Lara Whyte
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Paddy Jackson’s revived rugby career is a backward step for feminism
Jackson was acquitted of rape last year, but he is a misogynist and should be banned from professional sport, says journalist Lara Whyte → Read More
The Backlash podcast episode 3: why we need feminist investigative journalism
At the 2018 International Journalism Festival in Perugia, Italy, 50.50 organised a panel on feminist investigative journalism with Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi, Crina Boros, and Claudia Torrisi. → Read More
Why are women joining far-right movements, and why are we so surprised?
Women’s ‘shocking’ participation in far-right politics has received much media attention. But is this a new trend, or have we been here before? → Read More
Tracking the backlash: why we're investigating the 'anti-rights' opposition
Growing and globalising networks of conservative and fundamentalist groups are pushing back against our sexual and reproductive rights. Help us investigate. → Read More
On the warpath: the young women leading Ireland’s campaign against abortion
Next year Ireland will hold a referendum on its controversial eighth amendment. Articulate, millennial “pro-life feminists” are leading the charge against reproductive rights. → Read More
"They are coming for your children" – the rise of CitizenGo
The right-wing campaigning platform has coordinated mass online petitions – and offline actions. Its reach is growing, alarming human rights advocates. → Read More
Northern Ireland faces instability as Martin McGuinness steps down from frontline politics
Northern Ireland’s power-sharing executive has collapsed after more than a decade, leaving the country on the edge of political crisis and forcing a new election on March 2. Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness resigned from frontline politics Thursday, announcing he will not stand in the upcoming election due to poor health.… → Read More
Northern Ireland’s decades-old peace agreement is collapsing
Northern Ireland’s Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has resigned in protest over the handling of the ‘Cash for Ash’ Renewable Heating Initiative (RHI) scandal that is due to cost taxpayers £490 million ($595 million). McGuinness explained in his resignation letter that his party, Sinn Féin, would not be nominating another… → Read More
Danish woman who fought against Isis faces jail sentence
Joanna Palani fought with Kurdish peshmerga and YPG in Syria but is now in custody in Copenhagen → Read More
Germany opens its doors to Yazidi women and children enslaved by Isis
Secret shelters in Baden-Württemberg support some of the 2,500 deeply traumatised women and children who have escaped Isis in northern Iraq → Read More
Yazidi survivors of Isis torture and rape need the support the UK promised
The UK government must prioritise help for survivors of Isis attacks in northern Iraq and Syria, who are in dire need of specialist health and counselling → Read More
Yazidi survivors of Isis torture and rape need the support the UK promised
The UK government must prioritise help for survivors of Isis attacks in northern Iraq and Syria, who are in dire need of specialist health and counselling → Read More
Yazidi survivors of Isis torture and rape need the support the UK promised
The UK government must prioritise help for survivors of Isis attacks in northern Iraq and Syria, who are in dire need of specialist health and counselling → Read More
'Soon It Will Be Too Late': The Children Lost Inside the Islamic State
The next jihadi generation is key to the Islamic State's survival. VICE News spoke to a Yazidi teenager who escaped sexual slavery and a man whose wife and children are in captivity in Raqqa. → Read More
Yezidi Militias Killed 21 Arab Civilians in Iraq Revenge Attack: Rights Group
Amnesty International says the Yezidi militiamen killed men, women and children and burned homes during a rampage through two Arab towns in January. → Read More
Activists Want the US to Warn Syrian First Responders About Incoming Barrel Bombs
The Syria Campaign has launched a petition that calls for the US to release radar information so that civilians and rescuers know when attacks are imminent. → Read More
'We Need People to Stand for Us' â The Yazidis Escaping Sexual Slavery in the Islamic State
Abandoned by the international community, Yazidi activists are risking their lives to track the thousands abducted by the jihadist group. VICE News spoke to one girl who escaped her brutal captivity. → Read More
Eyewitnesses Describe Nairobi's School Teargassing and Africa's Growing Land Grab Problem
Kenyan police teargassed school children protesting the land grab of their playground on Monday. This received a furious response but activists say this is far from an isolated issue. → Read More
Wage Activists Hit UK Retailers With Tag Switch for Living Wage
The biggest retailers in the country have seen their labels disappear from merchandise and replaced with calls to pay their staff a living wage. → Read More
'Britain Taught the World How to Torture': Northern Ireland's Hooded Men Take New Evidence Back to Court
In 1978, the UK was found to have used 'inhumane treatment,' but not torture, on detainees, setting a precedent for the use of enhanced interrogation techniques. VICE News speaks to the men appealing â with freshly unearthed government documents. → Read More