April

In 2022, women in #Afghanistan lost access to secondary and higher education.

Doctors Without Borders Program Manager Sarah Chateau shares how over 200 decrees restrict visibility, limit maternal care and make it difficult for mothers to communicate with medical staff.

Over 100,000 Sydney siders turn out for #Gaza, walking across the iconic bridge in the rain to demand justice: stop the war, let aid in, impose sanctions on Israel. #freepalestine

‘We are dying slowly, save us’: starvation takes hold in Gaza after a week of appalling milestones Parents watch children waste away as deliberate aid restrictions from Israel mean hunger is becoming a killer, as experts confirm famine is currently playing out The people of Gaza did not need this week’s official confirmation from UN-backed hunger experts that the “worst-case scenario of famine” was unfolding there. For months they have watched as their children waste away. “All my children have lost nearly half of their body weight,” said Jamil Mughari, a 38-year-old from Maghazi in central Gaza. “My daughter, who is five years old, now weighs only 11kg. My son Mohammad has become just skin and bones. All my children are like this. Continue reading...

‘We are dying slowly, save us’: starvation takes hold in Gaza after a week of appalling milestones

No fuel in #Gaza also means no support to women giving birth; no water and menstrual hygiene for women and girls; and no access to psychosocial support for survivors of gender-based violence. Let aid in. Stop the war @unfpa.org @careglobal.bsky.social @careintuk.bsky.social @oxfamgb.bsky.social

This morning, Israeli forces expanded their incursion in western Khan Younis, southern #Gaza.

Tanks advanced, while airstrikes and drones fired into an area full of displaced civilians with no prior warning.

Enjoying the United Nations rose garden while we still have it. So far, no talks of cuts to roses #UN80

Today on #Nakba and everyday we stand in solidarity with Palestinians, and call for an end of occupation, war. We call for peace, freedom and justice for Palestinians, #Gaza, #WestBank.

Just briefed the UN Security Council again on the situation in Gaza.
 
Watch my full remarks here:
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Informal meeting of the plenary to hear a briefing by the Secretary-General on the UN80 Initiative - General Assembly, 79th session On 11 March 2025, the UN Secretary General launched the UN80 Initiative to ensure the UN remains effective, cost-efficient and responsive to the People it serves. He undertook to consult closely and r...

An hour into a briefing on UN reforms for effectiveness & efficiencies, yet no mention of #genderequality or #womensrights by anyone
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Airstrikes in #Sudan continue for 5th day. Port Sudan is under constant bombardment. Escalating. No where is safe. Not for Sudanese people, aid workers, or embassy staff. #ceasefirenow
#keepeyesonsudan

Albanese and Labor make history with 'win for the ages', Dutton loses seat Anthony Albanese has declared victory, while Peter Dutton has conceded his own seat in a landslide loss.

Australia wins! With some thanks to America for reminding us of the kind of leadership and democracy we want, the people we want to be, and the country we want to live in. Hate was voted out. #australiaelection #albowins

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Australia has mandatory voting. I count myself lucky to be a citizen in a country that values my right to political participation. I voted. And I hope extremism, racism, sexism, nationalism do not prevail #humanrights #Australiaelection @albomp.bsky.social

Important exchanges with de facto Ministers in Kabul on urgent challenges ahead: climate shocks, returnees, existing needs, impact of funding cuts.

We are engaging to ensure principled delivery. And resolute that Afghan women humanitarians must be able to do their vital work.

Good luck Canada!
Vote for freedom, #humanrights #diversity #genderequality and all things good and kind.
#CanadaElection2025

I stand in solidarity with Sudanese women calling for protection, peace & political participation as war enters 3rd year #Women4Sudan #KeepEyesOnSudan

I joined @norwaymfa.government.no at #CPD58 to highlight importance of sexual and reproductive health and services for survivors of gender-based violence, sharing that access to #SRHR and #GBV services are critical and life-saving in humanitarian emergencies @unfpa.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu #endvawg

Gaza: MSF mourns the killing of eleventh colleague | Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ... Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is appalled and saddened by the killing of our colleague Hussam Al Loulou by an airstrike on the morning of April 1 in southwest of Deir al Balah...

#Gaza: we are appalled and saddened by the killing of our colleague Hussam Al Loulou by an airstrike.

His wife and 28-year-old daughter were also killed in this horrendous attack.

This is the second killing of an MSF colleague in just two weeks.

www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/gaza-msf-mou...

Myanmar quake: UN calls for urgent protection for vulnerable women and girls Friday’s devastating earthquakes in Myanmar not only caused mass casualties and widespread destruction, they also deepened long-standing gender inequalities – leaving millions of women and girls at he...

Don't forget women and girls in the #Myanmar #earthquake and its response @unfpa.bsky.social
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Myanmar earthquake: death toll passes 1,600 as search for survivors continues Aid agencies warn of ‘extremely difficult’ response amid Myanmar’s continuing civil war with true scale of disaster yet to emerge

Myanmar earthquake death toll over 1700 people and rising. So much damage and destruction. You can donate to crisisrelief.un.org/myanmar-eart...

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Atrocities mount daily. Promised aid does not arrive. Why has the west turned its back on Sudan? As territory is won and lost by opposing military forces, people grasp at scraps of normality. But the country is undergoing the world’s most severe humanitarian catastrophe and global announcements o...

#KeepEyesOnSudan World's biggest humanitarian crisis, over 30 million need aid, half are children. 12 million at risk of #sexualviolence. Famine & atrocities daily. War in #Sudan must stop @unfpa.bsky.social @hrw.org @thesvri.bsky.social @unhumanrights.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

#Gaza.
WE ALL have to be talking about Gaza. AND making our screams louder for the war, killings, brutality and destruction to stop. #FREEPALESTINE

Powerful message from Algeria at the UN Security Council briefing on the situation in #Gaza "We condemn these attacks that violate the ceasefire agreement"

#Haiti: 85% of #PortauPrince is under armed control as violence intensifies.

Doctors Without Borders is treating an alarming number of injured people and access to water is collapsing. Some families survive on just 1 litre/day.

Every second counts to bring hope and assistance to people in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the situation continues to deteriorate. (1/3)

#Gaza: Sarah Vulstyeke, Doctors Without Borders' project coordinator, shares her experience: “There was nothing left but rubble.”

Since Feb., our teams have conducted over 1,200 consultations. Humanitarian assistance is urgently needed.

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On now, opening of Commission on the Status of Women on Webtv.un.org where SG had said "#womensrights are under seize. The poison of patriarchy is back with a vengeance" and others "women's place is here, there, everywhere" and "come what may, the human rights of women and girls are not negotiable"

And even on this one day, people still insist on making it about men, thanking men, and centering it on men. Because you know, women can't and shouldn't do anything without men.

Protests on International Women's Day in Turkey demand protection from domestic violence Thousands of women have taken to the streets of Turkish cities to mark International Women’s Day, protesting inequality and violence against women

How women are fighting patriarchy around the world on this International Women's Day. Here's women in Turkiye demanding protection from domestic violence #EndGBV #womensrights #genderequality #iwd abcnews.go.com/Internationa...

The United Nations Secretary-General issued strong message on International Women's Day to bullies pushing back against #genderequality "We must champion and defend #womensrights. We must fight back" #ForAllWomenandGirls

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Wafa Mustafa, Syrian activist delivers powerful remarks to humanitarians calling for inclusion of Syrian women "We are not silent, we were active when bombs were falling, we continue to push - so what will you do to ensure our decision making?" @unwomen.bsky.social @unhumanrights.bsky.social