Jennifer (Trenholm) Ferguson-Mitchell

As Trump Administration Plans to Burn Contraceptives, Europeans Are Alarmed

Trump administration plans to burn contraceptives valued at $9.7M, while European nations scramble to stop the destruction.

Wasteful, irresponsible, unethical action by the Trump Administration .

Trump is winning at having the most TV personalities in office during his administration. Has anyone been keeping a head count?

Two girls shot in Gaza - BBC pieces together what happened and looks at dozens more child shootings Layan and Mira were killed in proximity to IDF soldiers - the Israeli military says intentional harm to civilians is prohibited and their cases will be examined by the authorities.

Must watch: excellent in-depth reporting by the BBC on the shooting of 160 children in Gaza by the Israeli Defense Forces — many targeted to be shot in the head.

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Children Are Dying as Famine Conditions Deepen in Gaza The worst case scenario of famine is playing out in the Gaza Strip, where food and nutrition indicators have reached their most dire levels since the conflict began.

Right now, more than  320,000 children — #Gaza's entire under-5 population — are at risk of acute malnutrition, with thousands suffering from severe acute malnutrition, the deadliest form of undernutrition.

Time is running out to mount a full-scale humanitarian response.

How many people faced hunger in 2024?

Latest data is available in #SOFI2025👇

The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2024: Addressing high food price inflation for food security and nutrition

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A key gathering on food systems, #UNFSS2025, is taking place this week in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Transformation is needed to feed the growing population and meet environmental and sustainability goals.

Find out more by taking a journey through the world's #FoodSystems: www.unep.org/interactives...

Starvation is a horrific reality for children and families in Gaza. Aid at scale must be allowed in urgently.

This is a man-made disaster.

Enough is enough. The United Nations must be allowed to deliver aid of all types at scale to families in Gaza, wherever they are.

The Israeli Authorities are starving civilians in #Gaza.

Among them are 1 million children.

Lift the siege: allow UNRWA to bring in food and medicines.

The ban on international media to enter Gaza continues.

The livestream of horrors from #Gaza goes on despite the ban, for 650 days.

No one can claim they didn’t know.

UNRWA teams work although they themselves are starving and exhausted.

Lift the siege, allow UNRWA to bring in supplies.

We are receiving desperate messages of starvation from #Gaza, including from our colleagues.

Food prices have increased 40 fold.

UNRWA has enough food for the entire population for over three months, stockpiled just outside Gaza.

Lift the siege and let aid in safely and at scale.

Opinion | The Senate Rescinded Vital Unicef Funding The $142 million wasn’t for my organization’s ‘overhead,’ but core funds.

In the aftermath of last week's rescissions package, our own Patrick Quirk writes to @wsj.com about why "zeroing out America’s longstanding, traditionally bipartisan investments in UNICEF will have consequences for generations to come."

At minimum laws should be changed to allow them to be criminally charged for insider trading.

Take advantage quickly of pre-Trump tax credits and rebates before they are gone, gone, gone.

To think this is the behavior of a Head of State. It’s reprehensible.

Israeli forces kill 67 Palestinians seeking aid in northern Gaza, Hamas-run ministry says The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it had "fired warning shots" and disputed the number of reported deaths.

Heartbreaking.

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May I ask where you live? Trying to figure out if this will work where I live, as I don’t water.

Heartbreaking. Women and children desperate for nutritious food are killed. Children whose lives are now erased. Gone forever. Unthinkable. This needs to stop. We need to stop it.

AI is already beginning to deliver on its promise to improve lives around the world. But how do we ensure it stays its course? @unctad.bsky.social explores the issue 👇

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Today:

➖ #GHO: UN, partners unveil hyper-prioritized aid appeal amid brutal funding cuts
➖ #Gaza: Hostilities claim more lives
➖ #Sudan: Fighting, insecurity drive displacement in Darfur and Kordofan
➖ #Ukraine: Donetsk, Kherson regions hardest hit by recent attacks

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Smart!! 😅 I never swam in the "dark water" again after that movie! 😭😭😭😂

The ocean is undervalued, underfunded, and overexploited.

At #UNOC3, UNEP and partners launched One Ocean Finance, a new initiative to reshape global finance and unlock billions to #SaveOurOcean.

More: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...

🌊 The ocean powers 80% of global trade & supports climate, food security & livelihoods — yet its economy remains underdeveloped.

“The ocean connects us all. So must our solutions,” said UNCTAD chief Rebeca Grynspan at the 3rd UN Ocean Conference in Nice.

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#UNOC3 #SaveOurOcean

Growing up on Cape Cod, watching JAWS scared us all out of the water as kids. Great to see the shark conservation work going on, but be careful, lots of great white sharks in the area these days drawn here by the growing seal population. "Danger Sharks!" signs now at all the public beaches. 🦈😄

“According to @unicef.org 50,000 boys and girls have been killed or injured in just 20 months,” UNRWA Juliette Touma tells @rte.ie.

Civilians, including children, humanitarian and medical workers, first responders, and journalists, continue to be killed and injured in the #Gaza Strip.

“We’re looking at boxes of food here [in UNRWA warehouses]… some of it expiring in July,” UNRWA Jonathan Fowler tells @npr.org.

As needs increase, food and other essential supplies remain stuck just hours away from #Gaza — preventing it from reaching those who need it most.

Important words from UNRWA. 🕊️

Forests cover 1/3 of the Earth's land, provide clean air and water, store carbon, and are home to much biodiversity.

However, 10 million hectares are cleared annually by humans—equivalent to the size of Portugal.

UNEP supports the protection of these ecosystems: unep.org/topics/fores...

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Want to see even more coverage of UNICEF's global impact for children? Don't forget that we've got a #StarterPack featuring colleagues and offices from around the world! 🌎

Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly The 78th World Health Assembly is being held in Geneva, Switzerland, on 19–27 May 2025. The World Health Assembly is the decision-making body of WHO. It is attended by delegations from all WHO Member ...

Day 6 of the 78th session of the World Health Assembly has just started.

Follow the #WHA78 discussions on our website bit.ly/78thWorldHea...