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Lyric Thompson

@lyricthompson

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Founder & CEO @TheFFPCollab , @StateDept Intl Security Advisory Board, @CouncilNC Vice-Chair, @NCWU Board, @ElliottSchoolGW Faculty. Lover of 🚪🐓 🌺

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Lyric Thompson
8 months
A small but growing number of governments are defending people, peace and planet against regressive forces. Yesterday at #UNGA78 they agreed the world's first political declaration on #FeministForeignPolicy - grateful to tell that story for the @nytimes today:
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8 months
“Prioritizing women has a measurable impact to help nations to achieve their foreign policy goals,” writes @lyricthompson .
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Lyric Thompson
3 years
. @leelilley and I are thrilled to welcome August Helen Lilley Thompson. She arrived after an efficient labor, a blessing after years of losses and reproductive challenges. We’re filled with gratitude for our healthcare team, and to finally have her in our arms.
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2 years
Packed house today at #UNGA to launch the Alliance for Feminist Movements at @FordFoundation — a new dedicated space bringing together government, civil society and philanthropy to advance and invest in the movement. Exciting to see so much support for this work ❤️
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2 years
Good morning Berlin! Here we go ready for the first ever (confirmed!) #feministforeignpolicy ministerial meeting. The Global Partner Network is well-represented! #shapingffp
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2 years
Gave the boss two weeks’ notice today. She’s dubious. Winding down leave and back to @ICRW on, appropriately, the first day of women’s history month!
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2 years
Baby Helen is grateful for all her aunties representing her rights and interests in DC today. Her mother benefited from two D&Es and would not be alive today to have her if it weren’t for reproductive healthcare. #AbortionIsEssential #AbortionIsHealthcare #LifeoftheMother
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Lyric Thompson
1 year
🚨🎉Today I’m excited to share some big news: After 11 incredible years at @ICRW , the time has come for my next professional adventure. A somewhat longwinded tweet🧵as I remember a decade of people and campaigns, and share news re what's next:
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Lyric Thompson
3 years
Today is @leelilley ’s first day back at work post-Helen, but he still made time for our 1 mo well visit. Thank you @NC_Governor for instituting #paidleave for NC state employees + culture that values care. Don’t know what I’d have done wo him! #PaidLeaveforAll #PaidLeaveCantWait
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3 years
In other exciting news, @leelilley and I survived our first month of parenting! To celebrate, we invited Helen to join us for her first #FormalFriday . Here she is in @juicycouture , moments before she pooped all over it.
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3 years
Can't quite describe how proud I am to serve on the U.S. Delegation to the 65th @UN Commission on the Status of Women @UN_CSW #CSW65 , the most diverse delegation in U.S. history. Co-led by @USAmbUN Linda Thomas-Greenfield and @VP Kamala Harris. We're back:
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Lyric Thompson
4 years
BREAKING: Mexico @SRE_mx launches the world's newest (& 1st Southern) #feministforeignpolicy . Initial analysis: Intersectional ( #gender , #climate , #LGBTQ , #peace )✅Coherent (all FP mandate, at home/abroad)✅accountable (SMART)✅ #FEMINIST !✅Quotes @ICRW . #PoliticaExteriorFeminista
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Bernardo Aguilar +🤚🏼
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En la #REC2020 @marthadelgado y @crisballinas presentan Política Exterior Feminista de la @SRE_mx : • Perspectiva de género • Desarrollo igualitario • Erradicar violencia • Visibilidad • Interseccionalidad Participan Embajadoras @grillo_anne , @rutgiverin y Annika Thunborg.
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Lyric Thompson
2 years
Back to professional work (and a 5k+ inbox, be kind!) today after 5 glorious months of #carework birthing and bonding with August Helen Lilley Thompson. Grateful to be one of the few parents in this country with #paidleave , an issue made all the more urgent in #COVID19 . 1/4
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2 years
Hello Paris! Made it to the @OECD where I am thrilled to find #feministforeignpolicy a hot topic of discussion. For more on what implications announcement of a FFP has on ODA, see our @ICRW paper:
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2 years
Wow!! At the closing ceremony of the @ParisPeaceForum our #SolutionsForPeace , the Global Partner Network for #feministforeignpolicy , was selected as one of 10 promising projects the Forum will work over the next year to scale! #PPF22
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Lyric Thompson
3 years
Nine years married to @leelilley today! + 9 years together before that = 18 years. Our love can now vote, buy cigarettes and join the military. And in North Carolina, it could have gotten married for the last 2-4 years.
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2 years
Helen is 1! Breastfeeding is done! What will I do with all the reclaimed time?! Perhaps stop eating like a linebacker. But first, cake.
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Lyric Thompson
5 years
Maternal workforce participation in DC up 12 percent following institution of Universal Preschool in Washington, Center for American Progress finds
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Lyric Thompson
2 years
Dear 🎅: All I want for Christmas is paid family leave so all Americans can benefit from taking time with their loved ones like my mom and dad were able to do with me. Merrily, Baby Helen, the cutest little elf in the business 🌲 ❄️ 🎁
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Lyric Thompson
4 years
Here we goooo!!!! Time for a #feminstforeignpolicy in the United States! Launching this labor of love #COVID style, via Zoom. #Inthezoomwhereithappens
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Lyric Thompson
2 years
#UNGA Day 3: two new countries announced #feministforeignpolicy (Liberia, Colombia) and @ICRW launched a new paper on the link between FFP and ODA; more fun meeting dear friends: and @WeProsperGlobal ’s first @UN event!
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Lyric Thompson
2 years
Somehow the lovely and talented Sen. @friendsforbatch has time to quilt and sew and snuggle Baby Helen in addition to defending democracy at the NCGA. Thanks for the beautiful visit and gifts, Aunty! We love you!
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Lyric Thompson
5 years
Look what’s hot off the presses! Our DRAFT vision for the United States one day #FFP4USA #feministforeignpolicy . Tell us what you think! [And thanks @RachelEClement for all your work on it and coaching your boss on how to boomerang]
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Lyric Thompson
2 years
WHAT SHE SAID: German Development Minister @SvenjaSchulze68 at the Annual Meetings calling for more donors to adopt a feminist approach and on the @WorldBank to follow suit, taking a transformative approach that seeks to dismantle causes of problems and advance rights/inclusion
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Lyric Thompson
4 years
It’s finally happening: One year later, our convening on #feministforeignpolicy at @RockefellerFdn ’s Bellagio Center is upon us. On the cusp of major #WomensRights anniversaries in 2020, it’s time to put #feminist visions of #ForeignPolicy front and center.
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Lyric Thompson
6 years
Here we go! With @GirlsNotBrides @MabelvanOranje at the @BBCWomansHour studios getting ready to talk how we can #endchildmarriage —and why it’s in our economic interest to do so.
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Lyric Thompson
5 years
That’s a wrap for my #WD2019 whirlwind tour. Top takeaways: backlash is real but we’re making more progress than we often think; solidarity across movements, geographies and generations is the answer (and we are forging those pathways more than ever); it’s so good to see friends!
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Lyric Thompson
2 years
A pleasure to be with leaders of the Global Partner Network for #FeministForeignPolicy to discuss current successes and challenges of FFP. Building on the Framework for Feminist Foreign Policy,we explored the evolving context within which FFP is being implemented. More soon!
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2 years
Baby Helen’s first abortion rally. Wearing our @PPSATNC pink and our @ProChoice_NC purple, and a green scarf hoping to borrow some of the successes from our sisters in Argentina, Mexico and throughout Latin America. Flow north, green wave, we need you! #BansOffOurBodies
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Lyric Thompson
3 years
We have a child marriage problem right here at home, too. Proud of the work @ICRW has done documenting this issue around the world and, now, in my home state of North Carolina, too, and grateful to @nytopinion for the opportunity to share a bit about it. #EndChildMarriage #ncpol
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New York Times Opinion
3 years
“We’re becoming a sanctuary state for statutory rape,” a North Carolina county official told @LyricThompson after refusing to grant a marriage license to a couple who could not get a marriage license in their home state. The man was 49; the girl, 17.
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Lyric Thompson
4 years
HOT OFF THE PRESSES! It takes a village, but our #feminist framework for #FeministForeignPolicy is now live! Learn more about what it means to have such a policy & how governments are starting to take on this important work: .
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Lyric Thompson
1 year
Hello New York! I’m starting the day with a briefing of the #feministforeignpolicyplus FFP+ group at the @un .
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Lyric Thompson
2 years
Big week for #feministforeignpolicy in Paris! Joining the @OECD GenderNet meetings today and tomorrow and then on to @ParisPeaceForum to talk about our framework and Global Partner Network on same. Great to be among friends and champions 4 the highest ambition on gender equality
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Lyric Thompson
1 year
Starting two days of meetings of the @StateDept International Security Advisory Board. As we begin 2023, it feels like the mission of the T Bureau has never been more important.
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Lyric Thompson
4 years
AND WE'RE LIVE! 50+ groups representing millions of Americans launch a call for a #FeministForeignPolicy in the USA. Read our definition, principles and policy recommendations behind this bold vision: #GenderEquality
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1 year
Starting now: it’s finally here: please meet the #FeministForeignPolicy Index!!! Congratulations to @ICRW ’s @FPapagioti kicks of this labor of love and ambition: #CSW67
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Lyric Thompson
1 year
First team bonding experience for @TheFFPCollab ’s @SpogmayAhmed @jillmontilla and I. “Fighting wind and patriarchy,” per Jill 💨🌬️
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Lyric Thompson
2 years
Spoiler: the patriarchy is one of them. Grateful to bring the #feministforeignpolicy lens to this important advisory board, and to fill my cup with the knowledge of fellow, leading experts on the pressing issues of our day: nuclear, cyber, climate, AI. Let’s get to work.
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Matthew Miller
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. @UnderSecT announced the members of @SecBlinken 's International Security Advisory Board. This Board provides @StateDept with independent insight, advice, and innovation on rising risks that pose significant security challenges to the United States.
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2 years
Good morning New York! We’re off to the races for #UNGA talking about the care economy with our first @WeProsperGlobal @un event and ongoing efforts to make foreign policy feminist. Here we go!!
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Lyric Thompson
2 years
Cake was smashed. Hello toddlerhood!
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1 year
My 1st, quick read of the @GermanyDiplo #feminstforeignpolicy : ✅Clear articulation of goals, impacted agencies/scope, intersectional language, importance of coherence w domestic policy 💰V excited to see concrete commitment to get to 8%/85% gender ODA by 2025 (CC @BMZ_Bund )
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Lyric Thompson
8 months
One more time for those in the back: providing childcare at your conference is a feminist act! Thank you @womensfunding for walking the talk at #FeministFunded2023
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Lyric Thompson
4 years
Y'all! It's finally happening! After years of work and a brief delay in scheduled programming due to a global pandemic, we are finally launching our community vision, "Toward a #FeministForeignPolicy in the United States," 5/21 from 2-4 pm Eastern here:
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Lyric Thompson
3 years
Helen couldn’t be at #COP26 #Gender Day, but she’s studying up on her feminist icons and planning future interventions. #TogetherForOurPlanet #FeministClimateJustice
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3 years
Our #GenerationEquality New York Satellite Event off to a steamy (90+!) but delightful start. So grateful to be in community with these activists after a long, hard year. Ready to rise early tomorrow and #ActForEqual
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3 years
The Global Alliance for Care is offically launched! @ICRW proud to join with partners from the governments of 🇪🇸🇲🇽🇨🇷🇩🇪🇨🇭🇦🇷🇵🇦🇨🇦🇵🇾🇩🇴 & @FemnetProg @Oxfam @ituc @CARE and so many more to advance the recognition, redistribution and reduction of women's unpaid care #GenerationEquality
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Lyric Thompson
5 years
I am honored to have been appointed by @NC_Governor @RoyCooperNC to serve my state on the NC Council for Women @nccfwomen . I look forward to serving alongside fierce advocates like our Chair @jennycblack , Council members and staff.
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6 years
Holy smokes what a list! Humbled to be a part of it with some incredible company. So many amazing advocates, academics, philanthropists, policy makers and friends. The movement needs every one, plus about a million more. Forward!
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International Center for Research on Women
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Fantastic to see @SarahDKambou & @lyricthompson among the 100 Most Influential People in Gender Policy in 2018 by @apoliticalco w/ some incredible friends & colleagues! Full list here: #GenderPolicyInfluencers
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1 year
Excited to be a juror for the first ever #CSW67 #FeministForeignPolicy pub quiz! Thanks to our hosts @hivos @genderplatform @Oxfam
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2 years
Ahem. Looks like I wasn’t the only one in the family doing some talking this week: Can’t wait to squeeze this little communicator, who *if* she was going to be so bold as to start speaking while I am on travel, *at least* had the good taste to make the first word “Mama.”
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1 year
Starting tomorrow, I’ll be at the helm of a new initiative, the Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative, a shared space where feminists can work together to ensure these policies are ambitious, transformative, and effectively implemented.
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2 years
Now for the segment we’ve all been waiting for: the foreign ministers of the #feministforeignpolicy countries convene for the first ever ministerial meeting on the same. Packed house and a lot of anticipation for a moment activists have been pushing, #shapingffp for years
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Lyric Thompson
1 year
Thank you for your partnership over the past 11 years, and for your support as I move into this next, deeper level of engagement in the work. I look forward to building a better and more feminist future for all of us.
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2 years
Sneak preview of our @ICRW @iwda @LWPP_Org @Equipop_Ong Global Partner Network for #feministforeignpolicy solution space at the @ParisPeaceForum #PPF22 — right next door to our friends at @Kubernein and @el_karama ❤️☮️💃🌍
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“Accelerating feminist diplomacy in numbers,” Foreign Minister of 🇪🇸 @jmalbares w a shout out to the “small but significant” Network working to advance #feministforeignpolicy . Now more 🚺 than 🚹 in Spanish diplomacy; currently leads the FFP countries in %$ for 🚺 #PPF22
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Lyric Thompson
4 years
One of the best things about the global women’s movement/s is the solidarity. Grateful for all the messages pouring in today from sisters in every region around the globe expressing support and hope for safe process and positive outcomes. Forward together.
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Lyric Thompson
5 years
Disappointing news out of @G7fr that @EmmanuelMacron will not host civil society at @G7 Leaders Summit, did not meet with @Women7official . Not a good precedent ahead of our civil society celebration of #Beijing25 next year. #FeministG7 #FeministsCount
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Lyric Thompson
3 years
I spoke to @nytimes @Alisha__g and @emmabgo about the new @WhiteHouse #Gender Policy Council, led by @jenkleindc and Julissa Reynoso, and how it differs from past iterations. Answer: More staff, more power, more policy heft. Excited to see the work unfold:
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Lyric Thompson
2 years
Happy #FormalFriday ! @leelilley and I celebrated 8 weeks of Baby Helen by getting a sitter and attending the 2020-2021 North Carolina Awards honoring, among other talented NCians, author, activist and my old professor Dr. Tim Tyson. @ncculture
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Lyric Thompson
2 years
Out of office taking this girl on her first trip abroad! She’s a little too big for the bassinet already; no matter got the upgrade to dad’s lap. Rest, recharge and see y’all in September!
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2 years
It’s such an honor to serve. Thank you @UnderSecT @Jenkinsbd for your vision and commitment to inclusive leadership and decision making. Let’s get to work!
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U/S of State for Arms Control & Int'l Security
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Today I am thrilled to announce the launch of the Secretary's International Security Advisory Board, which is sponsored by my office. The ISAB will continue its tradition of advising @StateDept on critical arms control, nonproliferation, and international security topics.
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1 year
Come join us at #CSW67 for the launch of the Feminist Foreign Policy Index! See how your country ranks & learn more about govt accountability in the digital era. March 9th from 2:30 to 4pm! #FFPIndex #FeministForeignPolicy
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Lyric Thompson
2 years
Hello to The Hague! Excited to be here learning from Dutch feminists inside and outside of government about what the forthcoming Dutch #feministforeignpolicy could look like. Grateful for the optimism, learning and exchange this week.
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5 years
Pleased to be on the Hill today, not for the #MuellerHearing but to advance a longtime goal of the #FeministUN campaign, to ensure #WomensRights activists have visas to attend the @UN Commission on the Status of #Women #CSW
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8 years
We're only a couple hours behind schedule, but here it is, the moment we've all been waiting for, @Oprah & @FLOTUS
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3 years
Next up in #InternationalWomensDay news: President Biden to Sign Executive Orders Establishing the White House Gender Policy Council and Ensuring Education Free from Sexual Violence | The White House
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2 years
The meeting before the meeting #feministforeignpolicy #shapingffp 🇩🇪
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2 years
#UNGA Day 2: happy birthday @kramdas , reunited with @ICRW advocacy alumna @TanyaKhokhar and launching the #AllianceForFeministMovements 🎉 🥰💪💃
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. @JustinTrudeau thanks the First Nations peoples on whose traditional lands we gather, welcomes 8,000+ fellow #feminists to #Canada , “women, men, and gender-diverse people.” Condemns racism, misogyny, in English & French. Coming to you live from the great woke North. #WD2019
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This is going to be the experience that transforms us into a society that invests in public health, teacher pay, child and elder care and a return to multilateralism and the rule-based international order, right? Oh, and makes everyone wash hands and vaccinate children?!
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Lyric Thompson
5 years
Hey y’all, this #feministforeignpolicy idea is really taking off! “Every @G7 country should have a feminist foreign policy” @EmmaWatson @phumzileunwomen @Katja_Iversen and Michael Kaufman #feministG7
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Lyric Thompson
3 years
The cherry on the sundae of this #WomensEqualityDay is that @NC_Governor @RoyCooperNC is signing legislation to help #EndChildMarriage in NC, a year after we released @ICRW research showing NC top 5 in country w/ lowest age (14) tied w Alaska. Congrats all. #ncpol
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1 year
Today marks one year with Miss Ty, one year back to work postpartum and 18 months of August Helen. We’re celebrating with Miss Ty’s first trip to the District of Columbia, and a Georgetown #dooroftheday . Helen, as usual, is unimpressed.
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Lyric Thompson
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It’s #weddingdresswednesday ! Celebrating 8 years married to @leelilley , 17 together. As so many friends have had to cancel or postpone weddings this year, feeling very grateful for these memories of a better time and fun adventures past and yet to come with this guy.
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Lyric Thompson
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Tweeps, I'm OVER THE MOON to announce that the inimitable @riri_grabowski has joined the @ICRW team as Manager of Policy and Advocacy. She brings incredible USG pol/adv experience on #gender #globaldev , even appropriations, yahoo! Hat tip 2 @OxfamAmerica for sending us a good one
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Lyric Thompson
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Thank you 🇨🇱 🇩🇪 🇲🇽 🇳🇱 & 🇪🇸 for hosting today’s #CSW67 side event officially launching the #FeministForeignPolicy Plus group at the @UN , and to the many civil society partners who have pushed for this agenda. Grateful to be a part of it; let’s get to work
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Lyric Thompson
2 years
Hello Berlin! Excited to talk #feministforeignpolicy in (I believe) the first ever FFP ministerial. Edifying to see 🇩🇪 doing deep analysis and boldly claiming the feminist mantle in a way none of us could have predicted a few years ago. More tomorrow, but first… a jog about town
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Officially sworn in for my first meeting as an appointee to the North Carolina Council for Women, @CouncilNC . Our goal is to make NC the best state for women to thrive, starting by moving our grade on health (D!) up to a C in the next 4 years. Stay tuned!
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Lyric Thompson
1 year
Hi Twitter! It's been a while. I spent the last several weeks doing a combination of the radical rest Audre Lorde reminds us is so important, and the work of building my new venture, with a little help from my village. It's been great!
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About to get locked in a room for three days to talk #feministforeignpolicy with a bunch of activists, academics and philanthropists, and couldn't be happier about it. Here we go! #FeministFP #FFP4USA
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We’re a trend! After two late-term miscarriages, each of which involved disastrous and life threatening complications for me, it was so much easier not to share the news until she was here. “Some Women Are Keeping Their Pregnancies Secret During Pandemic”
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Lyric Thompson
4 years
For those eager to hear what impact of #COVID19 will be for #UNCSW64 next week, follow @UN live tweeting via @pass_blue to understand how various agencies and Member States are positioning. We stand with #feminist civil society calling for postponement, not scale-down.
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Lyric Thompson
4 years
So excited to be back on board as @GirlsNotBrides USA Co-Chair after a couple years, starting with this great @USAID report on #childmarriage in Asia presentation by former @ICRW colleague @ChristinaJuan ! #endchildmarriage
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Lyric Thompson
6 months
Starting two days of @OECDdev GenderNet meetings, where we are tracking to what extent #FeministForeignPolicy countries are increasing ambition and quality for their ODA for gender equality and women’s rights.
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Lyric Thompson
2 years
Kicking off the @feministfp Summit talking about our #GenerationEquality commitment organizing a Global Partner Network on #feministforeignpolicy gathering feminists inside + outside of government who seek to integrate feminist principles into foreign policy, learn & exchange
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Lyric Thompson
3 years
Having gone through this twice, and being lucky enough to work for an org that considers #miscarriage a qualifying event for bereavement leave, I can’t commend this enough. As goes #NewZealand , so goes the world? NZ Approves Paid Leave After Miscarriage
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Lyric Thompson
2 years
2021 was certainly tough—COVID, insurrection, climate catastrophe—but it was also the year of Baby Helen, 3 more countries embracing #feministforeignpolicy , raising NC’s marriage age & my first @nytimes byline. Carrying gratitude for the good and fortitude for the rest into 2022
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Lyric Thompson
3 years
So much hectic #CSW65 content y’all thought I might have forgotten today’s anniversary—no chance! Marking one year of #formalfriday with @leelilley !
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Lyric Thompson
3 years
Starting now: our discussion on why a #feministforeignpolicy makes sense in emerging economies, too. @ICRW is thrilled to partner with @mabelbianco of @FundacionFEIM (Argentina) and @theidlethinker and Priyanka Bhide of @Kubernein (India) to host this #CSW65 conversation.
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Lyric Thompson
1 year
Hearty congratulations and thank you to @Global_ErinH as she closes out an incredible chapter helping to build the Gender Policy Advocacy and Communications team at @gatesfoundation and takes her work to the next level with @Malala . A changemaker to watch!
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Erin Hohlfelder
1 year
I'm teaming up with my niece Ava to share some big news: on May 8th I'll be starting a new job, Chief Advisor to @Malala ! The role will be housed in @MalalaFund 's Executive Office and help to develop and drive Malala’s advocacy strategy + policy work around the world 📚🌏
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Lyric Thompson
5 years
The inimitable @TheoSowa : We do need new and innovative forms of financing, but I do worry about people making money off of other people’s misery. There needs to be a mechanism for accountability of financing. Advocacy for instance should not be profit-driven. #WD2019
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Lyric Thompson
4 years
After a summertime hiatus to pause and reflect, I’m happy to announce that #formalfridays are back in the Thompson-Lilley home office. We draw strength from them, and we need all the power we can muster this fall. Let’s do this. #PowerSuits #PowerJewelry #PowerTo #PowerWith
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Lyric Thompson
6 years
It all starts now. Thank you @Diana_Sarosi @BethOttawa @oxfamcanada @MATCHIntFund and all the Canadian #feminists who negotiated for the first #FeministG7 #W7Canada including support for Southern feminists to demand meaningful change. Standing room only
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Lyric Thompson
1 year
Having to count on our fingers and toes now...
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Beth Woroniuk
1 year
A new member of the #FeministForeignPolicy club: #Slovenia Welcome!
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Lyric Thompson
2 years
Adieu New York! Whirlwind 28 hrs in the city talking #CSW66 #FeministForeignPolicy and gender & climate justice. Best of all seeing #feminist leaders in government, @un and civil society in the flesh again, most especially @ICRW ’s Sr Global Policy Advocate @SpogmayAhmed ❤️🌎☮️
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Lyric Thompson
3 years
MY FOLKS ARE VACCINATED!!! Thank you healthcare workers! Thank you science! 😭❤️💃🙌
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Lyric Thompson
5 years
What better news to receive on my last day in the Great Woke North than that the incomparable @jacqui_oneill has been named by @CanadianPM @JustinTrudeau as #Canada 's first Ambassador for #WomenPeaceSecurity ?! I can't imagine a better woman for the job.
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Lyric Thompson
2 years
Sad day for the field. Sending love to Swedish feminists and the hopes that this too shall pass. We’ll keep your seat warm ❤️ #feministforeignpolicy
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Foteini Papagioti
2 years
In a move reminiscent of 2016, Swedish #FFP page is quickly removed
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Lyric Thompson
2 years
So proud of this incredible @ICRW advocacy and comms team who killed it this week at #UNGA77 . What a crew! (Not pictured: @jas3311 Gisselle Flores @riri_grabowski )
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