๐ to Sanyu Awori of @awidwomensrights.bsky.social
"In a world where billionaires exist, expecting women to lift themselves and their families out of poverty through microloans alone places an outsized burden on those with the least"
www.ihrb.org/latest/femin...
This is such a depressing read. Ironically, now humanitarianism is collapsing, there have probably never been so many people trained in humanitarian action. A generation of young people who will never use their skills. Or maybe this urge to professionalization was part of what went wrong?
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From power plays in Gaza and Davos, to fighting in South Sudan, to millions facing hunger across Africa โ our latest Cheat Sheet breaks down the biggest stories you need to know, without the noise. โฌ๏ธ
Credo, nem sabia que isso acontecia ๐ฑ
One of the best independent journalism models is @thecontinent.org, probably the one African publication that I can read calmly in the balcony in Lisbon as it is delivered straight to my WhatsApp (for free!)- feels like getting a weekly newspaper delivered on my doorstep, thousand of miles away
Picture's legend: "Unfiltered: The dust storm turned Libya more orange than a septuagenerian fascistโs facecloth"
Read @thecontinent.org : not only is this native African weekly newspaper (yes, actual traditional slow paced newspaper, not web pages) always on point with its selection of news and its analysis - but they are humorous too !
www.thecontinent.org
Weโre so back!
This almost seems like watching a new season of Narcos unfolding in real time. But reality is always a hell of a lot stranger than fiction.
#2025InReview ๐๏ธ From Nicaragua to Guatemala to El Salvador, a new Central American exile is upon us.
Read โLetters on Exile,โ our July issue of Central America Monthly: beta.elfaro.net/en/monthly/i...
Today is, among other things, a reminder that you don't get a general strike by posting that we should have a general strike.
You get a general strikeโon the rare occasions you doโby the long slow slog of building organizing power with those around you in response to local conditions.
New article in The Conversation by Max Bell School of Public Policy Professor of Practice Gisรจle Yasmeen and two Max Bell students looks at how street vendors and waste pickers can help cities manage growth.
Read more here: theconversation.com/how-street-v...
I love this
The broad consensus was that Mark Carney gave the best speech at Davos while Trump gave a whiny, low-energy snooze-fest where he kept mixing up countries, so naturally Trump is posting that he wonโt be Carneyโs friend which undoubtedly devastates Carney and Canadians everywhere.
Reading for January, when days are cold and nights are long, and good writing is always a comfort, even when dealing with hard topics like migration and tangible and intangible borders
April without supermarkets! Great campaign initiative from @humundi.bsky.social. Background dossier looks at the impact of supermarkets in Senegal, Bolivia and Belgium, and what social movements can do. www.humundi.org/publications... (in French) @margteixeira.bsky.social #AvrilSansSupermarchรฉ
"Congo is absolutely central to modern life. It's the engine behind the most pivotal moment in the 20th century."
New episode of our Rights & Wrongs podcast discusses the story of the Democratic Republic of Congo โคต๏ธ
Spotify: spoti.fi/3UmP1BQ
Apple: apple.co/4bghhgA
๐จ5 yrs ago, care workers were hailed as heroes. Promises were made better pay, safe staffing, protections.
Today? UNIยดs reportโwith responses from 11,233 workers across 63 countriesโexposes a care system in freefall. #CareCantWait
๐Report: bit.ly/3Dtv0oS
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
The funder landscape for NGOs is under pressure internationally, not only just because of the USAID funding cuts, but developments in The Netherlands as well.
No joke, the Continent is publishing the best coverage of the DRC right now. And you can have it sent to you for free on WhatsApp and Signal!
Plus this one about the Netherlands from last year as well: www.alliancemagazine.org/blog/netherl...
It's depressing following the news around #USAID & it makes me wonder...with the far-right rising in Europe, will we be seeing a similar situation play out with European aid & development funding, including for European CSOs. E.g. see this news from last year: www.politico.eu/article/fear...
Book by Sujatha Fernandes "Curated Stories"
I haven't been this excited to read a comms book in a long time ๐ "Curated Stories: The Uses and Misuses of Storytelling" by @sujathaf.bsky.social
ร lindรญssimo <3
If you are still using TikTok, here's how you can at least support a group of excluded workers ๐
streetnet.org.za/2025/01/14/3...
I am always filled with antecipation, dread and excitement, for this report each year โค๏ธโ๐ฉน
This reminds me of a Portuguese author I love saying how she usually reads drafts of her books to hear friends to "test the rhythm" of the writing.
Yes, audiobooks are (another type of) reading ๐
youtu.be/80SCl6n0TEo?...
Remember these when youโre told cuts are unavoidable because thereโs no moneyโฆ
As Davos begins, shocking data revealed in Oxfamโs report:
๐ฐBillionaire wealth is growing 3 times faster than it was just a year ago.
๐ฐBillionaire wealth is growing by $5.7 billion every ๐๐๐ฎ.
