Annette Young

The 51% - The plight of Gaza's women and girls It is two years since Hamas attacked Israeli communities along the Gaza border. In response, Israel launched a devastating war in the Palestinian territory. We take a closer look at the heavy toll thi...

It’s two years since #Hamas attacked #Israeli communities along the #Gaza border. The 51 Percent this week reports on the heavy toll Israel’s subsequent war has had on #Palestinian #women & #girls. 🧕👶

The 51% - The plight of Gaza's women and girls It is two years since Hamas attacked Israeli communities along the Gaza border. In response, Israel launched a devastating war in the Palestinian territory. We take a closer look at the heavy toll thi...

It’s two years since #Hamas attacked #Israeli communities along the #Gaza border. The 51 Percent this week reports on the heavy toll Israel’s subsequent war has had on #Palestinian #women & #girls. 🧕👶

The 51% - Meeting Dr Jane Goodall: A global champion for the environment In a special edition, Annette Young meets Dr Jane Goodall, viewed as the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, to talk about the "now or never moment" for the COP28 UAE climate talks; and how the ba...

When people ask me who are some of the most inspiring people I have interviewed; this conversation for The 51 Percent in November 2023 with #JaneGoodall will always stand out.
Thank you Dr Goodall for all you did and for everything you stood for. And for expressing common sense.
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The 51% - Meeting Dr Jane Goodall: A global champion for the environment In a special edition, Annette Young meets Dr Jane Goodall, viewed as the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, to talk about the "now or never moment" for the COP28 UAE climate talks; and how the ba...

When people ask me who are some of the most inspiring people I have interviewed; this conversation for The 51 Percent in November 2023 with #JaneGoodall will always stand out.
Thank you Dr Goodall for all you did and for everything you stood for. And for expressing common sense.
@france24.com

The 51% - Why do men lead women's fashion? With Paris Fashion Week upon us, we look at an industry that while largely targeting women, is rarely led by them. This year, just two women have been appointed as new creative directors of major fash...

It’s an industry that largely targets #women yet is rarely led by them. Even less so in 2025 after massive shake-up in the #fashion world. From this week’s The 51 Percent ⬇️
@france24.com
#womensfashion

The 51% - Why do men lead women's fashion? With Paris Fashion Week upon us, we look at an industry that while largely targeting women, is rarely led by them. This year, just two women have been appointed as new creative directors of major fash...

It’s an industry that largely targets #women yet is rarely led by them. Even less so in 2025 after massive shake-up in the #fashion world. From this week’s The 51 Percent ⬇️
@france24.com
#womensfashion

A group of #French families are suing the govt over ignored pleas for help by #domesticviolence victims. I talk to Dr Andreea Gruev-Vintila, a specialist in #coercivecontrol, on how authorities need to do more to prevent further #femicides.
More here: f24.my/BQbP.x 🇫🇷🙇🏻‍♀️⚖️

A group of #French families are suing the govt over ignored pleas for help by #domesticviolence victims. I talk to Dr Andreea Gruev-Vintila, a specialist in #coercivecontrol, on how authorities need to do more to prevent further #femicides.
More here: f24.my/BQbP.x 🇫🇷🙇🏻‍♀️⚖️

Pour la première fois depuis 2003, la France devrait faire sensation aux Nations unies.

Ce lundi soir, Emmanuel Macron prononcera devant l’Assemblée générale de l'ONU des mots historiques, reconnaissant au nom de la France l’État de Palestine ➡️ https://l.leparisien.fr/Uj4z

The 51% - The Kabul hospital that still treats Afghan women As Taliban restrictions leave Afghan women without medical care after a deadly earthquake, we have a report from one rare hospital in Kabul where women are still able to access treatment. Also, at lea...

From The 51 Percent this week ⬇️

Absolutely appalling situation for #women and #girls in #Afghanistan especially as women are banned frommedical & nursing schools. This as men unrelated to women are not allowed to touch them. 🇦🇫👩🏻‍⚕️🩺🧕

#EndGenderApartheid
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Nepal’s Prime Minister Resigns as Protesters Set Fire to Leaders’ Houses: Live Updates A day after violent clashes left at least 19 people dead, Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli and other ministers quit, with no clear path to assuaging young protesters in the capital.

Breaking News: Nepal’s prime minister resigned as protesters set fire to government offices and leaders’ houses, a day after at least 19 people died in clashes. Follow live updates.

Banksy mural reported as criminal damage and set to be removed The image appeared on the wall of the Royal Courts of Justice in central London on Monday.

Banksy mural on Royal Courts of Justice reported as criminal damage and set to be removed

The 51% - Sudan war's devastating impact on women and girls Sudan is now facing famine as civil war continues to ravage the country. It’s become the world's worst humanitarian crisis; displacing close to 13 million people. This as rape is being used as a weapo...

With the inevitable focus on #Gaza and #Ukraine, it seems the world has forgotten #Sudan ias #civilwar continues to ravage the country. This as #rape is being used as a weapon of terror. For #The51%, I talk to Hala al-Karib of @sihanetwork.bsky.social on efforts to hold perpetrators accountable. 🇸🇩

The 51% - Sudan war's devastating impact on women and girls Sudan is now facing famine as civil war continues to ravage the country. It’s become the world's worst humanitarian crisis; displacing close to 13 million people. This as rape is being used as a weapo...

With the inevitable focus on #Gaza and #Ukraine, it seems the world has forgotten #Sudan ias #civilwar continues to ravage the country. This as #rape is being used as a weapon of terror. For #The51%, I talk to Hala al-Karib of @sihanetwork.bsky.social on efforts to hold perpetrators accountable. 🇸🇩

UK politicians must stop stoking division, says policing chief Gavin Stephens says rows over asylum seekers have raised community tensions and put pressure on officers Politicians should work to “reduce and defuse tensions” instead of stoking division, a senior chief constable has said. Gavin Stephens, who chairs the National Police Chiefs’ Council, was speaking after weeks of demonstrations against asylum seekers being housed in hotels, and counter-protests by those who fear the issue is mobilising the far right and demonising vulnerable people. Continue reading...

UK politicians must stop stoking division, says policing chief

The 51% - Should we panic about plummeting birthrates? In a special edition marking the start of a new season, we dive into an issue increasingly alarming governments around the world: a global decline in birthrates. A recent joint study by UNFPA and YouG...

The 51 Percent is back for a new season & diving into an issue increasingly alarming govts the world over: a global #decline in #birthrates. I speak to @ox.ac.uk
anthropologist @paulajasheppard.bsky.social on whether we're right to be worried.🤰🏻👶📉

Don't panic, I say:

Thanks @annettef24.bsky.social for having me on the #51Percent

The 51% - Should we panic about plummeting birthrates? In a special edition marking the start of a new season, we dive into an issue increasingly alarming governments around the world: a global decline in birthrates. A recent joint study by UNFPA and YouG...

The 51 Percent is back for a new season & diving into an issue increasingly alarming govts the world over: a global #decline in #birthrates. I speak to @ox.ac.uk
anthropologist @paulajasheppard.bsky.social on whether we're right to be worried.🤰🏻👶📉

BREAKING Russia fired 629 drones and missiles at Ukraine overnight -- the second highest figure of the entire war -- Ukraine's air force said Thursday, killing at least eight people in the capital Kyiv

Temperature records broken as extreme heat grips parts of Europe Unprecedented temperatures causing difficulties in south-west France, Croatia, Italy and Spain with wildfire destruction across Europe up 87% * How dangerous are wildfires and how can we stop them from getting worse? Extreme heat is breaking temperature records across Europe, early measurements suggest, and driving bigger and stronger wildfires. In south-west France, records were broken on Monday in Angoulême, Bergerac, Bordeaux, Saint-Émilion and Saint-Girons. Météo France said the “often remarkable, even unprecedented, maximum temperatures” in the region were 12C above the norm for the last few decades. Continue reading...

Temperature records broken as extreme heat grips parts of Europe

Musk’s Grok calls Trump the ‘most notorious’ criminal in DC when asked about crime The tech tycoon’s attempt to build a reliably right-wing AI chatbot continues to go off the rails

Musk’s Grok calls Trump the ‘most notorious’ criminal in DC when asked about violent crime in the city

As Heat Wave Hits Southern Europe, Wildfires Kill 2 Firefighters were battling blazes in France, Spain and Portugal. Forecasters warned that temperatures would soar above 104 degrees Fahrenheit in some places.

Southern Europe is sweltering under life-threatening heat, fueling wildfires that have left at least two people dead. Forecasters have warned that temperatures would soar above 104 degrees Fahrenheit in some places, with Spain and France expected to suffer the most.

Here’s what to know.

In the midst of our European summer break, just a quick reminder; The 51 Percent on @en.france24.com is now available as a podcast.

So head to Apple Podcasts to listen to all of our episodes from the 2024/2025 season.

🎧📲📳

#podcasts #genderjournalism

In the midst of our European summer break, just a quick reminder; The 51 Percent on @en.france24.com is now available as a podcast.

So head to Apple Podcasts to listen to all of our episodes from the 2024/2025 season.

🎧📲📳

#podcasts #genderjournalism

Very sad to hear about the death of David Dale. He established the long-time cult institution on the back page of the Sydney Morning Herald, the "Stay In Touch" column, with genius cartoonist Matthew Martin, where I subsequently got my my cartooning break. Inveterate trivia buff, foodie and friend.

A professor had a $2.4m grant to study Black maternal health. Then Trump was elected Jaime Slaughter-Acey said it was ‘heartbreaking’ to discover her study on Black maternal health was cancelled after the Trump administration’s NIH cuts

A professor had a $2.4m grant to study Black maternal health. Then Trump was elected

UK has got ‘fat’ on decades of free labour by women, says MP Jess Phillips Minister points to ‘sexist’ practice of country relying on women to provide services so government did not have to Labour MP Jess Phillips has said the UK has got “fat” from the free labour of women for decades. The minister for safeguarding and violence against women and girls said the country has relied on women providing charity, adding it was a “fundamentally sexist” practice that meant the government was less willing to provide the service itself. She said she “hated” the title of her role and added that safeguarding against gender-based violence should be “business as usual in every single government department”. The Birmingham Yardley MP also suggested there was an issue in Whitehall where government departments viewed violence against women and girls as solely a Home Office issue. Phillips said she had to push for the safety of women and girls to be a “mainstream concern”, which she said had not always made her “popular as a government minister”. Asked what pushback she had received from ministers or civil servants, she said: “People directly say things like, ‘That’s the Home Office’s job’. “Why is it my job to do healthy relationship education in schools? Why is it my job to provide mental health support for whatever reason it is that you ended up in that [situation]?’ “Do you know what it is? Free labour of women is where it comes from. “It comes from a fundamentally sexist place in that women didn’t have these services, so a load of women across the country got together and made these services and offered them to other women for free, and they didn’t get paid for their labour. “So they put down a mattress and made a refuge. They set up counselling services and got people who were trained to be therapists and got their voluntary hours and set it up for free.” Phillips said people do not recognise how heavily the UK has relied on women providing support that previously did not exist. She added: “Nobody offered diabetes medicine for free. Pharmaceutical companies didn’t go, ‘Wow, this is really important. People will die without this. We’ll just give it away for free.’ “That is what the women in our country did in the 1960s and 1970s and 1980s and we got fat on that expectation that that service will be provided for free. “And we also belittled it as an issue that wasn’t absolutely, fundamentally mainstream to the safety and security of our nation. “Undoing that is really hard and it’s going to take a long time.” Continue reading...

UK has got ‘fat’ on decades of free labour by women, says MP Jess Phillips

What has it taken to unite France's divided voters? A hated, toxic chemical | Alexander Hurst A student-led petition against a bill that would reintroduce a banned insecticide is spreading like wildfire. Will the government listen, asks Guardian Europe columnist Alexander Hurst

In France, a student-led petition against a bill that would reintroduce a banned insecticide is spreading like wildfire. Will the government listen? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Edvard Munch's "Coldplay.” 😱

Kyiv residents descend into subway to escape Russian bombardment At night, residents rush to metro stations deep underground in scenes reminiscent of the German "Blitz" bombings of London during World War Two.

Kyiv residents descend into subway to escape Russian bombardment reut.rs/3GT7yTK