Life sentence

Life sentence

In the last of our series celebrating NI at 50, Debbie Taylor argues that women are imprisoned by domestic work.

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NI 546 - Spying on dissent - November, 2023
The tagline of Iran’s recent pro-women’s movement is translated from a Kurdish slogan which neatly captures the ideology of the region’s feminist politics. Here a mural displays the Kurdish original.Photo: Herzi Pinki/Creative Commons

The science of women

Around the world, people are chanting ‘Women, Life, Freedom’ in solidarity with the women’s uprising in Iran – dubbing it the ‘first feminist revolution in the world’. Not so, argues Rahila Gupta, as she examines its precursor: a Kurdish feminist revolution in Rojava.

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NI 542 - A world to win - March, 2023
Sanarya practices searching for explosive ordnance as part of her training as a deminer in Chamchamal, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq.Photo: MAG

Feel the fear and carry on

In Iraq a growing number of women are now doing the dangerous work of removing landmines – previously a male preserve. Adrian Margaret Brune reports.

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NI 536 - Abolition - March, 2022
Read my facemask: a woman at a rally of essential workers in Detroit, Michigan, US, October 2020.Photo: Emily Elconin/Reuters/Alamy

The fight for lives and labour

Black women in the US do the socially important work, often unnamed and unrecognized, that is essential to the profit of an economic elite. Rose M Brewer profiles four examples of how they are standing up for change.

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NI 534 - The future of work - November, 2021
Illustration: Sindu Sivayogam

Passing it on

Keeping children fed and houses clean is part of a global care chain that can be lonely and emotionally conflicted, with the burden disproportionately carried by women. This story by Amy Hall shows how it works.

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NI 528 - A caring economy - November, 2020
Action & info

Action & info

Action, information, and advocacy groups to support on health care.

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NI 528 - A caring economy - November, 2020
Illustration: Andy Carter

What if…

We had binding quotas for women in politics? Vanessa Baird looks at what gender parity can do.

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NI 525 - The fight for clean air - May, 2020
Husna during training with her kickboxing instructor who comes from Dohuk, the nearest city to the camp.Photo: Giacomo Sini

Packing a punch

In the refugee camps of Iraqi Kurdistan, Yazidi women are using boxing to overcome the traumas of war. Report by Monir Ghaedi, photos by Giacomo Sini.

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NI 520 - The right to the city - July, 2019
Tolossa Asrat, editor of Kanere, poses with a local Turkana girl in Kakuma refugee camp, northwest Kenya.Photo: Sally Hayden

Kenya: refugee reporters

Sally Hayden reports on a fully independent, refugee-run news outlet in the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya

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NI 518 - Building a new internationalism - March, 2019
Rescued but fearful: these are images of sub-Saharan women brought ashore from the Alboran Sea to the port of Motril near Granada by maritime rescue teams. Whether draped in red blankets or clinging fast to a railing after their time on the waves, uncertainty is written on every face.Photo: CARLOS GILL / SOPA IMAGES / GETTY

For women seeking refuge in Spain, a trail of peril awaits

The stories of women migrants making the desperate Mediterranean crossing to Europe are different from those of the men, marked by a higher level of exploitation and abuse. Lucia Benavides reports from Spain.

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NI 518 - Building a new internationalism - March, 2019

Keeping women in their place

As 25 November marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Joni Seager maps the stark reality faced by women in every corner of the world – from Belarus to Brazil.

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NI 516 - The dirt on waste - November, 2018

What rape tells us about society

The brutal gang rape and murder of Jyoti Singh in 2012 shone a blistering light on sexual violence as a staggeringly common occurrence in India. Author Sohaila Abdulali explains how, despite the case’s global coverage, the conversation about rape has only just begun.

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NI 515 - Making peace in a world at war - September, 2018
Hands off

Hands off

Anti-groping badges are becoming a popular tool in Japanese women’s fight against sexual harassment or chikan.

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NI 514 - The next financial crisis - July, 2018
Photos: Gisella Ligias

Against their will

Lea Surugue and Gisella Ligios report from the Czech Republic where Roma women who were forcibly sterilized are demanding the authorities take responsibility.

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NI 514 - The next financial crisis - July, 2018

And Finally: Meena Kandasamy

From gender-based violence to the challenges of being an outspoken woman, Indian writer and activist Meena Kandasmy talks with Graeme Green.

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NI 511 - Humanitarianism under attack - April, 2018
Photo: Blanca Tasilla Moqueira/Women, Mining and Photography 2017

Women against mining – and for the good life

Photography is helping Peruvian women document life near Latin America’s largest goldmine.

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NI 510 - Black Lives Matter - March, 2018
Photo: booledozer

Whatever the #MeToo backlash, we’ve heard it all before

The whataboutery being directed towards the #MeToo movement is nothing new – feminists have experienced backlashes before, writes Kate Smurthwaite.

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NI 510 - Black Lives Matter - March, 2018
Illustration: Sarah John

The weighted scales of justice

Being on the wrong side of suspicion can have extreme consequences where formal justice systems are not fully functional, realizes Amy Booth on a visit to a prison.

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NI 509 - What's left for the young? - January, 2018
Men tackle domestic violence

Men tackle domestic violence

Meet the non-profit art group trying to end violence against women in Mozambique. By Rebecca Cooke.

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NI 509 - What's left for the young? - January, 2018

Articles in this category displayed as a table:

Article title From magazine Publication date
Spying on dissent November, 2023
A world to win March, 2023
Abolition March, 2022
The future of work November, 2021
A caring economy November, 2020
A caring economy November, 2020
The fight for clean air May, 2020
The right to the city July, 2019
Building a new internationalism March, 2019
Building a new internationalism March, 2019
Building a new internationalism March, 2019
The dirt on waste November, 2018
Making peace in a world at war September, 2018
The next financial crisis July, 2018
The next financial crisis July, 2018
Humanitarianism under attack April, 2018
Black Lives Matter March, 2018
Black Lives Matter March, 2018
What's left for the young? January, 2018
What's left for the young? January, 2018
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