- inspirational activist Heather Ford @makingrightsreal.bsky.social, human rights advocate & researcher Lydia Gitamvu, @InclusionScotland Julia & April from People Led Policy Panel #Empowerment means claiming dignity and equality, refusing to be excluded from decisions

Journalists should never befriend politicians - Jeane Freeman was the exception Kevin McKenna remembers Jeane Freeman after the former health minister died on Saturday at the age of 72

"Kindness", "Towering Intellect", "Eloquence" describe Jeane Freeman but for me it was "Humanity" & integrity which characterised relationships with disabled people, DPOs & myself. She listened, believed & embedded fairness, dignity & respect in all she did.
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As the Taliban open their doors to tourism, they are closing windows on women | Catherine Bennett Specialist travel companies are using euphemisms to avoid the gender apartheid Having denied Afghan women jobs, education and free movement, ordered them to be totally covered, banned them from parks, removed their critical healthcare and silenced them…

As the Taliban open their doors to tourism, they are closing windows on women | Catherine Bennett

The Indigenous People of North America have decided to go back to calling the Gulf of Mexico, “Chalchiuhtlicueyecatl”. It is what the Nahuatl People originally called it as it is the domain of the goddess Chalchiuhtlicue, who is assoc w/water bodies, including the Gulf of Mexico.

Article by @neilmackay.bsky.social @heraldscotland.bsky.social outlines brutal reality facing Scotland's disabled people: this needs to be heard & better understood by the people of Scotland including our First Minister and full Scottish Cabinet and Prime Minister and full UK Cabinet.