What’s Current: Stillbirths and maternal death rates went up by a third during COVID pandemic

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  • Delays in medical care during the pandemic have increased stillbirths and maternal mortality by a third in lower income countries.
  • Oxfam staff have again been accused of exploiting prostituted women and using threats to silence critics, related to their work in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
  • Uighur women abroad report that they still face threats and intimidation through their families when they speak out about human rights abuses back home.
  • Taylor Parker-Dipeppe, a member of the U.S. white supremacist group, Atomwaffen, has been let off from facing any consequences for participating in a campaign to harass Jewish journalists because the judge had sympathy for the “situation this defendant has endured as a result of his gender identity confusion.“
  • Ten more women have joined the lawsuit against MindGeek, the parent company of PornHub, on federal trafficking charges over content hosted from the production company, GirlsDoPorn.
Natasha Chart

Natasha Chart is an online organizer and feminist living in the United States. She does not recant her heresy.