US expands Mexico City policy to bar any aid going to projects that contain gender or DEI So almost anything on poverty, rights, climate, or health www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

📢 ISA Members: The Women's Caucus is now accepting nominations for 5 executive comm positions, including Program Chair/Incoming Chair for 2026-2028. As current program chair/incoming chair, I'd be happy to answer any questions about our work. Join us! @isanet.bsky.social

So while preparing slides was once again been reminded of this little mystery....Huge gender gaps in support for 2 parties - Reform and Greens. Both genders are more likely to support the Greens, and gender gap in Green support is larger. But all the discussion focuses on young men & Reform

30,000 jobs gone in three years. Before the national insurance increase and the international student levy hits. www.timeshighereducation.com/news/pay-spe...

Can’t imagine I’ll read a better book this year.

After her last interview in @theguardian.com just last week, it's immensely sad to announce the death of Diane Munday at 94. Patron of @humanists.uk (first joining 70 years ago!), friend and mentor. Her exemplary life as an activist will be a permanent inspiration. humanists.uk/2026/01/11/h...

'Every woman knows what I’m talking about.' Yes, we do, sadly. Thank you @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social. www.guernicamag.com/rebecca-soln...

Philip Larkin started writing ‘Aubade’ in 1974, & finished it in 1977 after his mother’s death. It was published in the TLS on 23rd December, apparently ruining a number of people’s Christmases. Larkin, terrified of death all his life, died on this day 1985. www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48422/...

📢New issue of #PAG21 is out!📢 In "Contending with the Coloniality of Feminist Foreign Policy", @tonihaastrup.bsky.social explores the absence of African knowledge from FFP agendas. 🌟Available #OpenAccess🌟 gendersky polisky buff.ly/tbJwU3s

📢New issue of #PAG21 is out!📢 In "Civil Society and Feminist Foreign Policies in Latin America", Daniela Sepúlveda overviews the work of the Platform for Feminist Foreign Policy in Latin America and the role of civil society in advancing FFP. gendersky polisky buff.ly/dk6nkZz

📢New issue of #PAG21 is out!📢 In their notes from the field, "Troubled Encounters", @balnik.bsky.social & Younna Christiansen outline the challenges of implementing a feminist foreign policy in the context of peacebuilding. gendersky polisky buff.ly/XFbx7St

📢New issue of #PAG21 is out!📢 In her notes from the field "Feminist Government but No Feminist Foreign Policy", @leclerck.bsky.social explores why the Canadian 🇨🇦 government has not delivered on a formal FFP despite its promises to do so. gendersky polisky buff.ly/wPx0LsJ

📢New issue of #PAG21 is out!📢 In "Claiming Historical Responsibility", @karolinefaerber.bsky.social & @erdfraeuleinma.bsky.social analyze how Germany 🇩🇪 represents, negotiates and reproduces its colonial past in their FFP. 🌟Available #OpenAccess🌟 gendersky polisky buff.ly/vwGJ9bg

📢New issue of #PAG21 is out!📢 In "The Adoption of Feminist Foreign Policy" @thomsonjennifer.bsky.social & @lesliewehner.bsky.social compare foreign policy changes in 🇨🇱 & 🇸🇪 pointing to the role of policy entrepreneurs and a favorable domestic context. Available #OpenAccess buff.ly/d2sgM4V

📢New issue of #PAG21 is out!📢 In the editorial "The Where, What, and Who of Feminist Foreign Policy", @columbaachilleos.bsky.social, @tonihaastrup.bsky.social, and @thomsonjennifer.bsky.social offer a roadmap to FFP scholarship and practice. buff.ly/hHpXEiG

Our special section on #feministforeignpolicy in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social is currently free to access! @tonihaastrup.bsky.social @columbaachilleos.bsky.social

I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight www.cityam.com/the-british-...

A rare piece of good news for women www.gavi.org/news/media-r...

“…if you really want to know a nation, and to experience its collective mind, instead of tying tatty flags to lamp-posts you might want to get thee to a library, any library, but especially the British Library.” From a speech Zadie Smith gave on the BL picket line. 👏👏

"Only five objects we have crafted here on Earth are now drifting towards infinity, and four of them tell a lie about half of humankind" #astronomy #nasa

A hilarious and terrifying read about Facebook (although Facebook have spent lots of money ensuring their name is removed from the cover and blurb.) Recommended reading for anyone who has ever used social media!

Anywhere but Westminster remains some of the best political journalism in the UK. Well worth watching.

25 years of the United Nations Women, Peace and Security agenda - a new collection from @risjnl.bsky.social complied by Katrina Lee Koo. Browse here - https://cup.org/4oAmXZq cc @mybisa.bsky.social

💥 Explore the full Special Section #FeministForeignPolicy in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social. Thanks to all contributors! @tonihaastrup.bsky.social @thomsonjennifer.bsky.social @nwelfens.bsky.social @karolinefaerber.bsky.social @erdfraeuleinma.bsky.social @balnik.bsky.social @hlmuehlenhoff.bsky.social

8/ 📄 Final Article “Feminist Foreign Policy Without Migration?” @hlmuehlenhoff.bsky.social, L. Popovic & @nwelfens.bsky.social explore exclusions around migration in Germany’s FFP guidelines. 🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

7/ 📝 Notes from the Field Daniela Sepúlveda offers insights on civil society & FFP across Latin America. 🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

6/ 📝 Notes from the Field "A Perspective from Africa" by @tonihaastrup.bsky.social critiques the coloniality of FFP and the exclusion of African knowledges. #OpenAccess 🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

5/ 📄 Article #2 @karolinefaerber.bsky.social & @erdfraeuleinma.bsky.social investigate how Germany engages with its colonial past in its FFP. 🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

4/ 📄 Article #1 @thomsonjennifer.bsky.social & @lesliewehner.bsky.social trace how Sweden & Chile came to adopt #FFP. 🔗 cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView #FFP #OpenAccess

3/ 📝 Notes from the Field #2 Daniela Philipson Garcia & Ana Velasco Ugalde explore civil society's role in FFP in Mexico. 🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

2/ 📝 Notes from the Field #1 @balnik.bsky.social & Younna Christiansen examine how FFP shapes donor funding + peacebuilding dynamics. 🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

1/ 🚨 Our intro to the Special Section on #FeministForeignPolicy is out! Co-authored w/ @tonihaastrup.bsky.social & @thomsonjennifer.bsky.social ky.social in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social: "The Where, What & Who of Feminist Foreign Policy" 📖 #OpenAccess 🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal... 👇👇👇

@saskiabr.bsky.social and I wrote in @foreignpolicy.com about the dismantling of gender equality architecture in U.S. foreign policy, including offices that were created more than six decades ago with bipartisan consensus. foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/13/t...

📣 2 yrs postdoc w/in project Gender Struggles in the New Conjuncture - investigates a selection of anti-gender networks & feminist LGBTQI+ networks in 5 European regions. Experience w/h ethnography/ digital network analysis & deep knowledge of language & sociopolitical contexts in Southern Europe.

The @mybisa.bsky.social Gendering IR Working Group is now on Bluesky (and LinkedIn)! 🥳 Follow us here for updates and upcoming events.

I know everyone is consumed with other news, but this is a big fucking deal: The Trump administration says that IUDs and the Pill are actually abortions. Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...

‘Putting on aviator sunglasses or a leather jacket and watching UFC seems to build gender solidarity. It remains unclear whether young men will do better under Trump, but at least they will feel pandered to.’ Emily Witt on Andrew Tate and the manosphere: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

📣 Out on #FirstView 📣 For our upcoming issue on feminist foreign policy, Daniela Sepúlveda overviews the work of the Platform for Feminist Foreign Policy in Latin America and the role of civil society in advancing FFP. polisky gendersky buff.ly/6KMiKCi

Great piece of writing - really balanced attempt to understand a very complex political figure.

V important to call out the strategic use of gender in anti-immigrant politics. Our research shows femonationalism is growing across Europe -- used most (but not only!) by the far right, esp when party rivals converge on anti-immigration positions. Working paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Asylum protests vs the local park run. @lgeraghty23.bsky.social runs the numbers for the Big Issue www.bigissue.com/news/social-...

Prominent women including cultural figures, politicians and campaigners have signed a letter criticising rightwing attempts to link sexual violence in Britain to asylum seekers. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

🎉 3 (grade 7) Lecturer positions open Cardiff University in: 🌎 Non-western (espc non US) Foreign Policy/War/Security Studies 📝 Political theory inc history of political thought 📚 History & theory of colonialism & its legacies in politics & IR Apply here 👉

It was a pleasure to review Elise Stephenson’s @eliseinthewoods.bsky.social fantastic new book ‘The Face of the Nation’ - important book for anyone interested in gender and diplomacy/feminist institutionalism: www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianou...

📣 Out on #FirstView 📣 For our upcoming special issue on feminist foreign policy, @tonihaastrup.bsky.social, in her piece "Contending with the Coloniality of Feminist Foreign Policy," explores the absence of African knowledge from FFP agendas. gendersky polisky buff.ly/BPtbILd

Great PhD positions at @w-u-r.bsky.social on the ERC PERIODS project for anyone interested in the politics of menstruation, focussing on South Africa/Roma www.wur.nl/en/research-...

Good step that Chevening scholars from Gaza will be supported in getting to the UK, and hopefully this can be extended to others with university offers and scholarships www.thetimes.com/article/bf52...

An unregulated 'market' like this is simply very dangerous for UK HE. And underneath the top line figures, departments apparently have little say in whether they 'expand'.

“Why now? Why, after twenty-two months of complacency and complicity, have some European and American elites suddenly changed their tone? The conceit that the basic facts or circumstances have changed—that real alarm was inappropriate until now—defies all serious analysis.”