Dr Stephen Thompson
@StephenThomo
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Research Fellow at @IDS_UK @SussexUni. Personal tweets on #DevelopmentStudies & #ParticipatoryResearch. How can we #LeaveNoOneBehind? Learning every day.
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Joined June 2012
Despite the existence of laws and conventions to avoid discrimination in #India, exclusion due to an intersection of #disability, #gender, and religious identity continues, resulting in marginalisation from society. 🙏⚧️♿️🇮🇳A quick thread🧵
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RT @GovActionHub: People with #disabilities often face increased risks from #ClimateChange, yet their lived experiences are not consistentl….
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The University of Sussex has opened a voluntary redundancy scheme and told staff it is looking to cut its headcount by about 300 staff members. @JulietteRowsell reports.
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RT @REAL_Centre: Bearing witness to #scholasticide: The Israeli systematic destruction of #Gaza’s higher educational infrastructure, 2023-2….
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RT @Cidiachissungo: High tension in Quelimane, Zambézia 📍. Mayor Manuel de Araujo(with the blue shirt) among those being tear-gassed by pol….
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RT @Vera_Kub: I am giving a talk on three key moments in the UK disability rights movement for #DisabilityHistoryMonth at @unibirmingham .W….
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RT @wilkerDias13: Another person loses his life😪 in Nampula, victim of a bullet fired by the police. #MozambiqueElections .#mozambiqueProte….
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Heinous oppression happening right now in #Mozambique.
🚨🚨 An individual was shot by the police this morning in the Carrupeia neighbourhood in Nampula, shots are still being heard and there are several military cars entering the neighbourhood. #MozambiqueElections.#MozambiqueProtests
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Reimagining Social Protection Fresh off the press - new edition of the @IDS_UK Bulletin. Essential reading for anyone interested in #SocialProtection.
bulletin.ids.ac.uk
The IDS Bulletin is an open access, peer-reviewed journal exploring emerging international development topics.
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RT @kiptoocheruyoit: Police in Mozambique are literally killing young men and women but African leaders are only concerned with congratulat….
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RT @BBCAfrica: At least 18 protesters and a police officer have died during weeks of unrest across Mozambique since the October 9 election.….
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RT @REAL_Centre: Panel discussion on how @TCFPak, the largest independently run network of schools in #Pakistan, is tackling the education….
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RT @Cidiachissungo: The level of violence we are seeing in #Mozambique I never thought a government would allow it to happen to their citiz….
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RT @wilkerDias13: Real bullets being fired from a vehicle that resembles the one used for protocol escorts at the Ministry of Defence or th….
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RT @wilkerDias13: It's not just in Maputo that the demonstrations are taking place. Nampula and Pemba too .#MozambiqueElections .#Mozambiqu….
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RT @wilkerDias13: No-one was armed, they were kneeling, just crying out for justice, there was no real threat. why this kind of attitude?….
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RT @wilkerDias13: The use of real bullets by the police is a reality. there are already reports of deaths and injuries. Images in the vide….
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@WycliffeMuia writing for @BBCAfrica are reporting that #SouthAfrica have shut the #Lebombo border crossing as electoral violence increases
bbc.co.uk
Police fire rubber bullets to stop Mozambicans trying to cross into South Africa, local media report.
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@cvaranges reporting for @AFP on this 'crucial moment' for #Mozambique ahead of a mass protest planned for today:
barrons.com
Mozambique is at a "crucial moment", the African nation's main opposition leader Venancio Mondlane told AFP in an interview ahead of a protest he has called for later on Thursday.
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@AmnestySARO are reporting cuts to internet access across the country and blocks to social media sites . Unknown gunmen have assassinated two leading opposition figures, and opposition leader #VenancioMondlane is in hiding.
amnesty.org
Mozambique’s Frelimo-led government must halt its violent and widespread crackdown on human rights and respect everyone’s rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association
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