Franki Rhodes

Rather than be honest that ODA budget cuts mean the UK will fail to meet its climate finance commitments, they are changing the rules to count more and more aid spending towards the target.

Communities already devastated by climate crisis lose out and are short-changed by this dishonesty.

Debt-for-nature swaps reduce debt seven times less than debt restructurings  - Debt Justice For more information and interviews contact Jerome Phelps on +44 7817 628196 New research released today by Debt Justice finds that debt-for-nature swaps have on average reduced debt levels by seven t...

1/ 🚨 New research out today 🚨

Debt-for-nature swaps do not meaningfully reduce debt levels‼️

They cut countries' debt levels by 7x less than debt restructurings

Full release👉 bit.ly/4jr1yPs
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Today we join with over 60 charities to demand that the UK government reverse the shameful funding cuts that will deliver the worst aid budget for women & girls on record.

🔗 Click to read @theindependent.bsky.social piece:
careint.uk/4dwrgR1
🔗 JOIN US & write to your MP: careint.uk/4knTD6i

South Sudan ordered to pay Afreximbank $657m by UK High Court   - Debt Justice FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information and interviews contact Jerome Phelps on +44 7817 628196  15 May 2025 – South Sudan has been ordered by the High Court in London to pay Afreximbank $657 milli...

South Sudan is facing hunger, disease, floods - and now it must find $657 million to pay creditors who sued in the UK High Court, almost half its government's revenue.

The UK must pass a law to stop private creditors from suing countries to make big profits.

debtjustice.org.uk/news/south-s...

Today, the UK Government has sent a clear message: it is choosing not to stand with women & girls.

To avoid being remembered as one of the worst for women and girls, it must immediately reverse these cuts and protect their rights.

Full statement: careint.uk/3GOebGr

Without debt relief, climate action will fail Many Global South countries spend five times more on repaying debt than tackling climate change - governments meeting in Seville next month can stop this downward spiral

The debt crisis is sabotaging climate action.
Global South countries spend 5x more on debt than on climate solutions.
📢 FfD4 must back a UN Sovereign Debt Convention now.
🧵 Read more: www.climatechangenews.com/2025/05/07/w...
#DebtJustice #ClimateFinance #FfD4 #Seville2025

Attacking the rights of a marginalised group isn’t a win for feminism.

Demanding that women be defined by our biology isn't a win for feminism.

The people driving this are not acting in the interests of women. They're taking us all backwards and ushering in the far right.

In a targeted attack on his car, Israel has killed Al-Jazeera's
Hossam Shabat, who was only 23 years old and was one of the last remaining journalists in Gaza.

There are no words.

Women’s rights to be championed by appointment of new UK Special Envoy Harriet Harman to champion gender equality worldwide as new UK Special Envoy for Women and Girls.

Great to see Harriet Harman appointed as UK Special Envoy for women & girls.

The role will benefit enormously from her experience but must be backed by, at least, a 20% share of the aid budget dedicated to supporting women & girls.

#StopTheCuts #SupportWomenLeaders

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After announced aid cuts and ahead of #IWD, our message to the UK government couldn't be clearer: protect women and girls.

CREDIT: ONE Campaign _ Fionna Guilfoyle

#SupportWomenLeaders #StopTheCuts @onecampaign.bsky.social

Last time the UK Government implemented aid cuts, programming for gender equality took one of the biggest hits.

I've met women's rights leaders whose work on GBV, SRHR and climate was halted in its tracks.

This can't happen again. We are calling to #StoptheCuts and #SupportWomenLeaders.

UK aid budget cuts threaten climate finance pledges The UK is the latest wealthy nation to announce cuts to its overseas aid weeks after committing to step up climate pledges

NEW: The UK is the latest wealthy nation to announce cuts to its overseas aid weeks after committing to step up climate finance to developing countries

If you need an inspiring read the new @wen-uk.bsky.social strategy is a demonstration of a feminist approach to climate and economic crisis. It includes:
⭐movement building
⭐increasing marginalised women's participation
⭐radical transformation of systems
⭐working for a #feministgreennewdeal

What a great start to the year at #EurodadIC with hundreds of influential activists and CSO members coming together to develop collective strategies towards #DebtJustice.

It's time to take these expectations and work together to make them a reality at #FfD4! 💪

📹: @eurodadnews.bsky.social

Billionaires Should Not Exist Yes, every billionaire really is a policy failure.

When a single billionaire can accumulate more money in 10 seconds than their employees make in one year, while workers struggle to meet the basic cost of rent and medicine, then yes, every billionaire really is a policy failure.

Read our op-ed here ⤵️

We’ve popped together a #starterpack of women who are speaking out and leading the way on climate. Do you have any suggestions for voices to add? Let us know, comment below 👇

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Thank you so much Alice Macdonald for raising this important question on how UK aid can prioritise #genderequality.

While we agree with Minister Dodds that effective mainstreaming is needed, we also need aid targeted specifically at gender equality.

We're asking for a target of at least 20%.