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The World Bank is a very powerful agency. Its power comes from two sources. Its immunity from lawsuits and its visa office that can give and take away US G4 visa to an expatriate staff and his/her family in the snap of a finger.

In November 2015, the Guardian ran a

In a piece I wrote on the occasion of International Women’s Day (IWD) in 2015, I argued for collective action to “make it happen” for women and girls. In an apparent follow-up to last year, this year’s IWD focuses on gender parity.

1. Male voices and perspectives tend to dominate economics, but feminist economists are challenging this

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The answer is yes. Women and girls may have scaled unimaginable heights in politics, science, arts, sports and business, but they are still struggling. Not just for equal pay, which is a concern on so many people’s minds today – but for their basic human rights.

The question ‘Are women human beings?’ is the provocatively titled lecture that was scheduled to take place by the Saudi Academy of Education and Public Consultation on 1 March 2016.

We, the International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS), celebrate International Women's Day and congratulate the women's organizations and all women for their struggles, sacrifices and victories in upholding, defending and promoting women's rights, in asserting and exercising the progressive ro

[In memory of Berta Caceres, your struggle continues in each of us. We express our support to all activists in resistance. Do not let fear paralyse us. More than ever, now, we must keep struggling together.]

The research provides an overview of LGBTQ organizing in a large and diverse region, drawing upon a wide range of perspectives and experiences of local activists and organizations.