Nikki van der Gaag

📣 New global research is in 23k people across 29 countries reveal a mixed picture of gender roles in 2026, progress in some areas, but also some surprising reversals among Gen Z men Professor Heejung Chung helps make sense of the findings Read more ⬇️ kcl.ac.uk/news/almost-a-…

What Will American Men Be After the ICE Age? open.substack.com/pub/equimundo/…

Why are fertility rates collapsing? Gender roles ft.com/content/e1a7fd… via @ft

Important research from @MMMMakemot47248 theguardian.com/society/2026/j…

Stereotypes that centre men’s worth in their work are strangling sensible debate, and letting down women toohttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/24/horror-stories-feminised-workplace-crisis-male-identity-women?CMP=share_btn_url

Important post about the pushback against gender equality theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

💼 Equal Pay Day Facts: 📉 11.3% mean full-time gender pay gap 💷 £631 less in monthly take-home pay 📅 November 20: Women work for free from today until year-end Let’s make noise. Let’s demand change. fawcettsociety.org.uk/equal-pay-day-… #EqualPayDay24 #JoinFawcett

Lovely piece on what it means to be a dad @MenEngage @MenEngageEurope @fatherhoodinst defyingenderoles.org/master-in-love…

Four Years After the Taliban’s Return, Afghan Women Judges Go Deeper Underground passblue.com/2025/08/07/fou…

My blog on volunteering in Calais For refugees in Calais, there is still no place to go newint.org/migration/2025… via @newint @Care4Calais @RefugeeCKitchen

Jobs were moved – but not power: the failings of ‘decolonisation' frompoverty.oxfam.org.uk/jobs-were-move…

Women in the Global South know exactly how to support their own communities – so why don’t we get behind them? frompoverty.oxfam.org.uk/womens-rights-…

Worth reading this piece if you are working on boys and masculinities. How the discourse on boys’ alienation is fuelled by anti-feminist agendas womensagenda.com.au/latest/how-the…

Let’s build a collective movement to win economic justice for carers frompoverty.oxfam.org.uk/lets-build-a-c…

Important new evidence from @yloxford happy to have been involved in this brief.

Peru banned child marriage: here are three ways longitudinal research helped to make that happen frompoverty.oxfam.org.uk/peru-ban-child…

Land is at the heart of women’s rights in the Global South: so why no mention of it in this year’s UN political declaration? frompoverty.oxfam.org.uk/land-is-at-the…

Why the UK must take a bold stance against global attacks on women’s rights frompoverty.oxfam.org.uk/why-the-uk-mus…

A few points for the left by @JKSteinberger medium.com/p/a-few-points… Among many other important points: The fascists are winning because they have made an emotionally welcoming home for young men. And the left is losing them as a result.

Useful feminist strategies from IDS Countering Backlash research counteringbacklash.org/cards-against-… via @CounterBacklash @MenEngageEurope @Equimundo @MenCareGlobal @IDS_UK