Head of Policy Advocacy @resultsuk & Chair @EEWM, co-optee @jrct_uk P&A cttee. Feminist, board gamer & cake baker. Views are my own.
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Alexandra Runswick retweeted
Our head of Policy Advocacy @AlexRunswick was at #UNGA79 advocating for funding on AMR, child nutrition & vaccines, plus civil society engagement on pandemic preparedness & polio 💪
We also launched our report w @ResultsCda on innovations to #EndTB! ➡️ buff.ly/3BfnmwW
Alexandra Runswick retweeted
Thrilled to be at #UNGA79 to launch our report on investing in innovations to ensure Equitable access to #EndTB co-authored by our brilliant colleagues @LeighRaithby @Sahera_TB. #YesWeCanEndTB. Waiting to see how our countries show up at the UNHLM on #AMR starting in a few mins!
Alexandra Runswick retweeted
"The upcoming UN High-Level Meeting on #AMR is a global moment for the UK to show its leadership"
Today is #AMRHLM day. We asked @AlexRunswick of @resultsuk about how the UK should tackle this silent killer. 🦠💊
Sign our letter 👉bit.ly/3yOuakt
Alexandra Runswick retweeted
I’m not an uncritical supporter of SV - I would prefer to use the Alternative Vote (AV) for single post elections. But SV did change elections - it made people freer to cast an honest vote, for their first choice and then their choice of the top two…
Alexandra Runswick retweeted
All too often the human costs of #corruption are forgotten. This new paper from @TI_Defence seeks to change that - telling the powerful stories of lives ruined by corruption in #Defence sectors. #AntiCorruption
NEW BRIEFING: Betrayed by the Guardians sheds light on the profound personal and societal impacts of #corruption within the defence & security sectors and tells the often-overlooked stories of those who have suffered as a direct consequence
Learn more ⤵️
ti-defence.org/research-repo…
Alexandra Runswick retweeted
This is a marked increase from my peer-reviewed academic research into the previous decade (2006-14), which showed that 1 in 9 peerages were going to party donors.
Now it’s 1 in 4. The problem is getting worse, not better.
In the last decade, 1 in 4 peerages have gone to party donors.
Those donors have given £58 million to political parties, of which £53.4 million went to the Conservatives
Seats in Parliament are being given out as subscriber benefits for party fundraising
tortoisemedia.com/2024/04/04…
Alexandra Runswick retweeted
🧵 It’s against the law to ‘sell’ seats to the House of Lords. Yet @TransparencyUK’s latest research shows nearly 25% of party nominated peers in the last decade were also party donors #UKPolitics #HouseofLords #Democracy #AntiCorruption mirror.co.uk/news/politics/n…
Alexandra Runswick retweeted
91% of policies to address the COVID-19 pandemic were completely gender-blind. Policy makers neglected the needs of women & gender-diverse people during COVID. This must be remedied in new pandemic response architecture views-voices.oxfam.org.uk/20… @peoplesvaccine @FifaRahman @GbOxfam
That feeling where an issue you work on is finally getting some much needed media coverage but then you read it and😬
Great to see @TimeOutLondon raising awareness of tuberculosis (TB) in the UK but there are some problems with this article 🧵🧵timeout.com/uk/news/why-is-t…
Very excited to be publishing this report. We have all seen the photo op moments where world leaders make commitments to tackle big issues. How do we ensure the pledges translate into action? This is what we think needs to happen in TB.
📢 New report!
Our Tuberculosis Accountability Policy Report released today urges for greater accountability to #EndTB by 2030: bit.ly/4703bhN
So what is accountability in TB and why is it important?
Read on to find out more (1/4) 🧵
This is great - if long overdue - news. Congratulations to my former colleagues at @TransparencyUK @SteveJGoodrich @rose_whiffen @duncanhames
theguardian.com/politics/202…
Alexandra Runswick retweeted
It's not too late to join our advocacy workshop tomorrow!
Come along to learn the basics of advocacy and how you can join our network of grassroots campaigners to influence political decision making 🤝
Friday 16 June, 12pm!
Register here: bit.ly/3quEbyk
Alexandra Runswick retweeted
Despite severe disruption caused by the #COVID19 pandemic, more vaccines were administered by lower-income countries in 2021 than at any other time in history.
The Vaccine Impact Conference, co-hosted by @gavi and @SpainMFA will celebrate this resilience:
bit.ly/3V9W1SA
Alexandra Runswick retweeted
Grateful to be at the @gavi global vaccines impact conference. Taking inspiration from the big wins (1 billion kids reached!) and taking stock of the work still to be done (the big Covid-catch up and no more zero dose kids!) #vaccineswork @ResultsCda
Alexandra Runswick retweeted
"civil society, academics, healthcare workers + policy makers are working together to increase momentum on the action needed to end TB...The collective action across countries to press govts to take action on TB + show up for the HLM in Sept is paramount to saving lives" #EndTB
🌟 New blog!
Last month the global TB community gathered at the UN Multi-stakeholder hearing on TB 🌎
Read our latest blog to learn what this meeting was about, the key asks developed and their importance to #EndTB by 2030 💪
➡️ bit.ly/3OXyRhc
#YesWeCanEndTB #UNGA78
Alexandra Runswick retweeted
Powerful words from @johngreen earlier this month: "TB treatment must be made available to all, so that tuberculosis can become what it should have been long ago: history."
👀washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
Alexandra Runswick retweeted
Forgive me… but this is one of the happiest days of my life! Princess Sophia Duleep Singh gets her blue plaque at Hampton Court! And sisters from everywhere come to celebrate her in the blazing sun! Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary. #suffragette #womem
Alexandra Runswick retweeted
🧵The net migration data out today will be misused to try and whip us into a frenzy and support a harmful false rhetoric on immigration. Here’s the truth about the numbers 👇jcwi.org.uk/the-truth-about-…