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Terrific paper from our colleagues @hazcenter.bsky.social develops ideas of disaster literacy based on experience, yet is critical of overstating youth agency in the face of sociomaterial inequalities: should inform disaster planners everywhere @cabinet-office-uk.bsky.social @lucygobag.bsky.social

Trapped children in Gaza, the Flotilla, and Europe’s Double Standards

Europe must uphold international law & ensure children trapped in Gaza are safely reunited with their families

Read our statement: buff.ly/1p2Vp5l

From today we are holding four weeks of public hearings.

We are investigating how the pandemic affected the UK’s children and young people.

This morning Kate Eisenstein, our Deputy Secretary, told @skynewsrss.bsky.social all about Module 8. Watch 📽️ 👇

Children starve as famine risk persists in Sudan    - Plan International The international community must urgently support a peaceful resolution to the Sudan conflict which is expected to worsen the already high levels of hunger.

#Sudan is facing the world’s worst #HungerCrisis. We are already seeing signs of mass starvation in camps where mothers arrive unable to feed their children & today @theipcinfo.bsky.social have warned the situation is only going to worsen with the rainy season.
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Aid in Gaza facing ‘total collapse’ as Israel continues bombing At least 23 people have been killed during Israeli airstrikes on the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, according to hospital officials.

Aid in Gaza facing ‘total collapse’ as Israel continues bombing

Science is under threat from censorship, funding cuts, and political pressure. Defend independent research & support scientists at risk!

🟠 https://spheraresearch.org/declaration-of-the-global-scientific-community-defending-science-knowledge-and-public-interest-in-the-face-of-political-suppression/

People standing outside parliament with road sign placards with messages like 'stop child poverty going up', 'look out for children'.

We were in parliament today with @endchildpoverty.bsky.social @oxfamgb.bsky.social @unicef-uk.bsky.social @actionforchildren.bsky.social @thekidsnetwork.bsky.social to highlight a new record high level of child poverty & that 44% of kids in poverty are living in a household where someone is disabled

Yes. Also convenient to blame smartphones for children’s loss of outdoor play, physical activity and social contact. We started @playingout.bsky.social as parents 17 years ago because these things were already being lost due to an increasingly child-hostile *outdoor* environment.

BBC Radio 4 - At Your Own Peril, Show Me The Bodies Lucy Easthope explores the history of risk.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
This was a great episode - congrats to former CUiDAR advisor Lucy Easthope!

So looking forward to this!

Weighing and balancing risks, holding multiplicity, having the stomach for uncertainty -- this is the main thing I have learned from Lucy and the after disaster world and what life skills they are!

The war has exacted a horrific toll on Gaza’s children.

With the announcement of the ceasefire deal, it is imperative that the parties fully adhere to it and allow the necessary level of aid in.

Children need lasting peace NOW.

New study reveals how bullying impacts teenage mental health Bullying is an age old problem, and can seriously affect the mental health of the victims. This study concentrates on the impact on teenagers

Bullying is an age old problem, and can seriously affect the mental health of the victims. This study concentrates on the impact on teenagers | Manchester University
northwestbylines.co.uk/lifestyle/ne...

Firefighters are still tackling recent wildfires in LA. This catastrophic event must act as a wakeup call. Since 2010, one in five firefighter jobs have been axed, leaving us underprepared for climate disasters. We only need to look at major UK wildfires since 2011 to see why we need more funding.

NUJ welcomes Gaza ceasefire deal

NUJ welcomes Gaza ceasefire deal.
The union has called for clear guarantees for press freedom and urged both sides to play their important role in allowing for the safety and protection of all citizens, including brave journalists on frontlines.
www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...

Our hearts are with those fleeing and fighting wildfires in Los Angeles. At this moment, the need for disaster social science and interdisciplinary research feels as vital as ever. We offer resources to help researchers to study and learn from the California fires: bit.ly/4jd7Ymh

LA fires latest updates: LA officials giving update on wildfires as firefighters struggle to contain blazes Firefighters are still unable to contain multiple blazes, as forecasters warn winds could stoke an already

Why does the @bbc and other media organisations keep referring to the #LAFires as 'natural disasters'? www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cg... #NoNaturalDisasters

Beyond radiation anxiety and country borders: applying health literacy in the field after the Fukushima nuclear disaster | Request PDF Request PDF | Beyond radiation anxiety and country borders: applying health literacy in the field after the Fukushima nuclear disaster | The 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster placed health professionals...

Great to see this latest publication from CUiDAR researcher Alison Lloyd Williams, Aya Goto and colleagues from Fukushima Medical University in the annals of the ICRP: bit.ly/3Wb8p6z

Maha adjusts clothes on a rail at her clothing boutique in Gaza in a displacement camp in Gaza. The women's clothing rails are outdoors, under the open sky, amidst damaged buildings in the background. Maha wears a blue headscarf and a girl in the background looks on.

"[Women] keep their beauty regime going, so they pay me to trim their hair and do a manicure," says Maha, who runs a boutique in a camp for displaced people in #Gaza.

Despite incredible losses and suffering, people are doing their best to continue with everyday life.

Donate now: www.dec.org.uk

‘Tiny broken bodies, rotting babies, flattened corpses, mass graves, levelled neighbourhoods.
It is a spectacle of slaughter. All unfolding in plain sight, livestreamed and posted by Palestinian citizens and journalists, witnessed by outsiders, and described by Israelis themselves.’

Where is the condemnation? At least we have Nesrine.

104 journalists killed this year, according to IFJ annual Killed List Sharp increase in number of imprisoned journalists

104 journalists killed so far this year, according to the International Federation of Journalists’ annual Killed List, with a sharp increase in number of imprisoned journalists. Report is released on International #HumanRightsDay

www.nuj.org.uk/resource/104...

So important to mark this anniversary. Our work with the children of South Ferriby, their testimonies and their demands for change left a lasting impression on us. Thanks Chris!

A woman wearing headscarf hanging a towel on a clothes line installed outside her tent. Behind her tent is the open sea

Winter has come to #Gaza.

The temperature plummeted to a chilling 11°C (51.8F) from 22°C (71.6F).

It continues to drop further, along with heavy downpours on most days.

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Children pay a high price for conflict - a sketch depicting a distressed child with her toy and a parent watching buildings burn.

From #Gaza and #Sudan to #Ukraine, #DRC, #Haiti and many more, children are paying an immensely high price for conflict.

They are severely affected by violence, destruction of schools and infrastructure, and compromised health services.
They need safety, services and peace.

‘It’s not drought - it’s looting’: the Spanish villages where people are forced to buy back their own drinking water Spain is increasingly either parched or flooded – and one group is profiting from these extremes: the water-grabbing multinational companies forcing angry citizens to pay for it in bottles

‘It’s not drought - it’s looting’: the Spanish villages where people are forced to buy back their own drinking water...see
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

‘It’s not drought - it’s looting’: the Spanish villages where people are forced to buy back their own drinking water Spain is increasingly either parched or flooded – and one group is profiting from these extremes: the water-grabbing multinational companies forcing angry citizens to pay for it in bottles

‘It’s not drought - it’s looting’: the Spanish villages where people are forced to buy back their own drinking water...see
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Disaster upon disaster - the curse of bottled water....https://bit.ly/3CK73ck

Using 360° immersive storytelling to engage communities with flood risk Communities worldwide face escalating flood risks due to climate change, a fact that emphasises the critical role of flood preparedness in community flood resilience. Globally, flood risk is expected...

Thrilled to be able to share our new paper wrote with Alison Lloyd Williams @floodskinner.games
On using 360 immersive storytelling to engage communities with flood risk
Our project worked with youth, teachers & the Environment Agency
#FloodEducation

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