Communication strategist & int'l political scientist. Passionate about #HumanRights and #SustainableDevelopment. Head of Global Comms @sos_children
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šØāļøš More than 34,000 Palestinians have been killed in the past six months. #StopSendingArms to Israel or risk complicity in committing war crimes and genocide! #CeasefireNOW
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How many atrocities will it take before you call for an immediate and permanent #CeasefireNOW? Civilians should never be the targetā
Prime Minister @RishiSunak & Foreign Secretary @David_Cameron, respect the #ICJ ruling and end your complicity in the crisis in #Gaza. SHARE NOW.
Important event for anyone who cares about #InternationalHumanitarianLaw and its universal application šš¾iss.nl/en/events/gaza-icj-brā¦
Civilians are being targeted and denied evacuation. Supplies of food, water and medicine are being blocked. A humanitarian crisis is in the making before our eyes.
Almost half of #Gaza's 2M population is children.
Let's protect children and their rights!
SOS Childrenās Villages calls on all parties to the conflict in the #Gaza Strip and #Israel to take immediate steps to protect children and respect international human rights and humanitarian laws, including the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
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Women in sport continue to face sexual harassment and abuse ā every one of us has the responsibility to call out and challenge such abuse. We join Spainās Jenni Hermoso and all those working to end abuse & sexism in sport. Make this a turning point. #SeAcabo - @volker_turk
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What does climate inequality look like?
The top map shows national responsibility for climate breakdown. The bottom maps show projected climate-change attributable health and mortality risks in 2050.
Armed forces have entered the SOS Children's Village in Khartoum. We strongly condemn this forceful incursion and call on the forces to immediately vacate our premises.
All children and staff have been evacuated to safe locations. #Sudan
We strongly condemn the forceful takeover of the SOS Children's Villages facility in #Khartoum by armed forces and call upon both sides to unconditionally adhere to international humanitarian laws & principles.
Read the full statement: sos-childrensvillages.org/neā¦
#Sudan #sudan_update
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I appreciated the opportunity to speak with @helenachumphrey of @euronews last night and to highlight the impacts of the #WarinUkraine on children without parental care
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Time is running out to save Ukraineās children and their futures ā #AJOpinion by Serhii Lukashov
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"We are on the side of children. We want children to grow up without hate." -S. Lukashov, national director of SOS CV #Ukraine
Our team on the ground continues to protect as many children as possible. Read our situation update: sos-childrensvillages.org/neā¦
#LetChildrenBeChildren
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āChildren are suffering disproportionately due to #COVID19.ā In his opinion piece for @AJEnglish, our president @DerejeWordofa calls for a comprehensive response to #COVID19,including quality alternative care solutions as well as social & economic support. aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/ā¦
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May Governments and other stakeholders at #UNGA give focus on implementing better policies and practices to fulfill childrenās rights. COVID-19 has deprived children of their parents, need alternative care. It has disrupted #education of #children schools need to reopen safely.
1 billion children are at extremely high risk from the #ClimateCrisis
@UNICEF report provides powerful data on exposure to climate hazards and child vulnerability.
Children's voices must be involved when designing climate policies. #ChildRights
unicef.org/reports/climate-cā¦
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The constitutional mtg of the new international senate of ā¦@sos_childrenā© will be held tomorrow. I am proud of working with very distinguished senators across the world - who are committed to positively transform the lives of vulnerable children & young people, everywhere.
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I am honored and humbled that I am elected to be a President of the @sos_children ā by the GA of the Fed, 24 June 2021. Iām committed to serve with integrity. Together with the int Senate, stakeholders, Iāll ensure safe, caring environments for vuln children, youthā worldwide.
This is painful. @sos_children is here to protect children. But now we realize that children have been harmed in our programmes.
We need to be open and transparent about our failures.
We need to listen, we need to act, and we need to change.
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I am devastated about instances where we did not fulfil our promise to keep children safe.
On behalf of @sos_children, I apologize to you - the children and young people who have been harmeed.
Our immediate actions to improve: sos-childrensvillages.org/neā¦
