Women Maoists in India face harassment and torture in rebel ranks and...
By Daphne Holmes: Maoist women in India face a sexism double whammy: in mainstream Indian culture, and within the alternative Maosit culture to which they have dedicated their lives. All too many women...
View ArticleSyria, foreign fighters and the Met’s new campaign
In response to the April 24th launch of a national campaign aimed at starting the conversation about protecting young people from the dangers of travelling to Syria by the Metropolitan Police, Jill S....
View Article“On the real terms of equality”
By Jill S. Russell: Surveying the landscape of current news stories on women is grim. There were the raped and lynched Indian girls, the stoned pregnant Pakistani woman, Farzana Parveen, a victim of...
View ArticleThe paradox of Brazil’s militarised public security
By Christoph Harig: President Dilma Rousseff visiting the military ‘Pacification Force’ in Rio’s Complexo do Alemão, 2011. Brazilian politicians have promised that the country would inherit lasting...
View ArticlePolicing and counterinsurgency: A case from Manchester
By Alex Calvo: Photo by Oggy Roberts. On 07 August 2013, Greater Manchester Police posted a note on Facebook describing a sexual assault in the city centre two days earlier.[1] It explained that a...
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