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Canada TV publishes article defaming WHRC and other women's groups

Canada TV published this piece of propaganda by Brooke Taylor which refers to WHRC as an 'anti-trans hate group' and blames 'TERFs' for violence against trans-identified men. Read the WHRC Canada response here. Canadian women's rights group, caWsbar has also released a statement.

CSW submissions

Thank you to all who made submissions to CSW. We are collecting responses on our website - if you have one you would like us to publish please email [email protected] - all identifying details can be removed prior to publication if necessary. 

Sex-based rights around the world

Sydney City Council defunding of the Feminist Legal Clinic coverage

'..the Council was unyielding in imposing unreasonable censorship restrictions on FLC, which were justified neither by the terms of the accommodation grant nor any laws,' writes Rachael Wong of Sydney City Council's outrageous defunding of the Feminist Legal Clinic in the Australian Spectator. Further coverage on News.com. 

Students try to cancel Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Renowned Nigerian feminist author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, recentlly presented the Vice-Chancellor's Open Lecture at the University of Cape Town, despite threats of a boycott by the UCT Student Representative Council. The SRC presented an alternative  lecture by Dr Anastacia Tomson, a trans-identified male, on the 'dangers' of Adichie's feminism. 

Law Enforcement News reports woman pregnant in California jail

Specialist law enforcement publication has reported that an incarcerated women is pregnant in a California jail, following the admission of men who claim a female 'gender identity'. 

BBC accuses those critical of male inclusion in women's sports of 'hate'

BBC Sport accuses Twitter users who are critical of Laurel Hubbard's inclusion in the female +87kg weightlifting category at the Olympics of 'hate' and threatening to report them to the police. 

New Zealand introduces 'conversion therapy' ban

New Zealand minister of justice, Kris Faafoi, last week introduced legislation that seeks to ban 'conversion therapy'. Faafoi was unable to clarify whether this legislation covered the provision of puberty blockers to children. 

Resources

Covid-19 related child trafficking in India

Vaishnavi Sundar writes in 4W about the problem of child-trafficking in India and how Covid-19 has exacerbated the situation. 

WHRC Brazil submission to CSW

As other WHRC chapters have done, WHRC Brasil submitted a letter to the UN about violations of Brazilian girls and women's rights. The letter, both in English and Portuguese, mentions the clash of rights caused by "gender identity" politics and gives the examples of prisons and toilets, issues that they addressed formally to Brazilian authorities. Both versions are available.

Assim como outras WHRCs, a WHRC Brasil submeteu uma carta à ONU sobre violações dos direitos de meninas e mulheres. A carta, em inglês e português, menciona a
colisão de direitos causadas por políticas de "identidade de gênero" e dá como exemplo as prisões e banheiros, questões que elas endereçaram formalmente junto a autoridades brasileiras. As duas versões estão acessíveis.

'The Exclusivity of Motherhood: Article 2 from the Indian Perspective'

The latest blog from WHRC India covers Article 2 as it relates to women in India.