Recent months have brought to light the arbitrary arrests of women in Abuja nightclubs on erroneous charges of prostitution. During arrest as well as in police custody, women have reported rape and sexual and physical assault by officers.

Spain's Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE) party may have won in the country's general elections in April, and in European elections in May, but the threat of anti-abortion, anti-immigration, and anti-feminist party Vox looms large across the country, especially for Spain's women, who have so much more to lose than to gain.