🎺 Call for Papers | LGBTQI+ Rights in International Politics and the Global South | Online Workshop | Nov. 12–13, 2026 | Deadline for submitting abstracts: Sept. 20. Full details here: www.college-uaruhr.de/news-events/... 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🌍

Excellent op-ed www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Germany's leaders say the Berlin Pride attack targeted 'all of us'. What utter hypocrisy | Fatma Aydemir

The queer community has lost resources and protection due to decisions made by the people now mouthing solidarity in public, says Guardian Europe columnist Fatma Aydemir

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Nomthandazo Malambo and Stephen Brown examine how abortion and LGBTI+ rights in Zambia are both stigmatized as “un-Christian” and “un-Zambian,” while activists use those same pressures to build coalitions for reproductive justice. doi.org/10.1017/asr....

One year after Trump’s aid cuts, the world’s poorest people are paying the price ricochet.media/internationa...

One year after Trump’s aid cuts, the world’s poorest people are paying the price

A collapse in foreign assistance by wealthy countries has put millions of lives at risk. Canada, despite its global reputation, has followed a similar retreat from poverty reduction and human rights

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📢 New blog by @stephenbrown.bsky.social - With the Global Anti-LGBTQ+ Backlash Growing, Canada Must Decide Whether to Lead The world is turning its back on sexual and gender minorities. This Pride Month, Canada should double down on its support... 🔗 www.cips-cepi.ca/2026/06/17/w...

The government never gave the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise the tools to be effective, let it languish and then finally abolished it for being useless. It was set up to fail. Canada still refuses to hold its companies accountable for violations abroad cnca-rcrce.ca/2026/06/12/c...

Canada part of global retreat on foreign aid: www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

Wealthy countries, including Canada, cut foreign aid

OECD says 2025 marked historic decline in aid as countries face economic strain

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Please join us next Wednesday, 27th May, at 3:00-4:30pm GMT, for a fascinating and timely panel discussion on "LGBTQ+ rights in foreign policy and diplomatic practice during times of homophobic backlash". 📚🏳️‍🌈 Sign up here: www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work... @mybisa.bsky.social

LGBTQ+ rights in foreign policy and diplomatic practice during times of homophobic backlash - Gendering International Relations (GIRWG) | BISA

- Gendering International Relations (GIRWG) Working Group

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📢 New blog by @stephenbrown.bsky.social - 2025: The Year Foreign Aid Fell Off a Cliff The latest numbers on foreign aid are out, and 2025 proved to be a record-breaking year – but not for the right reasons. It was a historic retreat, with a devastating impact... 🔗 www.cips-cepi.ca/2026/04/28/2...

Canada called on to fill ‘vacuum’ in LGBTQ+ advocacy worldwide in face of Trump cuts halifax.citynews.ca/2026/04/24/c...

Canada called on to fill 'vacuum' in LGBTQ+ advocacy worldwide in face of Trump cuts

OTTAWA — The former U.S. diplomat for LGBTQ+ rights is urging Canada to boost its support for gender and sexual minorities abroad — and South Africa says Ottawa can help hold the line against the Trum...

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Dire insights on the precipitous drop in global foreign aid (ODA) in 2025 by @stephenbrown.bsky.social for the McLeod Group: www.mcleodgroup.ca/2026/04/2025...

2025: The Year Foreign Aid Fell Off a Cliff - The McLeod Group

McLeod Group blog by Stephen Brown, April 20, 2026 The latest numbers on foreign aid are out, and 2025 proved to be a record-breaking year – but not for the right reasons. It was a historic retreat, w...

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Very pleased to have worked on this article, "Navigating Ambiguity: Reproductive Justice and the Restriction of Abortion Rights, LGBTI+ Rights, and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Zambia", with Thando Malambo, now available in the African Studies Review www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Do you research or work in civil society on issues related to queer justice, peace or security? Join me and @sritholtz.bsky.social at @manchester.ac.uk, 12th and 13th October, 2026 for the Security Peace and Justice for Queer Lives in Conflict conference. Submit your abstract here: bit.ly/3NG09dR

Submit your abstract for “Securing Peace and Justice for Queer Lives in Conflict" conference

You are invited to submit an abstract to participate in a two-day conference on the theme “Securing Peace and Justice for Queer Lives in Conflict" in Manchester, UK. The conference is arranged by Jam...

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#CfA: The College #UARuhr invites advanced international researchers in the #SocialSciences & #humanities to apply for a Senior #Fellowship by 15 May 2026. Join us for an inspiring 6-month #research stay starting 2027: www.college-uaruhr.de/cfa-fellowships-2027-28

www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... 'Observers are awaiting further details of Canada’s cuts to global health...but the government remains tight-lipped even on assuaging fears about helping people caught in the most vulnerable of circumstances' @policyalternatives.ca

Canada cuts AIDS funding while keeping support for cinnamon supply - CCPA

Canada’s new approach to international development has a bizarre set of priorities

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Have (scholarly) thoughts about the US? Selwyn College is hiring a 3-year postdoc in American Studies: join me at a friendly college close to town but far from tourists, live in for next to nothing, research anything related to US society, politics or history. www.sel.cam.ac.uk/jobs/Keasbey...

Odd messaging from the government of Ontario. It apprently wants us to be organ donors, not to help women who need a transplant per se, but because their husbands can't survive without a wife to take care of them. Ad in today's @hilltimes.com, page 3.

Human rights and Canadian foreign policy under Mark Carney: “They won’t say out loud (that) we’re going to be less interested in values, but clearly that seems to be the case” www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art... @withfilesfrom.bsky.social

Human rights in question over Carney’s foreign policy shift to trade, security

As Prime Minister Mark Carney puts trade and security at the centre of Canada’s foreign policy, observers say Ottawa is also shifting how it asserts its values on the world stage.

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Les droits humains et la politique étrangère canadienne sous Mark Carney : « Ils ne diront pas ouvertement que nous allons nous soucier moins des valeurs, mais c’est clairement ce qui semble se produire » www.lapresse.ca/actualites/p... @withfilesfrom.bsky.social

Commerce et sécurité | La politique étrangère de Carney critiquée sur ses valeurs

Alors que le premier ministre Mark Carney place le commerce et la sécurité au cœur de la politique étrangère canadienne, les observateurs constatent qu’Ottawa modifie également sa façon d’affirmer ses...

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"It's a crisis like we've never seen before." I wrote about this year's global LGBTQ+ rights funding crisis, how it has impacted queer individuals and communities on the ground, and who's doing something about it:

📣 New publication on LGBTQI+ activism in Botswana and how they succeded in overturning the colonial-era law banning same-sex sexual relations: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #OpenAccess 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🌍

Two PhD student funded opportunities on international LGBTIQ+ issues in relation to humanitarian actions, at Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV) in Germany. Share! www.ifhv.de

In response to the growing backlash against international LGBTQI+ rights and other aid donors' waning support, Norway is increasing its funding in this area. A good example for other countries, such as Canada, to follow. www.norad.no/en/news/news...

Norway Strengthens International Efforts to Promote LGBTQ+ Rights | Norad.no

Norway is increasing its support to organisations working to advance LGBTQ+ rights, including efforts to combat violence and discrimination. Norad is entering new agreements with the Norwegian organis...

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Job ad for a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Environment and Security at the School of Political Studies, uOttawa / Annonce pour une Chaire de recherche du Canada de niveau 2 en Environnement et sécurité à l'École d'études politiques, uOttawa uottawa.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/uOttaw...

Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Environment and Security

Posting Reason: New Position Job Family: Academic Leadership and Faculty Union affiliation: APUO Faculty/Department: School of Political Studies_FT Campus: Social Sciences Building Date Posted (YYYY/M...

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🚨 New article: "LGBTQI+ People and the ‘Triple Nexus’ of Development Cooperation, Humanitarian Action and Peacebuilding", co-authored with Morgane Rosier and Dennis Dijkzeul, available via open access at journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... 🌍 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ #LGBTQResearch

LGBTQI+ People and the ‘Triple Nexus’ of Development Cooperation, Humanitarian Action and Peacebuilding - Morgane Rosier, Stephen Brown, Dennis Dijkzeul, 2025

Since the mid-2010s, scholars and practitioners have been increasingly interested in the integration of development cooperation, humanitarian action and peacebu...

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📢New blog by Stephen Brown - The Demise of Canada’s Feminist Foreign Policy Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered the death blow to Canada’s feminist foreign policy while attending the G20 summit in South Africa last weekend... 🔗 www.cips-cepi.ca/2025/11/28/t...

Excellent analysis here from @stephenbrown.bsky.social for The McLeod Group.

Stephen Brown @stephenbrown.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Canada's feminist foreign policy was always more of a slogan than an actual policy. But it is still a bad sign that it was just officially jettisoned. Read my analysis here: www.mcleodgroup.ca/2025/11/the-...

Canada's feminist foreign policy was always more of a slogan than an actual policy. But it is still a bad sign that it was just officially jettisoned. Read my analysis here: www.mcleodgroup.ca/2025/11/the-...

It's official, folks. Canada has abanadoned its feminist foreign policy www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

No more feminist foreign policy, Carney says

Prime Minister, who made the comments at the G20 summit in Johannesburg, has placed less emphasis on feminist policies than the Trudeau government

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Excellent commentary by Val Percival on the reasons the importance of foreign aid for Canada opencanada.org/when-buildin... @npsia.bsky.social

When Building Canada Strong, Don’t Forget About Soft Power - Open Canada

In an increasingly complex world, Canada’s aid program is not a ‘nice to have’ – it’s a ‘need to have.’

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