and it's...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: InvestigationJournalism in Mexico: Report for a living, get killed for reporting
Since 2000, 133 journalists have been murdered in Mexico. 10 of them in 2019. Meanwhile, impunity wins in 99% of cases.
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Published in: openIndiaIndia: from populist nationalism to popular constitutionalism
A visit to Shaheen Bagh, in south east Delhi, reveals the surprising emergence of new shades of citizenship.
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationHow has COVID-19 affected women's rights during childbirth? Help us track this globally
Since the pandemic started, we've been documenting cases of abuse and mistreatment of women in labour around the...
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationWomen are being forced to give birth ‘alone’, in post-lockdown Armenia and Ukraine
Across Eurasia, women have reported mistreatment that defies World Health Organization guidelines – and national policies.
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationVenezuelan women give birth in ‘hell’ amid COVID-19 and economic collapse
Giving birth in Venezuela was already ‘Dantesque’, say experts. But with COVID-19 it’s even getting worse. This is...
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationTop doctors and lawyers condemn ‘shocking’ treatment of women in childbirth during COVID-19
Exclusive: openDemocracy investigation reveals ‘traumatic’ incidents defying WHO guidelines in 45 countries – as...
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationAfrican governments warned of lawsuits for maternal deaths under COVID-19 lockdowns
Exclusive: Women have died or suffered unsafe births after transport bans, while hospitals report rising equipment shortages.
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationWomen across Latin America ‘under pressure’ to have C-sections during COVID-19
Women are facing an ‘obstetric violence’ crisis made worse by the pandemic, despite laws against mistreatment and...