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Issue 474 of New Internationalist

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July-August 2014

Feminism

Feminism

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Autocracy or brave solution? Rwanda country profile

Ben Shepherd compares two starkly contrasting visions of Rwanda 20 years after the genocide.

Women on the edge of time

Hannah Pool mediates an intergenerational conversation between India's Kamla Bhasin and London's Lilinaz Evans.

Mitts off my muff

Hazel Healy interviews Nimko Ali, an activist revitalizing the fight against female genital mutilation.

Tinariwen's desert blues

Eyadou Ag Leche tells Graeme Green about his hopes for an autonomous Tuareg territory.

Can plastic surgery be liberating?

Feminist blogger Danielle Leigh and filmmaker and former model Susan Hess Logeais go head to head.

Facts for feminists

An infographic guide of gains and work-to-do.

Is there a feminist spring?

Women’s rights has got its mojo back – and not a minute too soon. Hazel Healy takes stock of the challenges ahead.

Social change is written in the streets

Fifty years ago the Civil Rights Act was passed into law in the US. Movements not governments propel change, believes Mark Engler...
Cupcakes can fuck off

Cupcakes can fuck off

Our new columnist Kate Smurthwaite tires of weird infantilizing representations of women.

Why are Haitians still eating mud cakes?

Four years after the earthquake, Haiti remains a country in crisis. Brian Fitzpatrick and Michael Norby report.
What is your top feminist read?

What is your top feminist read?

Tell us which book inspires you the most.

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