MAGA wants teen births. It won't work Teen birth rates are at historic lows — and young women want to keep it that way

www.salon.com/2026/04/20/m...

'A serious misstep': How on earth did this AI billboard ad get approved? The latest News,/news,,news, breaking news, comment, reviews and features from the experts at Creative Bloq

Ad for an AI company aiming to replace employees who are most often thought to be doing women's work. www.creativebloq.com/design/print...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

Instead of asking other men how to talk to women, men can just... talk to women YouTube video by The Daily Show

Miss Jones on the "male loneliness epidemic":
Instead of asking other men how to talk to women, men can just... talk to women
www.youtube.com/shorts/-fjDl...

UN women’s rights committee reaffirms protection of girls from prostitution and sexual exploitation GENEVA - The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) has reaffirmed its unequivocal position that States must protect girls from all forms of exploitation, abuse...

www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

The messy plaintiffs behind so many anti-abortion lawsuits Allegations of domestic violence have turned yet another abortion-pill case into "a PR disaster."

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Feminist 250 America turns 250 this year. Who actually built this democracy? Founding Feminists centers the women and gender-nonconforming people written out of the origin story—from Phillis Wheatley to Ona Judge ...

USA: msmagazine.com/feminist-250/

CSW70 NGO Forum: Women’s Everyday Survival in War and Genocide YouTube video by DAWNfeminist

Women's Everyday Survival in War, Occupation and Genocide: An event video shared by DAWN (Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era - a feminist organization of the global south.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBwT...

MENAFem Reflection on the 2026 IMF & World Bank Spring Meetings - menafem movement These so-called “technical” failures are, in fact, gendered political choices. In the MENA region—where war, debt, and climate collapse intersect with patriarchal state structures—the “silence” of the...

Beyond Survival: A MENAFem Reflection on the 2026 IMF & World Bank Spring Meetings
For the MENAFem Movement network, the takeaway is clear: The system prioritizes creditor returns over the care economy, and geopolitical energy over survival of the Global South.
menafemmovement.org/beyond-survi...

Gender Equality in the Private Sector: A Toolkit for Male Allies in the Arab States | WEPs The purpose of this toolkit is to provide companies with a comprehensive guide to creating a gender-inclusive workplace, with a focus on the engagement of men. It is designed to encourage and provide ...

www.weps.org/resource/gen...

Porsha Ngumezi and Nevaeh Crain died during miscarriages in Texas. The state’s medical board ruled that the doctors’ substandard care led to the deaths and ordered them to complete extra training.

"The Texas Medical Board has disciplined three doctors ProPublica previously investigated whose patients died after receiving delayed or inappropriate pregnancy care under the state’s strict abortion ban."

Texas Medical Board Sanctions Three Doctors for Delayed Care That Led to the Deaths of Two Pregnant Women The two women died during miscarriages. The state’s medical board has ruled that substandard care led to their deaths.

www.propublica.org/article/tmb-...

Rebecca Bligh Wants Vancouver’s Votes for Mayor | The Tyee The two-term city councillor and mayoral candidate started Vote Vancouver to be non-partisan.

Woman running to be Mayor of Vancouver BC Canada:
thetyee.ca/News/2026/04...

Women and Multilateralism: BRICS and the Global South in Focus - South Feminist Futures Knowledge Hub This paper critically examines multilateralism through a feminist and Global South lens, arguing that while multilateral institutions remain essential for peace, development, and global cooperation, t...

Note: BRICS stands for the international alliance started by Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (sort of an alternative to NATO)

knowledgehub.southfeministfutures.org/kb/women-and...

Disconnected in War Iran’s internet shutdown and its economic cost on women and the informal economy.

www.laprogressive.com/war-and-peac...

Gender parity as a cornerstone of democracy: Parliamentary seminar held in the Parliament of Montenegro The Women’s Club of the Parliament of Montenegro, in cooperation with the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, organised a parliamentary semi...

Gender Parity as a Cornerstone of Democracy: Seminar Held in the Parliament of Montenegro

www.eeas.europa.eu/delegations/...

26. It’s Not Only The Violence: Women are Enraged by Men’s Cultivated Ignorance A weekend long read that might make your blood boil, but might also help have better conversations about hard things.

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ICYMI: Never eat with women In chapter two of our Epstein Class series, we examine a strange absence in the photographic record -- and the greatest fear of the men in Epstein's circle

"To browse through the Epstein photos is to identify, through its absence, what must be most terrifying to men in this circle: a forty-something woman with thoughts." Anand Giridharadas, March 8, 2026

the.ink/p/icymi-neve...

Not just an ally: Radical Feminism for Men, Parts 1-3
Can be found on this page:
robertwjensen.org

Young men, masculinity and states of emergency in the Caribbean The success of states of emergency are not often assessed by how such measures intersect with social dynamics — which in turn shape concepts of masculinity insecurity, and youths’ lived experience.

globalvoices.org/2026/04/18/y...

When climate change impairs beekeeping in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Climate change negatively impacts human, animal, and plant species. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), this crisis is leading beehives, which are vital to food security, to run dry.

globalvoices.org/2026/04/14/w...

On the Ground in Gaza: An Aid Worker Describes Continuing Violence and Fear • KKFI Rasha Abouselem has been a humanitarian aid worker since 2014. In December she was in Gaza. She reports on the conditions she found there, the violence Palestinians continue to live with despite the c...

another episode, from January
kkfi.org/program-epis...

Deja Vu: Israel Wages Another War on Lebanon • KKFI Sonya Meyerson-Knox discusses the current war in Lebanon that began after the United States and Israel attacked Iran, describing the war within the context of previous Israeli wars in Lebanon and long...

kkfi.org/program-epis...

Psychiatric Morbidity Among Adolescents and Young Adults Who Contacted Specialised Gender Identity Services in Finland in 1996-2019: A Register Study - PubMed Severe psychiatric morbidity is common among gender-referred adolescents and appears to be more prevalent in those referred after the recent surge in referrals. Psychiatric needs do not subside after ...

Apparently this Finnish one is the world's only comprehensive long-term study of young people referred for and receiving gender reassignment treatments. This page has a summary of the study. There are various articles about it online.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41934366/?ut...

I love this photo of astronaut Christina Koch looking back at Earth from Artemis II.

She's the first woman to see the full sphere of our beautiful planet.

Welcome home to the crew, and thank you for reminding us of all we can discover together.

The Hunt on the Tundra at the FriesenPress Bookstore Newly graduated from university, Dana Fraser is looking for adventure. A city girl with a fear of horses, Dana faces challenges both within her heart and courtesy of mother nature. The Hunt on the Tun...

Book now available here:
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Radio Gurune in Bolgatanga, Ghana, is fundraising for a new antenna.
Their station manager is Lydia Ajono.
They broadcast music and topics ranging from farming and Agro-Ecology to politics and youth and women's development.

49hhv.r.ag.d.sendibm3.com/mk/cl/f/sh/O...

On the other hand:
Free pdf of “Feminism Against Cisness”
substack.com/redirect/1ff...

My high school's transgender bathroom policies violate the privacy of the rest of us Students experiencing gender dysphoria deserve our love and support. But my privacy rights shouldn’t depend on what others believe about their gender.

She co-filed a lawsuit:
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...