Anti-gender politics during covid-19

 GENDER UNDER ATTACK

Europe

Romania

International Call Against the Teaching of Gender Ban in Romania – The Gender International

Controversies Over Law Banning Any Reference To Gender Identity In Schools And Universities. President, Unlikely To Promulgate It – Romania Journal

Hungary

Hungary rolls back legal protections, puts trans and intersex people at risk – Ilga Europe

Hungary votes to end legal recognition of trans people – The Guardian

Hungary prepares to end legal recognition of trans people – The Guardian

Hungary Backs Out of International Treaty That Aims to Stop Violence Against Women – Global Citizen

Hungary Rejects Opportunity to Protect Women from Violence – HRW

Hungary Backs Out of International Treaty That Aims to Stop Violence Against Women – Global Citizen

Poland

Poland’s LGBT problem, by Agnieszka Graff – Centre for Gender Research

Poland’s LGBTQ community in the political crosshairs – Politico

Sexuality Education in Poland: At The Heart of an Ideological War – Feminist Review

“Gay ideology” is worse than communism, says Poland’s president – The Economist

Standing by the Students: A Brief Report on the Recent Situation at the University of Silesia, Poland and on the Autonomy of Polish Universities – The Gender International

UK

Boris Johnson scraps plan to make gender change easier – The Irish Times

North America

US

Trump Administration Erases Transgender Civil Rights Protections in Health Care – NY Times

The Trump Administration’s Hateful Message on Health Care for Transgender Americans – The New Yorker

Australia

SCHOOL REMOVES ‘GENDERBREAD PERSON’ AFTER PARENT COMPLAINS – Star Observer

Latin America

Brazil

Brazilian Government’s War against “Gender Ideology” Arrives in Foreign Policy – Folha de São Paulo

ABORTION UNDER ATTACK

US

USAID urges UN to Remove Abortion Access – The Hill

US demands removal of sexual health reference in UN’s Covid-19 response – The Guardian

Trump’s War on the Concept of Women’s Health – Foreign Policy

Latin America

Brazil

Brazil’s Minister of Health dismisses two civil servants for expressing support for women’s sexual and reproductive health – ICWRSA

El Salvador

“They don’t know our reality”: Lives impacted by El Salvador’s abortion ban – CBS

Europe

Spain

Trump, Bannon y Cañizares: los lobbies ultrarreligiosos alimentan la teoría de la conspiración abortista del coronavirus – el diario

FALSE: Cardinal Antonio Cañizares, from Spain, has assured that one of the vaccines that is being investigated against COVID-19 is made from cells of aborted fetuses – Poynter

Africa

Kenya

Kenya split over campaign to give women the right to safe abortions – The Guardian