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Briefing paper

Takers Not Makers: The unjust poverty and unearned wealth of colonialism

20/01/2025

9 documents

96 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

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Billionaire wealth has risen three times faster in 2024 than in 2023. Five trillionaires are now expected within a decade. Meanwhile, crises of economy, climate and conflict mean the number of people living in poverty has barely changed since 1990. Most billionaire wealth is taken, not earned- 60% comes from either inheritance, cronyism, corruption or […]

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Discussion paper

Feminist Peace and Security in Africa

21/09/2020

1 documents

19 pages long

Languages: English

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Helen Kezie-Nwoha uses a post-colonial and feminist lens to deconstruct why the African continent has continued to be a site for conflict in the 21st century. Long-running wars have had devastating impacts on populations, and particularly on women, young women and girls. She argues that most of the conflicts can be blamed on the nature […]

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Journal article

Reclaiming culture, resisting co-optation: young feminists confronting the rising right

14/11/2018

17 pages long

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Reclaiming culture, resisting co-optation: young feminists confronting the rising right

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This article presents two case studies of young feminist resistance to the rising phenomena of fascisms and fundamentalisms. The first shows young feminists organising in Kenya, and focuses on the battle to repeal a colonial Penal Code criminalising homosexuality. The second, from Brazil, highlights how young Afro-Brazilian feminists are resisting attacks against their religions in […]

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