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Conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) refers to violent actions taken by armed personnel against women, girls, men, and boys during times of war. CRSV can take many forms, and includes rape, forced marriage, sexual slavery, forced pregnancy, and other acts of similar gravity. Before the mid-1990s there was hardly any data available on the magnitude of […]

We at openDemocracy recently launched our new website, as an elegant home for our multiple editorial offerings and vast archive of over 40,000 articles. It is a modern platform that enables us to enter the next phase of our mission with greater technical dexterity. openDemocracy was established in 2001 as a common space, primarily of […]

The media ensures that shock ricochets through the public by disseminating evidence of the deadly realities of undocumented migration as if it were something new. Julia Le Duc’s image, taken on the banks of the Río Grande, of a father and child who drowned whilst attempting to cross over from Mexico to the United States, […]

Paola Revenioti – a Greek LGBTIQ rights icon standing in this weekend’s parliamentary elections – stepped out onto Syggrou Avenue for the first time when she was 16 years old. It was the mid-1970s, just after the fall of the junta that had ruled the country since 1967. Syggrou Avenue, which runs from the centre […]

The Republican People’s Party (CHP) was able to win the mayoral election in Istanbul (31 March and 23 June 2019) and at the same time experienced how important cooperation with the Kurdish-progressive People`s Democratic Party (HDP) is to generate political strength. Click Here: Sports Water Bottles It should be emphasized that the support of the […]

Car horns, people on the streets, shooting into the air – this is how the Ingush public celebrated the departure of the republic’s third leader in the past 25 years. In recent months, the Ingushetian public had begun awaiting this decision with baited breath. The reason? Evkurov’s decision to sign a border agreement with neighbouring […]

People often slam men for telling women how to look or what they can wear based on their body types. But the same type of shaming often comes from women.  A study published by Bravo found that nearly 63 percent of women said they’d been body shamed by their mothers, and close to 62 percent said they’d experienced […]

Sadly, a lot of men go out of their way to avoid learning anything about a woman’s period.  (That could be why throughout most of the United States — where the majority of lawmakers are men — feminine hygiene products are subject to sales tax.) So we should give some love to the guys who make an […]

We are at a crucial moment for sex workers’ rights within the UK. Last week’s modern slavery debate in Parliament saw three MPs sound a clarion call for introduction of the ‘sex buyer law’ to the UK. This built on the recent final report of the government-commissioned Modern Slavery Act Review, which stated that the […]

Lynton Crosby has developed a surprisingly close relationship with Boris Johnson. The infamous Australian spin doctor is purportedly running Johnson’s campaign for prime minister: services for which he would normally charge a small fortune. But, instead, “the lizard of Oz”, as he’s known, appears to be paying Johnson for the honour. Crosby's lobbying firm CTF […]