NuseReal: gender and sex issues: April, May, June 2026

Bill Gates gives Epstein testimony about blackmail fears: newly-published transcript of Gates' testimony to Congressional panel on June 10 (LINK) — 24 June 2026

UN Women: Five reasons why the care economy is one of the most transformative investments of our time: UN Women is helping to reduce the unequal care workload on women and girls and build care systems that work for everyone (LINK) — 24 June 2026

An estimated 350 million children require childcare services globally.
If given a monetary value, unpaid care work would account for up to 40 per cent of GDP in some countries
Investments in care sectors can create two to three times more jobs than investments in the construction sector.
Women and girls spend 2.5 times more hours per day on unpaid care work than men.
Globally, 45 per cent of working-age women (708 million women) are outside the labour market because of unpaid care responsibilities, compared with just 5 per cent of men.
Women make up 80 per cent of paid domestic workers globally. Yet 90 per cent of domestic workers lack social protection and social security coverage.
In crisis settings, women spend nearly four times more hours on unpaid care work than men.For example, in Ukraine, women spend 16 more hours per week on unpaid care work than men, resulting in an estimated USD 72.5 billion loss to the economy.
Investments in care services could create nearly 300 million new decent jobs by 2035.
Investing in care sectors has the potential to be 30 per cent less polluting than investing in the construction industry.

— UN Women's Transform Care Initiative aims to strengthen care systems in over 50 countries. By 2035, the initiative has the potential to contribute to:

Reaching 2.9 billion women and girls;
Creating 260 million decent jobs for women;
Freeing up 10 trillion hours of women's and girls' time by 2035.

UN Working Group calls for action to ensure AI serves equality, not discrimination (LINK) — 24 June 2026

— The Working Group on discrimination against women and girls today warned that the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) and related digital technologies absent meaningful regulation may deepen existing gender inequalities and create new risks for the human rights of women and girls worldwide.

— "AI and digital technologies are reshaping the conditions under which women and girls exercise their rights," the Working Group said. "Without deliberate, gender-responsive governance, these systems risk amplifying exclusion, reinforcing harmful stereotypes, and exacerbating structural inequalities."

— The Working Group identified three urgent preconditions for achieving substantive gender equality in the digital age: closing the digital divide, harnessing AI and digital technologies to bolster rather than undermine women's and girls' human rights, and promoting their meaningful participation and leadership in public and political life. The experts also echoed calls for multilateral dialogue on AI redlines. They expressed alarm about some of the most extreme harms, including the gendered impact of AI in armed conflict and lethal autonomous weapons, climate change, mass surveillance and technology-facilitated gender-based violence. "These harms are not hypothetical, they are already being felt around the world," the Working Group said, stressing that intersecting forms of marginalisation are regularly mirrored and exacerbated by AI.

— They also underscored the potential of AI to advance gender equality, including by expanding access to education, healthcare, financial services, and justice — if developed responsibly and inclusively.

Jeffrey Epstein attempted to take his own life on multiple occasions before his death, his former cellmate told The New York Times (LINK) — 16 June 2026

— He died by suicide just hours after a cellmate was transferred to another facility, leaving him alone in a cell for the first time.

'Have you ever been around someone you just know is evil?' Melinda French Gates on meeting Jeffrey Epstein, giving away billions, and her post-divorce peace (LINK) — 13 June 2026

Melinda Gates tells interviewer 'Epstein could have been stopped' days after her ex testified to Congressional panel — (LINK)

NASA addresses criticism over all-male crew selected for Artemis III test mission next year: NASA's crew selection process "does not involve any political appointees," an explanation likely intended to assuage questions about whether the Trump administration had any influence over the decision. (LINK) — 10 June 2026

— NBC: It is possible that NASA is saving its most experienced female astronauts for the Artemis IV mission to the moon, but that crew has not yet been announced. The agency has no shortage of female astronauts. Out of NASA's 37 active astronauts eligible for flight assignments, 15 are women. Last year, when NASA announced its newest class of 10 astronaut candidates, the majority were women for the first time in history.

Bill Gates testifies: meeting Epstein a 'grave error in judgment' but 'never witnessed nor had any indication that Epstein was engaged in ongoing criminal conduct'. 'While he may have sought to foster a personal relationship, I was never interested in that and never reciprocated' (LINK) — 10 June 2026

New York Times: Bill Gates says Epstein tried to use his extramarital affairs against him — (LINK)

Epstein file contains claim of "underage sex parties" on Trump golf course (LINK) — 9 June 2026

Federal court rules Trump illegally banned trans people from the military: three-judge panel ruled that the policy isn't about a medical condition, but about excluding people for not having the "correct" gender identity (LINK) — 1 June 2026

Ghana's parliament passes a bill criminalizing the promotion of LGBTQ activities (LINK) — ground.news: 27 media reports (LINK) — 29 May 2026

Justice Department opens criminal perjury probe involving E. Jean Carroll testimony in Trump sexual abuse lawsuit (LINK) — 28 May 2026

Alleged suicide note written by Jeffrey Epstein unsealed by federal judge: Epstein's cellmate in New York City says he found note after convicted sexual offender attempted suicide in July 2019 — 6 May 2026 (LINK)

— "They investigated me for months — FOUND NOTHING!!!" reads the note. "It is a treat to be able to choose one's time to say goodbye. Watcha want me to do — Bust out cryin!! NO FUN — NOT WORTH IT!!" The note does not include a signature.

US: Louisiana appeals court restricts abortion access across the US by blocking the mailing of mifepristone: requiring that the abortion pill be distributed only in person and at clinics, overruling regulations set by the federal Food and Drug Administration — 1 May 2026 (LINK)

US: President of Bard College since 1975, Leon Botstein to retire after investigation finds he 'minimized' ties to Epstein — 1 May 2026 (LINK)

— "Nothing that President Botstein did in connection with his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein was illegal, but President Botstein made decisions in the course of that relationship that reflect on his leadership of Bard," lawyers with the firm WilmerHale wrote in an April 30 brief to the Bard Board of Trustees. When pursuing Epstein as a potential donor to Bard in 2012, Botstein "was presented with information regarding Epstein's crimes" and "did not try to further understand what Epstein had done or learn what it meant that Epstein was found in 2011 to be a New York State Level 3 Sex Offender," the lawyers wrote.

Dances With Wolves star Nathan Chasing Horse, 49, sentenced to life in prison on sexual assault charges — 27 April 2026 (LINK)

— Chasing Horse's victims told the court that they continue to suffer from the trauma caused by his actions, and struggle with their faith after he exploited his role as spiritual leader and medicine man in order to target victims.

In a historic first, Anda Filip of Romania has been elected the ninth Secretary General of the Geneva-based Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), the first woman to hold the post in the IPU’s 137-year history — 19 April 2026 (LINK)

Billionaire sugar daddy kicks Swalwell out of his mansion, wants $1M back after heinous sex allegations — 14 April 2026 (LINK)

Eric Swalwell exits California governor race after sex assault allegations — 12 April 2026 (LINK)

Blake Lively's sexual harassment claims against Justin Baldoni dismissed: case continues — 2 April 2026 (LINK)

— Judge Lewis Liman on Thursday struck down 10 of Lively's 13 claims against Baldoni and other defendants tied to his production company, Wayfarer Studios, including sexual harassment, defamation and conspiracy. The allegations that he allowed to proceed to trial are breach of contract, retaliation and aiding and abetting in retaliation.