Hear #EmpoweredAid on the Women's Protection & Empowerment podcast! @HarrietKolli, @LougayneFattal & I speak w/@kristycrabtree about power, participation & preventing #SEA in #aid distributions: https://t.co/sS0uedpvBu More: https://t.co/TiHJFBYb6b @GWUGlobalWomen @CARE @theIRC

#EmpoweredAid reflects over a decade of listening to & working alongside women & girls in emergencies. Our funding just ended, but we are pursuing opportunities to build on 6 years of investment made by @StatePRM. Visit https://t.co/V65L9yxciW to learn more! #PSEA @GWUGlobalWomen

.@annytenga is an inspiration & women's rights leader in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The state of the world is frightening--remember to "look for the helpers." You will see women in difficult places, doing difficult things, with strength, grace & joy. @HerNetworkOnlne #DRC

“We have never recorded so many people forced away from their homes & communities. It is a damning verdict on the failures of conflict prevention & peacemaking.” -@NRC_Egeland 2/3 of the newly displaced were in #Sudan #Palestine #DRCongo Sub-Saharan Africa hosted ~1/2 of all IDPs

The number of people displaced "internally" (within their own countries) has risen every year for the past 7 years, and by almost 50% in the past 5 years. Of 75.9 million #IDPs at the end of 2023, almost 90% — 68.3 million — fled due to conflict and 7.7 million due to disasters.

⌛️On now! https://t.co/u0cGatYLal #CAPSEAH brings existing practice, policies & standards together to stimulate more & better collective action to tackle sexual exploitation, abuse & harassment in #humanitarian, peacekeeping & development: https://t.co/fkUuLmF7bK @SafeguardingRSH

“We are failing children.” ~@VirginiaGamba, UN SRSG for Children & Armed Conflict @childreninwar Having evaluated this system previously in CAR and OPT, the reports it captures are thoroughly verified. The true scale of loss and violence is even greater. https://t.co/CzwdbfvI2f

"This is not just about seeking justice for the victims of femicide; it is about dismantling the structures of oppression that enable such violence to flourish." Read our regional liaison's reflections frm an interview with feminist activist Muthoni Maingi https://t.co/z4eTSJ6Wg0

#EmpoweredAid benefits from the sharing, solidarity and support of Advisory Group members like @annytenga of @afiamama in DR Congo, who is a pioneer in addressing #GBV in conflict settings. Learn more about our Advisory Groups & Refugee Advisors at: https://t.co/dOJ8TJ2xQz #PSEA

Thanks @CFSaundersUN for Ensuring victim-centered, effective, efficient & timely investigations. This is why it’s important for humanitarian responses and peace operations to invest in #PSEA (Protection from Sexual Exploitation&Abuse) and harassment. @NEAR_Network @alina_potts

Most #humanitarian aid is delivered by local people working in their own conflict- or disaster-affected countries to deliver life-saving food, water, and other services. They are at far more risk than "international" aid workers. #NotATarget #Yemen

We launched the Feminist Research Assessment Tool! Incase you missed launch, watch the recording to learn more about the process of development and how the tool will impact the field of research.

Join me in supporting @GovWhitmer's Fight Like Hell PAC to support key Dem House & Senate candidates: https://t.co/9TBqKDe1dt Women leaders like Gov. Whitmer endure threats & violence yet continue to lead, in Michigan and around the world. #elections2024

Join us next Thursday! The third webinar in our #EmpoweredAid series will be moderated by Hope Harriet @GWUGlobalWomen with @MercyAtim4, @ChouroukK93 & Nigusu Zelelke from @WorldVision in Lebanon, Uganda & the US. Register: https://t.co/zNlfqXHbZN @wvlebanon @WorldVisionUSA #PSEA

Pre-Market Engagement - Online Survey. Safeguarding against Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Sexual Harassment programmes, follow link to find out more and provide feedback https://t.co/kIjCW7KBXn

The amazing Maha Al-Saudi & @ketevankobaidze @WVMEERO will discuss @WorldVision's application of #EmpoweredAid in Jordan, and how that is informing their #PSEA work in the region. The equally amazing Mariska De Keersmaecker will share @UNmigration's IARA tool development and use.

📢 Happening tomorrow! Join us to hear #EmpoweredAid's @LougayneFattal moderate a conversation with some of our leading partners and peers from @WorldVision & @UNmigration, on participatory #SEA risk assessment and mitigation. 🔗: https://t.co/bMGPPWtCzk @GWUGlobalWomen #HNPW2024

⌛️Starting now! Watch @hopsey2003 share #EmpoweredAid @GWUGlobalWomen learning & work with women's advisory groups to lead #aid design & delivery. She is joined by Natalia MacDonald & Mary Jelliti @WFP, Theodora Suter @UNmigration, Christos Mylonas @WHO & @WendyCue #IASC @UNOCHA.

It’s fascinating to watch @nytimes writers try to grapple with the meaning of a seemingly novel concept: solidarity

Their nationally representative prevalence study on perpetration of child sexual abuse in Australia found "1 in 5 Australian men reported sexual feelings towards children and/or have sexually offended against children..." https://t.co/YQkKPe2IU6 @mike_salter @UNSW #CSA #VAC

...the community struggles under the burden of violence with inadequate investment in safety, healing and recovery, and the problem is exacerbated by predatory industries and harmful systems, then little wonder that we are not making the headway we hoped for." #VAWG