The annual UN Security Council Open Debate on WPS will take place today on 6 October, despite usually taking place at the end of October. The sudden agenda shift by Russia, the current problematic chair, together with US draconian visa restrictions, shrinking civic space and anti-gender backlash means that too much of the world's civil society is excluded. The feminists who shaped, realized and keep realizing the WPS agenda cannot be present in New York. The post Rec...