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:
.
@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.
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 ❤️
Good morning Berlin! Here we go ready for the first ever (confirmed!)
#feministforeignpolicy
ministerial meeting. The Global Partner Network is well-represented!
#shapingffp
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
🚨🎉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:
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.
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:
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
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:
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.
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 🌲 ❄️ 🎁
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!
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]
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
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!
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!
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
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
“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.
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: .
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
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.
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
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.
.
@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.
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!!
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
)
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
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:
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
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
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.
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!
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.”
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.
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
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.
“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
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.
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
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!
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!
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.
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
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.
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
.
@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
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?!
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.
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.
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
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
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
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!
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!
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
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”
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.
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.
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
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
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
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!
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 📚🌏
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
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