The #GoodChildhoodReport 2024 is here, and it shows concerning findings for the wellbeing of children in the UK. We see a continuing decline in young people’s wellbeing. This must end now. Read more in the full report: childrenssociety.org.uk/good-childhood

Maram’s stunning piano performance in Kabul. Under the Taliban, music is now illegal. The Afghanistan National Institute of Music empowered talents like her, but one of the Taliban's first moves was to ban the school.

Today marks the start of the RSV vaccination programme in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. This is a welcome move to help reduce the adverse health impacts associated with RSV infection in infants. Find our more our website: rcpch.ac.uk/resources/our-…

I have just published a new piece of writing. A story for Neve, the one I wish I could have given her, for after her death. To read it, click on the banner at the top of the page here emilytammam.co.uk . Kathryn Mannix

Female NHS staff aged 51 to 65 are more likely to be carers. 1 in 3 NHS staff are carers compared to 1 in 11 in the population. This has significant implications for retention and reminds us there still is much to do to bridge the gender gap especially in leadership roles

Parents, are you concerned about your prematurely born child starting or returning to school? If so, here's a FREE webinar on how to support your preterm child at school from The Smallest Things & University of Leicester Full of helpful advice on how you & schools can become #PremAware

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The Nutrition and Nurture Conference is happening in April 2025 😃! Book your place shorturl.at/9QWDj and submit your abstract shorturl.at/kzTom Please share 🙏Holly Jenkins Dr. Clare Maxwell Sarah Lumley Eleanor Brown 💙 Dr Jenny Hall Lisa Manlove Georgina Mayes (She/Her)

The silence of Western feminists and Afghan men about the plight of 20 million women in Afghanistan is utterly disgraceful. These women have been deprived of all their rights— for more than three years—while both global and national discourse remains largely absent.

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One week left to apply for our current vacancy, working with neoatnal staff in our Healthcare Engagement Team. Apply today! org.pulse.ly/i0xp6om9rz

Women’s, Life, Freedom 🇦🇫 Afghan women’s rights activist, Fawzia Koofi, at —The Nobel Center in Oslo; “It's not about the restriction, it's about the feeling of being less than a human. Being controlled for your gender.” —She says the brave women Afghanistan need support.

In 2021 Afghan women started an online campaign to protest the Taliban's female dress code by posting photos of what traditional Afghan clothes look like, sharing #AfghanistanCulture and #AfghanWomen tags. #WomensArt

Today, women protesters took to the streets of Kabul, raising their voices with powerful slogans such as: #Education #Work #Freedom #Freedom is our message. #The fall of the #Taliban is our goal. Yes, the women of Afghanistan will not be silenced, even though the world

🏳️‍⚧️ It’s that time of year again and against all our better planning and time management judgement… #TransgivingUK is back! Fund a care package full of gorgeous trans art for a trans person this winter 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️transgiving.bigcartel.com/product/buy-a-…

Locked in?! Trying hard but can’t escape archaic bleep systems, computers that don’t load, hospital systems that don’t talk to each other, inefficient rotations, paper and pen, sitting on bins, sleeping on floors, bureaucratic process after process Of course we want reform

🇬🇧 53,320 who received at least one dose of #CovidVaccine up to 12 months before #pregnacy vs 133,670 unvaccinated. 👉🏻 Either mRNA or adenovirus (AZ) vaccines reduce risk of very preterm birth by 16% 👉🏻 mRNA vaccines reduce risk of stillbirth by 28%