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Join us as we unpack the gendered costs of conflict and structural crises in this NGO panel of the #CSW

This coming Wednesday March 11, fully online.

At CSW70 NGO Forum, we are centring feminist analysis grounded in lived realities.

👉🏾 Swipe to meet the feminist thinkers and activists from Palestine, Sudan, Yemen, and Sri Lanka leading our parallel event.

🔗 Register bit.ly/DAWNatCSW70

SAVE THE DATE 🗓️

How do women keep living—and caring—through genocide and war?

At #CSW70, we gather feminists from Palestine, Sudan, Yemen, and Sri Lanka to reflect on what "everyday life" actually means when everything collapses.

🕰️ 11 March | 10:30 AM (EST)
🔗 Register bit.ly/DAWNatCSW70

Feminists, tax justice activists, and trade unionists are coming together to demand “Tax Justice for the Human Right to Care”

From 2–8 March 2026, join the 10th Global Days of Action on Tax Justice for Women’s Rights.

Together, let’s #MakeTaxesWorkForWomen
Join in the campaign: bit.ly/gdoa-campaign

#TaxJustice4Care
@globaltaxjustice.org

Delcy Rodríguez, la improbable | Nueva Sociedad La actual presidenta venezolana, figura central de la arquitectura de poder de Nicolás Maduro, camina hoy por una delgada línea: debe mantener unido al chavismo y responder a las exigencias de Estados...

Dándole sentido al MAGAchavismo

www.nuso.org/articulo/del...

⏳ EXTENDED DEADLINE: March 10

The 2026 DAWN Rising Fellowship call has been extended. Young feminist women from the Global South researching the political economy of gender-based violence & conflict in Sudan, Palestine & DRC we want to hear from you.

Apply: www.dawnfeminist.org

In global financial capitalism, survival is tied to debt — especially for vulnerable women. What’s framed as “financial inclusion” often turns rights-holders into debt-holders.

Read Lena Lavinas’ DAWN paper on financialisation & assetisation.

#Financialisation #FeministPoliticalEconomy #DAWN40

As the tragedy in Tumbler Ridge unfolded this week, I was so grateful to be supported by the @thetyee.ca team.

As a small outlet, we try be strategic in how we contribute to what's already being reported.

We started yesterday afternoon with @tyolsen.bsky.social's roundup of the news so far: 🧵

Terrified Conservatives Lose Ability To Speak English After Exposure To Bad Bunny Performance

Terrified Conservatives Lose Ability To Speak English After Exposure To Bad Bunny Performance https://theonion.com/terrified-conservatives-lose-ability-to-speak-english-after-exposure-to-bad-bunny-performance-dios-mio-cry-millions-of-panicking-republicans/

Embodying the Cost of a Predatory State: Depletion via Social Reproduction in Venezuela’s Crisis (2013–2021) Abstract. This article brings together the literatures of predation and depletion via social reproduction (DSR) to provide an explanation of the Venezuelan

academic.oup.com/sp/advance-a...

Les comparto un reportaje de @rcienespanol.bsky.social sobre los costos físicos y sociales de la crisis venezolana desde una mirada feminista, basados en una entrevista que tuvimos en enero y la reciente publicación de “Embodying Predation” con @antuliorosales.bsky.social
(link debajo)
#Venezuela

Celebrating our 2025 DAWN Rising Fellow, Nour Bader, and her project 'Women Lacking Femininity', advancing feminist knowledge on gender, health, and resistance.

✨ Applications for the 2026 DAWN Rising Fellowship are open for projects in Palestine, Sudan, or DRC. Apply by March 1: dawnfeminist.org/

[Reportaje] La crisis venezolana vista desde el cuerpo femenino y la vida cotidiana | RCI Un estudio canadiense advierte que el declive democrático en Venezuela afecta especialmente a mujeres y niñas

A un mes de los eventos del 3 de enero en Venezuela, @masayalb.bsky.social analiza la crisis desde sus impactos materiales: el retiro del Estado, la expoliación del trabajo de cuidados y el desgaste sistemático de los cuerpos de mujeres y niñas.

🔗 Lee el reportaje completo aquí:
bit.ly/4qYPvxj

A new edition of DAWN Informs is here! Dive into global South feminist viewpoints on macroeconomics.

📰 "Reimagining Macroeconomics: A Feminist Perspective from the South" features six studies from the Global South that challenge traditional economic thinking through a feminist lens.

Your conversation also reminded me of this book - introducing me to American efforts to create sitter unions in the 40s and 50s (thanks to @michaelhobbes.bsky.social on You’re Wrong About)

www.ejumpcut.org/archive/jc53...

Earlier this week I talked with Holding it Together author @jessicacalarco.com

One thing we talked about was how the attack on social services in the US is also a war on labor unions.

open.substack.com/pub/davidsmi...

Second Draft of the Hydrocarbons Reform: The Largest Tax Cut in Decades - Guacamaya The National Assembly is in the process of discussing a second draft of the Hydrocarbons Law Reform, which includes fundamental changes.

Second Draft of the Hydrocarbons Reform: The Largest Tax Cut in Decades

guacamayave.com/en/second-dr...

Because some Canadians seem unaware, important info about ICE:

They have 5 field offices in Canada (Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal).

ICE have authority under 2016 Preclearance Act to detain people on Canadian soil in "preclearance areas" (e.g. airports & train stations).

#cdnpoli

Sounds like a truly fantastic program, David!

It’s been 39 days since the Epstein files were supposed to be released.

Polycrisis is shaping the global political economy. Take a look at @antuliorosales.bsky.social ‘s analysis of how this is reflected by the uptake and expansion of #cryptocurrency in #Argentina

🔎 Who can apply?
📌 What projects will be supported?
💰 What are the benefits?
📅 How to apply?

Swipe through to get all the details and send in your proposal by March 1, 2026!

Are you a young feminist from the Global South working on gender-based violence and conflict in Palestine, Sudan or the Democratic Republic of the Congo?

The DAWN Rising Fellowship is your opportunity to develop an innovative project and amplify your voice in the fight for gender justice! 🌍 ✊

🔗 Apply now: www.dawnfeminist.org

#DAWNRisingFellowship #YoungFeminists #GenderJustice #GlobalSouth #GenderBasedViolence #ApplyNow

Cuban Detainee in El Paso ICE Facility Died by Homicide, Autopsy Shows

“Mr. Lunas Campos is one of three people who were in custody at Camp East Montana and have died since the facility opened in August on the Fort Bliss military base in El Paso”

Cuban Detainee in El Paso ICE Facility Died by Homicide, Autopsy Shows www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...

This photo will be everywhere for the next week. Pls credit prominently.

Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Minnesota Star Tribune

Every journalist covering ICE risks their lives.

Tsong-Taatarii has been an NPPA Photographer of the Year, rec'd a World Press Photo award, and was on a team that won a Pulitzer.

Decálogo de exigencias prioritarias para encauzar una transición democrática genuina en Venezuela - WOLA Decálogo de exigencias para encauzar la transición democrática en Venezuela. Análisis de las prioridades fundamentales para la democratización.

Decálogo de exigencias prioritarias para encauzar una transición democrática genuina en Venezuela www.wola.org/es/2026/01/d...

The ‘Donroe Doctrine’ Is a Roosevelt Redux Then as now, big stick diplomacy will lead to costly cycles of intervention and retrenchment.

Then as now, big stick diplomacy will lead to costly cycles of intervention and retrenchment. foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/19/u...

The dangerous triumph of neo-mercantilism Liberal trade policies are giving way to frictions that could lead to outright conflict

Fantastic to see the FT engaging with Eric Helleiner’s research
www.ft.com/content/cd68...