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The richest 1% pocketed on average $9,000 in dividends in 2023. This is equivalent to 8 months of hard work and wages for the average worker, globally. We must
#FightInequality
by rewarding work, not wealth.
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#Haiti
We must provide safe water & hygiene items quickly to avoid spread of disease. You CAN help
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Urgent help needed in Turkey & Syria after devastating earthquake. Oxfam teams are providing shelter, food, water, & more.
Details:
#TurkeyEarthquake
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Report: Taxing the World’s Richest Would Raise US $2.52 Trillion a Year - via
@inequalityorg
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Our new report tells a story of a food system built upon inequality. Major supermarket chains paid out nearly all (an average of 98%) of their net profits to owners and shareholders. In contrast, most workers in this system don't earn a living wage.
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The existence of billionaires is evidence our economies are failing most people – especially women.
When we
#TaxTheRich
, we decrease economic, racial, gender, and colonial imbalances. This is how we can
#FightInequality
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To reduce inequality we must tax the richest by:
1. Creating a one-off solidarity and windfall taxes of 50-90%.
2. Permanently increase taxes on their income from labour and capital.
3. Use the revenues from these taxes to fight inequality.
More:
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Imagine having to grow vegetables in temperatures approaching 50°C with recurrent droughts. This is no small task. In Burkina Faso, it is a matter of survival...
Suport Alizeta Sawadogo, a Burkinabé farmer, by joining us here:
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Every minute, 11 people die of hunger: Oxfam
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Extreme wealth and extreme poverty have increased simultaneously for the first time in 25 years. Billionaire wealth is booming, while millions struggle to survive. Let’s end this era of
#SurvivalOfTheRichest
. It’s time to
#TaxTheRich
to
#FightInequality
.
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Around the world, worker wages are being outpaced by inflation, resulting in a real-terms pay-cut due to the increased cost of basics. Workers didn't cause the cost-of-living crisis & shouldn't have to pay for it.
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The richest 1% are using way more than their fair share of the planet's carbon budget.
Tackling inequality and emissions together is the only way to keep 1.5°C alive.
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There is no shortage of money. There is only a shortage of courage and imagination needed to break free from the failed, deadly straitjacket of extreme neoliberalism.
More:
#TaxTheRich
#FightInequality
#InequalityKills
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We only have nine years left to turn the tides, in order to prevent a catastrophic global temperature rise.
World leaders have a huge opportunity to do what it takes while they meet in Glasgow. Show world leaders you are watching them, here:
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How rich is billionaire rich?
So imagine you saved $10,000 every single day since the building of the pyramids.
Today you'd still only own 20% of the wealth of 1 of the 5 richest billionaires.
Does anybody need to be that rich?
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“I think about what to eat, where to get water, even 20 litres.” – Ahmed, a pastoralist from the drought-impacted East African region shared with us. We can't let this be the rest of his reality.
Donate below to help meet this urgent need.
#HungerCrisis
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Inequality contributes to a death every 4 seconds. It's not by chance but by choice: our economies are the violent consequence of choices made for and by the richest.
#InequalityKills
We can change this. Demand a more equal future for all
#FightInequality
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ICYMI: We are all connected globally in our fight for climate justice and we are demanding immediate action from our leaders.
Join us in the World Climate March by pledging to march 2000 steps (=1.5km) for climate justice
Find out more here:
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73% of people in wealthy countries are fully vaccinated, but only 6% of people in poor countries are. Do the right thing
@pfizer
&
@moderna_tx
. Share the vaccine science, tech, & know-how to boost production globally.
#OneWordForPharma
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For every one billionaire minted since the pandemic began, 1M more people could be pushed into extreme poverty in 2022. While the world is reeling from multiple crises, the world’s wealthiest are unashamedly
#ProfitingFromPain
of ordinary people🧑🏭More
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PUBLIC CALL: How much do you spend on your weekly groceries now vs 3 months ago? Globally, households are readjusting the food expenditure to adopt the harsh
#CostOfLivingCrisis
, tell us about your personal experience below. Videos and pictures of receipts are also welcome.
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The scale of the East African Drought crisis is crippling people’s coping mechanisms.
Oxfam and its partners are currently ramping up efforts and to provide people with lifesaving aid but we urgently need your support. Donate today.
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Economic policies that harm women & girls are
#AlsoViolence
.
On this Intl Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls & start of the
#16Days
, we call on govts to end ALL forms of
#GBV
– whether from a fist or a pen.
Join us & share this message!
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Our world is in crisis. We must connect globally in our fight for climate justice & we are demanding immediate and drastic action from our leaders
Join us in the World Climate March by pledging to march 2000 steps (=1.5km) for climate justice
More here:
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This year marks 4 years of championing food workers' rights around the globe. The effort of holding supermarkets accountable for the human rights violations would not have been possible without you! Here is a BTS look of how it all came together!
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It takes 20 million steps to go around the world.
We are pledging to take 2000 steps for climate in our fight for a better planet.
Would you join us?
#WorldClimateMarch
Find out how:
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Did it hurt when you found out we only have nine years left to turn around the climate crisis and prevent a catastrophic global temperature rise?
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Our report indicates that New Assam tea plantation workers in India suffer from bad living conditions & lack of basic facilities in the workplace.
Demand supermarkets help end workers’ rights violations in
food supply.
Sign the petition
#BehindThePrice
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1/7) Ten years ago, Oxfam first sounded the alarm at the World Economic Forum about rising inequality.
#SurvivalOfTheRichest
🧵 (THREAD)
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100 millionaires to world governments: Tax us more
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1/6) To better understand the rise in energy and food prices, we need to look beyond the presumed logic of supply and demand.
#SurvivalOfTheRichest
🧵(THREAD)
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PUBLIC CALL: In your country, how much was a litre of fuel in December 2021 and how much a litre of fuel of litre today? We are all navigating the
#CostOfLivingCrisis
and we are calling for submissions of videos and pictures capturing the above.
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Some 573 people have joined the billionaire ranks since 2020, bringing the worldwide total to 2,668, according to an analysis released by Oxfam on Sunday. That means a new billionaire was minted about every 30 hours, on average, so far during the pandemic.
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73% of people in wealthy countries are fully vaccinated, but only 6% of people in poor countries are. Do the right thing
@pfizer
&
@moderna_tx
. Share the vaccine science, tech, & know-how to boost production globally.
#OneWordForPharma
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Millionaires say they want to pay more tax. A group of more than 100 of the world's richest people have called on governments to make them pay more tax.
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PUBLIC CALL: Have you experienced a drastic change in your energy bills? Have you been able to afford the current prices over the last 3 months? The ugly truth of the
#CostOfLivingCrisis
is that basic utilities are now a luxury, Please share your personal experiences below.
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Another day, another chance to get our
#QueerJoy
groove on. All your submissions have made the playlist vibes ✨immaculate! ✨
Have a listen and share it with a friend!
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Umm stepped in when women’s needs in her local community were neglected. There are millions of women changemakers like Umm filling the harmful void left by governments & policymakers – this is
#AlsoViolence
For
#16Days
we must call to end all forms of
#GBV
– from a fist & a pen
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New map: See how countries are facing devastating impacts of
#climatechange
-fueled
#ElNino
:
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“Living free from the pressure of gender stereotypes means having a choice –irrespectively of what gender you identify as.” - says Denilson, an activist at ACTUA Bolivia.
#QueerJoy
is to know that no one but you can make decisions that affect your body & life.
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"You come to us young people for hope... If you choose to fail us, I say we will never forgive you. We will not let you get away with this."
Thank you,
@GretaThunberg
, for your ❤️ 🔥 !!
#ClimateActionSummit
#FridaysForFuture
#UNGA
#HowDareYou
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It's estimated that 263 million people could be pushed into extreme levels of poverty in 2022 because of the pandemic, growing global inequality and rising food prices
#ProfitingFromPain
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LATEST: 50m people in seven countries face crisis-level hunger yet
@UN
's $10bn humanitarian COVID appeal is dangerously under-funded
all while billionaires’ wealth increased by more than *$10 TRILLION* in just the past three months
#ZeroCases
#ZeroHunger
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OUT NOW: opinion piece published in
@AJEnglish
by lead author of
@Oxfam
's "Inequality Kills" report
@NabsIMA
"The unprecedented nature of today’s crisis demands extraordinary, systemic action & a shift in imagination of the politics of the possible."
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The carbon emissions of the richest 1% of the world are more than *double* the emissions of the poorest half of humanity.
Over-consumption of the elites is fueling
#ClimateCrisis
yet it's poor communities & young people who pay the price.
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🚨BREAKING: New Oxfam report shows Israel continues to block aid in
#Gaza
despite ICJ
#genocide
court ruling.
Rejected aid, including Oxfam water and sanitation gear, is now stockpiling in a warehouse at Al Arish.
Here is our release👉
#CeasefireNow
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Our
#InequalityVirus
report found:
📈 The pandemic could cause an inequality increase in almost every country at once.
✊🏾 Transformative policies that seemed unthinkable before the crisis have suddenly been shown to be possible.
Read here:
#DavosAgenda
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Just last week, we launched our annual inequality recap. We shared how extreme wealth and extreme poverty have increased simultaneously for the first time in 25 years. Do you want to
#FightInequality
too? Check out the link below.
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Moderna received $10 billion in government funding & has turned it into $10 billion in profits.
@moderna_txis
profiting off the pandemic while refusing to release the tech that could save lives. This is greed at its worst. Tell Big Pharma how you feel
.
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It’s
#alsoviolence
. We want people-centered, feminist alternatives instead:
💰 Tax the rich & implement feminist budgeting!
🏡 Invest in quality public services for all and stop privatization!
✊🏾 Shift power: support & fund feminist organizing!
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Save the world?
#TaxTheRich
! Emissions from the investments of the super-rich are leaving the world in dire straits but curbing them is a question of will.
Read more:
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This week we give it up for
@IMatterCampaign
to share why LGBTQIA+ representation in leadership roles is pure
#QueerJoy
!
#IMatter
is a worldwide campaign that connects women, girls, LGBTQI+ people, & gender non-conforming leaders who are living through and after a crisis.
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Rich governments, corporations, and individuals most responsible for causing the climate crisis must urgently take responsibility for their actions.
#TaxTheRich
Read more:
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The
#HungerPandemic
can be solved.
If we stop conflict now.
If we fund life saving food programmes.
If we listen to women like Fozah and aid her determination to keep her family fed.
#TheFutureIsEqual
Donate today:
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The gap between rich and poor today is the biggest in living memory.
Watch Dana Abed, Influencing Lead at Oxfam in Lebanon, discuss this urgent matter in the context of last week's Davos Summit, here
#InequalityKills
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Many Ecuadorian women work from 6am to 7pm on banana farms for just $15 to $20 a day to supply supermarkets. While supermarket executives take home generous bonuses, the single mothers in the supply chain can't afford care for their kids. This must change!
#BehindThePrice
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Join the people across the world
marching virtually for climate justice now!
Find out more:
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Change is possible! Through your passion and support, we have been able to hold accountable supermarkets that have banana supply chains in Latin America, to make commitments on ensuring food workers earn a living wage.
Learn more
#BehindThePrice
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It is disturbing that Whole Food's employees donate sick leave days to one another but their parent company's former CEO blew $5.5B on a 10 minute space trip
#InequalityKills
More here:
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World’s 10 richest men doubled wealth during COVID-19, Oxfam report says
#FightInequality
#InequalityKills
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#Billionaires
have much to celebrate. During the pandemic their wealth has increased. As the cost of essential goods rises faster than it has in decades, billionaires in food & energy are increasing their fortunes by $1B every 2 days.
#ProfitingFromPain
:
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While the world watches Ukraine, East Africa’s hunger crisis seems to have been put on the back burner.
Only 3% of the current UN appeal for East Africa is funded. Nearly 45M people, battered by the worst drought in 40 years, need help too
#HungerCrisis
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Our
#InequalityVirus
report found:
📈 The pandemic could cause an increase in inequality in almost every country at once.
✊🏾 Transformative policies that seemed unthinkable before the crisis have suddenly been shown to be possible.
#DavosAgenda
#WEF21
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But counseling families during the pandemic has been challenging. We find other residents of Mathare who are very bitter because they feel COVID-19 has put a stop to their businesses.
Read more by
@cghrdkenya
:
#IWD2021
#IWD
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Corporate greed is killing us. Join Max Lawson, Co-Chair, People's Vaccine Alliance, to demand and share the COVID-19 vaccine recipe .
Share your
#OneWordForPharma
here: .
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As the ground & air offensive intensifies,
#Gaza
has lost contact with the outside world. Oxfam is extremely alarmed about the escalation and the total loss of communication with Gaza. Wars have rules.
We demand a
#CeasefireNOW
to protect innocent lives.
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The new Oxfam report, Climate Equality, shows that in 2019, the super-rich 1% were responsible for the same carbon pollution as the poorest two thirds of humanity - 5 billion people.
Read the full report:
#MakeRichPollutersPay
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5 people driven to extremes by hunger...
but who are pushing back. 💚
#WorldFoodDay
#ZeroHunger
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Over 30 million people in 4 countries are facing severe hunger. This is the largest hunger emergency in the world:
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Want to show the world your march?
Then upload your photo or video to our website. This way we can display your march on mobile billboards in the streets of Glasgow during the COP.
Find out more:
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BREAKING: The world’s billionaires have more wealth now than 4.6 billion people.
Now, more than ever we must
#FightInequality
to
#BeatPoverty
!
Our new inequality report is out today ahead of
#WEF20
.
👇🏿👇🏾👇🏽👇🏼👇🏻
👆🏻👆🏼👆🏽👆🏾👆🏿
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We have removed the post because of concerns raised with us. We will re-post shortly
#ProtectThePride
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Billionaires in the food & energy sectors have seen their fortunes increase by $1B every 2 days while 263M people could be pushed into extreme poverty in 2022 due to the pandemic, inequality & rising food prices.
#ProfitingFromPain
Full Oxfam Report:
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Are billionaires good for society? Join the
@Oxfam
twitter space as we unpack the surging billionaire wealth amid a cost of living crisis with
@NabsIMA
@NgalaParvin
@Alex_Maitland1
&
@Danaabed_
Follow the conversation on
#ProfitingFromPain
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For some reason, I haven't been invited to Davos this year. Was it something I said? 🤔
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#ItStartsWith
supporting feminist movements!
This Women Human Rights Defenders Day we echo the words of Vivian Ouya and other feminist advocates for the rights of the most marginalized.
More inspiration here:
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Together we mark four years of advocating for food worker rights & holding supermarkets accountable. Though commitments have been made to ensure workers in the supermarket supply chains earn a living wage, they still have a long way to go.
#BehindThePrice
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URGENT ACTION!
Join us and the
@peoplesvaccine
#AskTheCEO
‘s of big pharma if they intend to put people before profit. They must suspend patents, and share the tech & know-how of
#COVID19
vaccines to keep us all safe.
Take action here:
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Neoliberal economic policies have been successful in sustaining social and economic hierarchy. This has been enabled by a false narrative that prioritizes individual agency over structural barriers and pits groups against one another for relative status privilege.
#DavosAgenda
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ICYMI: 155M people on Earth are dying from hunger.
That is 20M more than last year. Almost entire NYC's population!
Find out more in our report here:
#HungerVirus
#TheFutureIsEqual
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ACT NOW: Joining
@peoplesvaccine
to
#AskTheCEO
‘s of big pharma if they’ll suspend their patents, share the tech & know-how of the
#COVID19
vaccines.
Only a
#PeoplesVaccine
not a profit vaccine can keep everyone, everywhere safe. Take Action Here:
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Did u know? During lockdowns, 85% of govts shut services for survivors of
#GenderBasedViolence
to save money, but calls to survivor hotlines were increasing! Ignoring the needs of women, girls & non-binary people and depriving them of support is
#AlsoViolence
.
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Did you know? 252 men have more wealth than all 1 billion women and girls in Africa + Latin America + the Caribbean combined. Our economies are sexist, and the pandemic turbo-charges this. Demand a more equal future
#FightInequality
#InequalityKills
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During the pandemic women were disproportionately pushed out of employment, especially as lockdowns & social distancing affected feminized workforces in the service sectors. Increased unpaid work has barred millions of women from rejoining work.
#ProfitingFromPain
-
@Gabucher
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Children shouldn’t have to contribute to the family bill. They shouldn’t have to worry about where the next meal should come from.
Help end the
#HungerVirus
for Tantanon, her kids, and others like them, everywhere, today.
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"No matter how high our vaccination rate may be, no matter what restrictions we place on travel, we will not be safe from
#COVID19
until we have suppressed the virus across the globe."
We need a
#PeoplesVaccine
💉👇🏾
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Retweet this to tell the UN Security Council to end the war in
#Yemen
- and help create a beautiful mosaic
#withYemen
#1000Days
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East Africa cannot wait. Millions of people including women and children are going to bed hungry every night, many are at risk of dying out of this extreme hunger.
Donate to alleviate this urgent crisis, today:
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“You don’t have to dress “like a man” to be a man. You can be a man, and wear a pink dress & make-up. Our identities are much more complex than the black & white of the gender binary, clothes are just one way to highlight this diversity.” Saif Ali, artist & activist
#QueerJoy
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Millionaires call on governments worldwide to ‘tax us now’
#FightInequality
#InequalityKills
#TaxTheRich
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Austerity is a form of gender-based violence.
#GBV
isn’t the solution to crisis: feminists have been pushing for solutions that center the needs of women, girls, & non-binary people. We’ll all benefit from feminist, human-centered alternatives. Wanna know more? Read below 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
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NEW REPORT: The poorest half of Europeans have cut their emissions while those of the richest are surging. We urgently need to tackle this
#CarbonInequality
👉🏾
#ClimateCrisis
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When people in power make decisions that treat women as expendable – it's gender-based violence. Austerity is
#AlsoViolence
.
We demand an end to austerity and all forms of gender-based violence this
#16Days
!
Are you with us?
Share this message!
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On day one of
#WEF21
, we released our
#InequalityVirus
report:
We learned it took just 9 months for the 1000 richest people in the world to recoup their COVID-19 losses. But it could be 10 years before the world's poorest recover.
#DavosAgenda
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“Being yourself or expressing affection towards a loved one should never be dangerous or against the law.”- says Henrick
@henchmandraws
, an illustrator from the Philippines, known for his comics, murals, and heartwarming portraits of gay couples.
#QueerJoy
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