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Tracking the Backlash
Growing and globalising networks of conservative and fundamentalist groups are pushing back against our sexual and reproductive rights. 50.50 investigates.
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Published in:50.50What are the best films and TV shows about LGBTIQ lives?Nominations for the 2021 Golden Globes have been criticised by LGBTIQ rights advocates for what they’ve included and...
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Published in:50.50: NewsopenDemocracy’s feminist investigations team shortlisted for European awardOur Tracking the Backlash team was chosen for revealing the global spread of anti-abortion misinformation that...
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Published in:50.50: Interview‘We’re unstoppable’: Meet the women leading Myanmar’s protestsThese are some of the bold and brave women who have taken to the streets to protest against the military coup and...
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Published in:50.50: OpinionWhy we’re suing the Spanish governmentSpain is the only EU country to block Women on Web, which offers vital abortion information that the state has long...
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Published in:50.50: NewsNot so ‘macho’ now? Fewer Italians than Swedes hold anti-feminist views, survey saysNew research from anti-extremism charities reveals ‘unexpected patterns’ of opinions towards feminism across Europe
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Published in:50.50Meet the Tracking the Backlash teamSay hello to openDemocracy’s special team of editors and reporters investigating threats to the rights of women and...
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Published in: 50.50: NewsUK government cites US anti-LGBT ‘hate group’ in free speech proposalsADF International, an anti-abortion, ‘dark money’-funded think tank, provided ‘evidence’ for decline in free speech...
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionWhy are women being disproportionately penalised for TV licence non-payment?A staggering 74% of people convicted of non-payment of the licence fee in the UK are women – though they make up...
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionTrump’s allies threaten rights globally – US impeachment won’t change thatThe ultra-conservative networks that supported Trump are playing long games with global ambitions. Their threat to...
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Published in: 50.50: NewsUnder-fire UK equalities minister met controversial 'transphobic' groupRights advocates ‘alarmed’ by meeting with the LGB Alliance, which Ofcom’s chief says is ‘entirely inappropriate’ to...
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Published in: 50.50Four reasons why Poland’s war on abortion should scare youThis is not just ‘Poland being Poland’. These actions are illegal, inhumane and could spread across Europe – and...
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Published in: 50.50Nigerian human rights advocates explain why castrating rapists is the wrong strategyA Nigerian state has introduced sterilisation and death as a penalty for child rape. Local rights advocates explain...
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionThe media must not give African leaders platforms to spout homophobia – it only helps their populismCovering gay rights in Africa is hard work, for both local and international journalists. CNN’s Christiane Amanpour...
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationHow Paraguay became a ‘lab for anti-rights ideas’In 2017 the South American country became the world’s first to ban gender issues from school education – with help...
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionWhat’s at stake for women in Italy’s political crisisMatteo Salvini says the ‘Italy of the future’ must restrict abortions – but they are already hard to access. We...
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Published in: 50.50Will Trump’s anti-abortion Geneva Consensus fall apart?The pro-choice Biden administration is very unlikely to support the declaration, signed just two weeks before the...
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Published in: 50.50How our feminist investigative journalism fellows are shaking up the mediaopenDemocracy is training women and LGBTIQ people around the world in investigations and storytelling. Meet our...
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Published in: 50.50Nous recrutons des correspondants en Mésoamérique et en Afrique de l'Ouest francophonePostulez pour rejoindre l’équipe de journalisme feministe d’investigation engagée suite aux réactions contre les...
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Published in: 50.50Farewell to the Alt-Facts Republic: the Trump administration obituaryThe Twitter-obsessed, twice-impeached Trump administration has died, age four – but the polarisation it fed off, and...
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Published in: 50.50We’re hiring: correspondents in Mesoamerica and Francophone West AfricaApply to join openDemocracy’s feminist investigative journalism team tracking the backlash against women’s and LGBTIQ rights.
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationRevealed: US Capitol protesters are still fundraising via Amazon and PayPalTech giants are under pressure to ‘sever all ties to hate groups and white supremacists’.
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Published in: 50.50: Investigation‘Christian nationalists’ accused of violating law in Georgia electionsDemocrats won the critical Senate runoff races. But did evangelical groups ‘cross a legal line’ in trying to keep...
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Published in: 50.50Women in UK face rising online abuse from co-workers, survey saysData collected by charity suggests upsurge in sexual harassment faced by women working from home during the COVID-19...
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Published in: 50.50Women self-organise against violence in eastern Ukraine’s frontlinesI travelled across the conflict region and found local women actively organising against gender-based violence –...
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Published in: 50.50How I became an advocate for sex workers’ rightsA personal reflection by African feminist Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah. #12DaysofResistance
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Published in: 50.50Threats and murder won’t stop South Africa’s environmental activistsWomen are at the forefront of anti-mining disputes, fighting powerful corporations and state interests, while trying...
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