https://castbox.fm/ch/1275325 en-us 38596f2acd494e1ea0854d3bfe846820 1275325 openDemocracy 50.50 5050@opendemocracy.net News,Society & Culture no In July 50.50 attended an international gathering of men's rights activists in London and spoke to some of the men, and women, involved in this anti-feminist movement. In this episode we hear from Alastair from the UK fringe political party Justice for Men and Boys which organised the conference and we speak at length to Karen Straughan, a revered figure within the MRA movement and “the most famous anti-feminist in the world.” Tweet us at @5050oD or @Backlash_Track, or email us or find us on Facebook. 50.50 is an independent feminist media platform. Support our work and help us track the backlash against women's and LGBTQI rights by donating here: http://bit.ly/2rLUQ0b. Read our tracking the backlash series here: https://opendemocracy.net/5050/tracking-backlash 00:26:31 album-5f70ab877f7747319cdec49c8ce9467d-e1e9d6be77e54e1db80930379852991d Mon, 13 Aug 2018 09:43:43 +0000 88493382 no In April we were at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia and hosted a panel on why we need feminist investigative journalism. So for this episode we thought we would give you a flavour of that conversation. On the panel we have 50.50 writer Claudia Torrisi; Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi, who is the co-editor of openDemocracy's UK investigative section Shine a Light; Crina Boros, an independent data-driven investigative reporter and Claire Provost, investigative reporter and editor of 50.50. Tweet us at @5050oD or @Backlash_Track, or email us or find us on Facebook. 50.50 is an independent feminist media platform. Support our work and help us track the backlash against women's rights by donating here: http://bit.ly/2rLUQ0b. Read our tracking the backlash series here: https://opendemocracy.net/5050/tracking-backlash 00:24:30 album-5f70ab877f7747319cdec49c8ce9467d-8dc4f94d2431401fb51c1698d26a13a7 Thu, 28 Jun 2018 09:02:33 +0000 82365345 no For our second episode of The Backlash, we look into the conservative groups lobbying against women's rights at the United Nations conference on women's rights. We hear from professor Anne Marie Goetz from the Center for Global Affairs, NYU, who was at the conference for 50.50, and Raimundo Rojas who attended as a delegate, as well as author Clifford Bob who explains what he calls the 'Baptist Burka' network at the UN works against women. We also speak to Cledwyn Atush Mamai, an organiser in Kenya's growing anti-abortion lobby and our columnist Tiffany Mugo talks us through her story on the teenage girls being arrested for getting pregnant. Tweet us at @5050oD or @Backlash_Track, or email us on 5050@opendemocracy.net or find us on Facebook at @opendemocracy5050. 50.50 is an independent feminist media platform. Support our work and help us track the backlash against women’s rights by donating here: http://bit.ly/2rLUQ0b. Read our tracking the backlash series here: https://opendemocracy.net/5050/tracking-backlash 00:17:43 album-5f70ab877f7747319cdec49c8ce9467d-d0885f3ea9014e4cbd2f88ef4e9121bd Mon, 14 May 2018 11:03:12 +0000 77034910 no For our first episode of The Backlash, we look at the rise of the far right and the complicated role that women play in it. We talk to three women who know more about this topic than most: councillor Jolene Bunting in Northern Ireland, researcher Marilyn Mayo in the US, and professor Akanksa Mehta at the University of Sussex. Tweet us at @5050oD or @Backlash_Track, or email us on 5050@opendemocracy.net or find us on Facebook @opendemocracy5050. 50.50 is an independent feminist media platform. Support our work. Help us buy a microphone, and help us track the backlash against women's rights by donating here: http://bit.ly/2rLUQ0b Read our full tracking the backlash series here: https://opendemocracy.net/5050/tracking-backlash Sign up for our newsletter here by clicking on this link: http://bit.ly/2rLUQ0b 00:22:58 album-5f70ab877f7747319cdec49c8ce9467d-6f4e8cbefe284aea9b970855819fd2ce Mon, 14 May 2018 10:39:44 +0000 77034052 no