OII Europe welcomes UN experts’ statement on gender as a tool to advance human rights – OII Europe
47 UN Special Procedures mandate holders reaffirm central role of gender as an analytical lens to advance equality & human rights for all| OII Europe
Tributes poured in following the death of Jane Goodall, with stories of her remarkable life and doings, the way she set out new paths in research and lived a different kind of life. The quoted remark of hers that most … Continue reading →Continue reading →| Occam's Typewriter
The Commission’s new LGBTIQ+ Equality Strategy 2026-2030: Progress Made, But Intersex Rights Overlooked Yesterday, on the 8th of October 2025, the European Commission published its second EU LGBTIQ+ Equality Strategy. OII Europe welcomes the adoption of the Strategy, which was committed to in the mission letter of EU Commissioner for Equality, Preparedness and Crisis Management, […] The post New EU LGBTIQ+ Equality Strategy: Intersex Rights Overlooked appeared first on OII Europe.| OII Europe
47 UN Special Procedures mandate holders reaffirm central role of gender as an analytical lens to advance equality & human rights for all| OII Europe
The cost of data in Malawi had been a cause for concern to many consumers where, in 2020, consumers were paying US$25 per one gigabyte.| unsustainable
As we learn more about how to improve classrooms in higher education, the concept of the “shy student” is a recurring one that serves as a convenient shorthand for describing students who don’t speak up. As a result, some faculty members may be frustrated with students who are less vocal in group activities and conclude […] The post There Are No “Shy Students”, Only Poor Learning Environments appeared first on Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning.| Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning
In his opening salvo, the esteemed Scott Yenor righteously scrutinizes the travesty of single-sex education at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI). Yenor lays bare the deleterious effects that forced sex integration has had on honor, cohesion, and the society into which graduates of the school march. What he emphasizes less, however, is how the Supreme... Read more about: How to Make Enough Good Men The post How to Make Enough Good Men appeared first on The American Mind.| The American Mind
Elevating Inclusion: Shaping the Future of Business and Society is a series of events to promote best practice organised by the just-launched Cambridge Judge Global EDI Forum for Business Schools. The series will extend throughout the 2025/26 academic year, and kicks off on 14 October with a Black History Month event on Understanding Race in Different Cultures. Other schools participating in the Global EDI Forum include INSEAD, the University of York, Durham University Business School, IE Mad...| Cambridge Judge Business School
John Ellis offers a necessary corrective to historians who have largely lost perspective on the past.| Law & Liberty
Aid agencies are warning war-torn Myanmar's Rakhine State will soon see people starving. As a result, the World Food Programme (WFP) has issued an urgent appeal for more donations to avoid a "full-blown disaster" The post Refugees facing starvation in war-torn Myanmar first appeared on North East Bylines.| North East Bylines
By: Hannah Hunter-Loubert Case Commented On: Fair Voting BC v Canada (Attorney General), 2025 ONCA 581 PDF Version: Democratic Charter Rights and First-Past-The-Post: A Shallow Conception of Democracy at the Ontario Court of Appeal Despite many Canadians’ dissatisfaction with our current first-past-the-post (“FPTP”) election system, every attempt at reform so far has failed. The failed […]| ABLawg
Originally published at Mises.org. “You just can’t attack Lincoln and get away with it—you just can’t.” Hearing these words, spoken in front of a portrait of Lincoln at the Rockford Institute in 1989, is my first memory of Mel Bradford. That remark, delivered in an accent characteristic of the Texas-Oklahoma border that was his home country, reflected the wounds of...| Abbeville Institute
As party policies and platforms trickle out, community groups are watching for commitments on poverty, gender and equity issues| The Independent
SOUTHINGTON, CT — While the National Immigrant Heritage Center has inducted more than 40 individuals into its Immigrant Heritage Hall of Fame since 2013, this year felt like a particularly important year to recognize the contributions of immigrants to American society, organizers said.| CT News Junkie
How can children thrive when the institutions designed to safeguard them fall short? Let's discuss raising children in today's world.| unsustainable
Seeing more examples of renewable energy initiatives created by marginalized communities may inspire you to enact similar, empowering change where you live.| unsustainable
UNISON’s objectives include fighting for fairness and equality and challenging all forms of discrimination including any form of racism. We have always stood for the rights and equality of all people, regardless of ethnicity, religion, or background. Expressions of national pride around important anniversaries and sporting achievements can be positive and unifying. However, some recent […] The article Statement on recent rallies and demonstrations first appeared on the UNISON National site.| UNISON National
In a world where a Supreme Court nominee can’t safely say what a woman is, perhaps we should be unfazed by a U.S. senator who insists that the concept of God-given natural rights is really crypto-Iranian theocracy. In the week leading up to the assassination of Charlie Kirk, that is exactly what Virginia Senator Tim... Read more about: Don’t Know Much About America The post Don’t Know Much About America appeared first on The American Mind.| The American Mind
JK Rowling does not own my identity. Judges don't own my identity. The PM doesn't, and neither does his government.My employer, my colleagues, my friends, my family, no, they're not my identity. It isn't written on a piece of paper, given to my parents.It's not decided by other people's ideas of common sense.It's not immutable, it cannot be| tacc.org.uk -
Charles Darwin fathered not just a scientific theory, but a toxic social ideology that fueled racist colonial policies in Africa. In this sobering book, African scholar Olufemi Oluniyi traces the insidious impact of Darwinian ideas on British imperial policies in Northern Nigeria. Drawing on official documents, public statements, and well-attested historical events, Oluniyi documents how concepts such as evolutionary racism Read More ›Source| Books – Discovery Institute
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has quietly locked the evidence away. A Freedom of Information disclosure shows the Commission will not release its consultation report on the draft Code of Practice until after the Code has been laid before Parliament and has become statutory guidance. That means the analysis the EHRC says supports its […] The post Consultation in name only: EHRC blocks MPs and public from seeing the evidence first appeared on tacc.org.uk.| tacc.org.uk
Today, along with over 80 partner organisations, we are writing to MPs across the UK calling for robust Parliamentary scrutiny of the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s (EHRC) forthcoming Code of Practice on Services, Public Functions and Associations. Joint letter from trans+/LGBTQ+ orgs If Bridget Phillipson, Minister for Women and Equalities, does not make provision| tacc.org.uk -
The End Violence Against Women Coalition is one of more than 100 women’s rights groups that have today (19th August 2025) written a joint letter to the Prime Minister calling for urgent action against the weaponisation of violence against women and girls by far-right groups and mainstream politicians to further a racist, anti-migrant agenda. Co-ordinated…| End Violence Against Women
Sometimes people approach faith like it's a competition. A verse or passage is read, and instead of seeking to understand it, the focus shifts to proving who is right. When the rush to be right takes over, conversations that could be moments of learning or reflection turn into debates about who can quote Scripture the fastest or defend their interpretation the strongest.| The Baylor Lariat - The official student news source
The Court of Appeal for Ontario upholds the constitutionality of Canada’s election system| Double Aspect
Our FOI reveals a year of correspondence showing how ministers and senior officials at the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT) met repeatedly with the anti-rights group Sex Matters while shaping the government’s new digital identities framework, the system…| Trans Advocacy and Complaints Collective
How a single unconfirmed complaint became a media weapon, and why trans allies need to hold the line, not fuel the fire. Scrolling through socials this week feels like watching a fire stoked from both ends, and in the middle is Marks & Spencer. Post after post calling out Marks & Spencer, condemning them for […]| Trans Advocacy and Complaints Collective
Zita Holbourne, Equaliy and Human Rights Campaigner and Co-Founder of Black Activists Against Cuts writes on the movement of support for Diane Abbott.| Labour Outlook - Amplifying socialist voices, supporting frontline struggles,...
Petition to the President of the European Commission – We delivered a petition to the President of the EC, Ursula von der Leyen| OII Europe
Asset managers can play a key role in making ethnicity pay gap reporting more widespread say senior financial services leaders| DiversityQ
We no longer recognise the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) as either independent or credible in its statutory role. The UK Government’s decision to proceed with the appointment of Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson as Chair of the EHRC despite formal objections from both the Joint Committee on Human Rights and Women and Equalities Committee marks […]| Trans Advocacy and Complaints Collective
Once again, residents across Connecticut are gearing up for protests across the state this weekend.| CT News Junkie
Story of an early Christian leader who denounced wealth—before the church adopted the rules of the Roman Empire. Plus, one idea for changing today's rules about wealth.| Priscilla Stuckey
This year, we are marking 20 years of the End Violence Against Women Coalition, looking back at all we’ve achieved together, and looking ahead to the challenges and opportunities we have to end violence against women and girls (VAWG) in the coming years. When we were set up twenty years ago as a coalition of… The post Launching EVAW’s new 5-year strategy appeared first on End Violence Against Women.| End Violence Against Women
This past week I attended what struck me as an extraordinary event. Held at the Science Museum in London, it brought together multiple ministers and Secretaries of State plus many senior representatives of the Voluntary Sector/Civil Society organisations, plus some … Continue reading →Continue reading →| Occam's Typewriter
By JoAnne Wadsworth, Communications Consultant, G20 Interfaith Forum. – – – On May 28-29, 2025, the G20 Interfaith Forum Association hosted Africa Week at Future Africa, University of Pretoria, dedicating significant time to amplifying youth voices on global governance priorities. The session "The Youth's Voice in Solidarity, Equality, and Sustainability"…| Viewpoints
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For too long, certain organisations and activists have presented themselves as defenders of “women’s rights” or “sex-based rights” — while consistently ignoring or opposing actual human rights protections for women, trans people, and other marginalised communities. It is time we name them for what they are: anti-rights actors. These groups have shown repeatedly that their […] The post Calling Them What They Are: Anti-Rights Campaigners, Not Women’s Rights Defenders appeared fi...| Trans Advocacy and Complaints Collective
EHRC commissioner Reindorf is seemingly attempting to dismantle and rewrite history to justify the oppression of a minority...| Trans Advocacy and Complaints Collective
June 28, 2025, is Pride Day. For me, this is an opportunity to stop and think about those who don’t always feel accepted. It is a time to express understanding, kindness, and to extend a hand…| NewEnglandGardenAndThread
Since the Supreme Court ruling on the meaning of ‘sex’ in the Equality Act on 16 April, three organisations – the trans advocacy group TransLucent, the civil liberties group Liber…| Labour Pains
June is Pride Month, which was marked by the Cambridge Judge community both at the Business School and in the broader Cambridge community.| Cambridge Judge Business School
I’m not convinced by the idea of AI throwing everyone out of jobs or taking over the world, but I thought I should read up some thoughtful writing on the subject, so I turned to Neil Lawrence’s 2024 book (recently … Continue reading →Continue reading →| Occam's Typewriter
Social media is currently host to a number of quite astonishing clips from the Parliament TV recording of yesterday’s two-hour oral evidence session of the Trans+ Rights Select Committee of M…| Labour Pains
In this guest post, Darren Gee discusses the reforms needed to restore ‘genuine academic freedom’. There is an increasingly palpable sentiment that the elite educational institutions across the Western world […]| Academics For Academic Freedom
The Bar Standards Board (“the BSB”) has initiated a consultation on proposed changes to the Code of Conduct, the professional rules which apply to all barristers, including non-practising ones. There are a range of proposed alterations; perhaps the most significant is, “to ensure that all barristers have a duty to promote equality, diversity and inclusion … Continue reading "BSB Consultation on Equality Rules – Legal Feminist Questions" The post BSB Consultation on Equality Rules ...|
This might help explain why just 38 per cent nominated Australia when asked to choose which of eight countries has the best legal system that treats people equally regardless of background.| Rule of Law Education Centre
They cook and bake, clean, and set the table for their husbands – and millions of people watch them do it. Tradwives – short for “traditional wives” – have taken social media by storm in recent years. Their message is clear: nothing fulfills a woman more than being a housewife devoted to her husband and […] The post Tradwives: How the Social Media Trend Strengthens Right-Wing Ideology appeared first on TheBetter.news.| TheBetter.news
Disability advocates say they want a government representative whose sole focus is the disabled community| The Independent
As noted on this blog last month, it was always going to be fun watching Jolyon Maugham KC and his Good Law Project try to re-invent themselves, following the demise on 4 July last year of the Tory…| Labour Pains
By UCU Commons A core value of UCU Commons is equality and dignity for everyone; but particularly for transgender and nonbinary people whose rights and wellbeing have faced increasing attacks over …| UCU Commons a
A man and a woman in the same heterosexual relationship are actually in different relationships. Well, let me rephrase that. Happy couples have fewer gender differences. But in unhappy relationships, there are clear differences between men and women in emotional expression. According to Dr. John Gottman’s highly respected research, gender issues significantly exacerbate relationship problems. […]| Monika Hoyt–The Couple's Cure
I’ve been broadly working in the DEI (or DEIA if you like) sphere for decades now. Most of my work has been coming at it from the accessibility side of things, but I got really involved in allyship and more traditional DEI work starting in 2019. Seeing the current U.S. administration taking an axe to DEI programs in the government and bully private businesses to do the same has me incredibly frustrated, confused, and (yes) angry. I want more equality and more opportunity in the world, not l...| www.aaron-gustafson.com
Costco is the latest company targeted by conservative activists over DEI policy, but its response bats away criticism and doubles down on its values| sustainabilitymag.com
This post is intended to announce the much-anticipated publication (Rowman & Littlefield) next month of Technology and Equality*, edited by Sven Ove Hansson and Colleen Murphy. I am delighted t…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Male violence towards women is at an all-time high globally, and women’s rights are increasingly under threat. But are women even safe in the corporate world?| Bluesky Thinking
Cambridge legalizes polyamorous partnerships. The city of Cambridge, Massachusetts, will become the second municipality in the country to legalize| Reason.com
Tolstoy is the anarchist philosopher poet, trying to make peasants into philosopher kings.| indi.ca
In the past six years bills in state legislatures that would ban gender affirming medical care for trans and gender diverse youth has increased exponentially.| Close Up Foundation
As a brown person growing up in Columbus, Ohio, I almost became white| indi.ca
In this episode, Paddy McCleave is joined by three amazing guests, Raheema Chunara, Maarya Omar, and Abimbola Abodunrin, to discuss racial inequality in academia. PART 1: PART 2: Racial inequality has been present in science throughout history and continues to be a widespread issue today. The belief that this is a thing of the past […]| Naturally Speaking
Texas, WalletHub thinks we have a major equality problem. The Lone Star State has ranked at the bottom of the personal finance website's new nationwide analysis of gender equality.| InnovationMap
A bus worker who called his female manager a ‘bint’ has lost his case for unfair dismissal at an employment tribunal.| Personnel Today
When we think about the American Revolution, the French Revolution, or the Haitian Revolution, we think about the ideals of freedom and equality. These ideals were embedded and discussed in all of these revolutions. What we don’t always think about when we think about these revolutions are the objects that inspired, came out of, and| Ben Franklin's World - A Podcast About Early American History
Take action and end the gender Pay Gap. Today is Equal Pay Day—the day an average woman works into the new year to make what white men made at the end of last year. On average, women working full-time are paid just 84 cents to every dollar their white, non-Hispanic male counterpart makes. Even worse, the […]| YWCA of Metropolitan Detroit
The post WEXFactor #5 – Gender Equity appeared first on The Wexner Foundation.| The Wexner Foundation
Forest schools are an innovative concept that draws inspiration from ancient practices. But what exactly are the benefits? Let's take a closer look.| unsustainable
Libraries are crucial community assets. But how well are libraries distributed throughout Georgia-- are they located where most needed?| 33n
Women make up 50.8% of the world’s population, yet fewer than 30% of the world’s researchers are women. Of this percentage, women of colour comprise around 5%, with less than 1% represented in geoscience faculty positions. Women are published less, paid less, and do not progress as far in their careers as men. Even within our EGU community, women account for only one third of all members, and make up only 32% of the cryosphere division. The divide between women in the population and...| Cryospheric Sciences
Nearly half (48%) of neurodivergent employees do not feel recruitment processes are fair, with many reporting bias and negative attitudes.| Personnel Today
© www.viewsoftheworld.net How are the EU member nations faring in the fight for gender equality? It is a complex task to measure the progress that has been made in achieving equal gender rights. The Sustainable Development Goals provide a framework for the … Continue reading → The post Gender Inequality in the European Union was written by Benjamin Hennig and published on Views of the World. If you enjoyed this, you might want to follow me on Twitter or Facebook. - publication on other w...| Views of the World
I’ve always said I hate politics. In hindsight, what I was really expressing was discomfort with divisiveness and conflict, lies and deceits and power games. Talking about politics feels like pinning Jello to the wall. People throw labels and jargon around. Terms are not defined and agreed upon. True intent is obfuscated. Actions and words […] The post Group Decision Making, A.K.A. Politics first appeared on Harvesting Stones.| Harvesting Stones
We look at fibre arts in Canada, where the Sustainable Fibre Arts Conference "Made in Canada" will be held by the Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador.| unsustainable
Have you ever noticed that we refer to all animals as “he” unless we know for sure that they’re females? If you referred to, say, a squirrel as “she,” people would say to you, “Wait, how do you know it’s a ‘she’?” But if you call it “he,” nobody asks you how you know it’s…| Lundy Bancroft
The Alliance for Sustainable Feminist Movements launched on the 21st September 2022. The Alliance is a collaborative, membership-based multi-stakeholder initiative dedicated to: Increasing The post Young feminists’ vision for the Alliance for Feminist Movements first appeared on Young Feminist Europe.| Young Feminist Europe
Congressmen Steve Cohen (TN-9) and Don Beyer (VA-8) today reintroduced the Billionaire Minimum Income Tax Act with 60 of their Congressional colleagues. The measure would prevent the wealthiest Americans from escaping federal income taxes or paying lower tax rates than ordinary Americans. President Biden proposed it in this year’s budget and called for Congress to act in this year’s State of the Union address.| U.S. Representative Don Beyer
'Equality does not bring suffering but an equality complex can' - Thich Nhat Hanh| - [ Perspectiva ]
