My friend ⁦Max Lawson⁩ and his mum standing up for Palestinian land rights And calling for an end to the war in Gaza.
Maama Max, I salute you for always standing in solidarity with people who are oppressed.

The debt crisis currently choking countries in Sub-Saharan Africa is not fate but is a man-made situation which can be unmade.

The global financial architecture needs an urgent reset!

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❌ Female genital mutilation is violence against women.

As we continue to advance women’s rights, we are appalled by any attempted rollback of legal protection of those rights.

We stand with survivors of FGM and with all women and girls in The Gambia.

#EndFGM

Inclusivity enriches

Diversity strengthens

Equality empowers

Let's ensure our donor engagements reflect these values

-H.E. Ratu Epeli Nailatikau, UNAIDS UNAIDSPacific Goodwill Ambassador at APCOM Foundation Asian Development Bank PSGDN forum on just engagement with financial institutions in #Fiji

On April 26, 1964, the African nations of Tanganyika and Zanzibar merged to form Tanzania. Despite initial challenges, the union remains steadfast. On their 60th anniversary, here's an overview of how they started and how they're doing (TODAY)
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Over decades, the HIV response has shown how it's possible to respond effectively to a pandemic. Any #PandemicAccord must learn from the fight to #endAIDS , and be based on the principles of human rights, equity & solidarity. We mustn't repeat COVID's vaccine apartheid.
#PPPR #INB

The International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace highlights a fundamental truth: no country can solve today’s challenges alone.

We need to resurrect a new spirit of global cooperation to rebuild trust, heal divisions, and place humanity on the path to peace.

The Global South now repays more in debt than it gets in grants & loans. This is beyond all reason.
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There are 95 commodity-dependent developing countries, almost half of all United Nations member states.

Commodity dependence represents a trap of development, a cycle of vulnerability and a source of inequality. 👇🏼

Women are vastly underrepresented in leadership positions in multilateral organizations. This picture from day 1 at #UNGA78 shows that. We make the case for #GWLVoices ' flagship report #WomenInMultilateralism 2024 gwlvoices.com/gender-equalit…

In a world of plenty, children are starving to death.

That is unacceptable.

Last year, the number of people on the cusp of famine doubled – to over 700,000.

The global food crisis requires an urgent global response.

This week, we celebrated a birthday at Le Flacon! ⁦Kifefe Kizza-Besigye⁩ ⁦an • selm 🇵🇸⁩

154 million lives.
Six lives a minute.
Every day for the last 50 years.

Immunization is one of humanity’s greatest achievements.

But there are still places where people don’t have access to vaccines.

It’s time for immunization for all. #HumanlyPossible uni.cf/4dbDkXl

This is big! 65 heads of state and major world leaders just sent an open letter to Governor Kathy Hochul Carl E. Heastie Sen. Stewart-Cousins urging New York to pass the Sovereign Debt Stability Act! oxf.am/4aQ0qkD

Nawatakia nyote kheri tunapoadhimisha Miaka 60 ya Muungano wetu. Hii ni tunu yetu sote, matokeo ya kazi ya kila Mtanzania kuanzia waasisi wetu mpaka sasa. Tumejenga nyumba imara ya Tanzania katika misingi ya utu, udugu na uanamajumui wa Afrika hatua kwa hatua, chini ya kila awamu…

Thk you for bringing attention to the SUFFERING in Gaza Sigrid Kaag

Some critics see #Ghana and #Uganda ’s homophobic legislation as disturbing evidence of a continental contagion. In 2023, 4 other countries – Kenya, Namibia, Niger and Tanzania – also tightened anti-gay laws.

ISS Today by Peter Fabricius #HumanRights issafrica.org/iss-today/ghan…

'My name is the liberated prisoner, Khaled Junaid. I am 14 years old, from northern Gaza.

The first night I was in prison, the officer called me and took me for interrogation. It was a room one meter by meter, and there was gravel that looked like nails.

I was naked, and he…

“Anatomy of a South African Genocide” (2011), examines the extermination of the Cape San people in South Africa by Dutch settlers and colonialists in the 18th and 19th centuries. They were almost completely annihilated as a result of massacres, land confiscation, massacre, forced…

I was honored to introduce research by OxfamAmerica & Prosperity Now on “Unseen Work, Unmet Needs” highlighting the reality that women, especially women of color, bear disproportionate care responsibilities in their homes and communities.