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COVID-19 encounters Black Lives Matter In June, however, another wave of protests swept over the global political landscape, also targetting State repression but carrying an entirely distinctive meaning. We are talking here, of course, about the Black Lives Matter uprising against racist police violence in the United States,  which must be squarely situated in the wider maze […]

Argentinian MP Ofelia Fernandez: ‘Being a feminist means being on the side of history’ – France 24 Argentina moves closer to historic abortion legalization – The Guardian Green Handkerchiefs Wave In A Changing Argentina – Oxford Student Can Argentina’s Feminists Change Government? – American Quarterly

In the Battle Over Abortion, Polish Feminists with Disabilities Are Claiming Their Rights – Ms. Magazine “They’re uncompromising”: How the young transformed Poland’s abortion protests – openDemocracy Barbara Kruger’s ‘Your Body is a Battleground’ poster appears in Poland as protests flare up over abortion ban – The Art Newspaper Marta Lempart on leading Poland’s abortion […]

A 10-Year-Old Girl’s Ordeal to Have a Legal Abortion in Brazil – HRW Brazil 10-year-old rape victim name anti-abortion activist put online make pipo vex – BBC Minister Damares Alves Tried Prevent Abortion of A 10-year-old Child – FSP Bolsonaro embroiled in abortion row over 10-year-old rape victim – Irish Times

EFZ CALLS FOR THE IMMEDIATE WITHDRAWAL OF THE COMPREHENSIVE SEXUALITY EDUCATION FROM THE ZAMBIAN EDUCATION CURRICULUM – Phoeniz FM News American Christian right group hosts anti-LGBT training for African politicians – Daily Maverick Protect Trans Kids: Bar Dr Sybrand de Vaal from psychiatric practice – Change.Org

Paul B. Preciado: The Hot War – e-flux Pompeo’s Legacy Of Partisanship And Wading Into Political Waters – NPR Brazil Joins Egypt, Indonesia, Uganda, Hungary and the USA in A Declaration against Abortion – FSP U.S. signs international declaration challenging right to abortion and upholding ‘role of the family’ – Washington Post Kenyan Charities Urge […]

Pedophilia – more of the same? – SPW Monsters Under The Bed – SPW How Covid-19 myths are merging with the QAnon conspiracy theory – BBC QAnon in Europe: How the COVID pandemic helped promote a dangerous conspiracy theory – EuroNews No One is Immune: The Spread of Q-anon Through Social Media and the Pandemic […]

Berlin protests against coronavirus rules divide German leaders – The Guardian Neonazistas, conspiracionistas e antivacinas marcham an Alemanha pelo fim do isolamento – El País Trauma do lockdown fará surgir nova geração de liberais, diz economista americano – Folha de São Paulo Germany’s protests against coronavirus restrictions are becoming increasingly radical – Washington Post The […]

From insight to action: gender equality in the wake of covid-19 – UN Women Recession With a Difference: Women Face Special Burden – NY Times Clare Wenham et al. Women are most affected by pandemics — lessons from past outbreaks – Nature   Sophie Cousins. COVID-19 has “devastating” effect on women and girls – The Lancet

COVID-19 to Add as Many as 150 Million Extreme Poor by 2021 – World Bank What crisis? Billionaires rack up record fortunes, survey shows – Al Jazeera Can widening income inequality ever be bridged? – Al Jazeera US charges 57 with stealing $175m from pandemic aid programme – Al Jazeera En Amérique latine, le Covid-19 […]

Brazil Hits 7 Million Cases With Infections Picking Up Speed – Bloomberg Brazil’s president rejects COVID-19 vaccine, undermining a century of progress toward universal inoculation – The Conversation ‘Playing With Lives’: Brazil’s Covid Vaccine Plan Is Mired in Chaos – NY Times Bolsonaro branded ‘homicidally negligent’ over Brazil’s vaccine planning – The Guardian COVID cases […]

Offline: COVID-19 is not a pandemic – The Lancet The COVID-19 syndemic is not global: context matter – The Lancet One stillbirth every 16 seconds, and COVID-19 could make it worse – Al Jazeera Women grieve stillborn babies as COVID-19 spreads in India – Al Jazeera World caught in “syndemic” of chronic diseases and COVID-19, […]

Read Richard Horton’s essay on biopolitics during COVID-19