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Nadia van der Linde@nadialinde.bsky.social · 6mo agoMooie volle zaal bij het Congres: Gendergelijkheid als Drijvende Kracht voor een Groene Transitie 💚 Door #Politica, @genderplatform.bsky.social & leden 🙌 waaronder 75InQ, @actionaidnl.bsky.social @bothends.bsky.social @carenetherlands.bsky.social, JKB, Mondiaal FNV, New Women Connectors, @wecf.org
Belgium ex-politician (and EU Commissioner) has to appear before court in the case of the murder from 65 years ago of president Patrice Lumumba of Congo - good! www.spiegel.de/ausland/etie...
Früherer EU-Kommissar Davignon muss wegen Lumumba-Mord vor Gericht
Als EU-Kommissar machte Étienne Davignon Karriere. Nun wirft ihm die belgische Justiz die Mitwirkung an der Ermordung von Kongos Premier Patrice Lumumba 1961 vor. Davignon ist der letzte mutmaßliche B...
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PFAS vervuiling in Nederland wordt veroorzaakt door bedrijven zoals Chemours en komt ook binnen via de revieren vanuit het buiteland - en wel 80 ton per jaar!
Spannende sessie van WECF over zorgwekkende stoffen, o.a. #PFAS tijdens de stakeholderdag “chemische stoffen en gezonde leefomgeving” van het Ministerie van Infrastruktuur en Waterstaat
‘Major leak at Highland nuclear site triggers hunt for mystery bunkers’ reminds us that spikes in childhood leukaemia, breast cancer, thyroid cancer and all cancers around nuclear facilities have been confirmed by German and other independent researchers talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/02/15/m...
‘Major leak at Highland nuclear site triggers hunt for mystery bunkers’ reminds us that spikes in childhood leukaemia, breast cancer, thyroid cancer and all cancers around nuclear facilities have been...
Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above. The National’s report today with the above headline, reminds me. Of what? Increased child leukaemia Increased breast cancer Increased thyr…
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Annabel at #SBI-6 : We'll be closely following discussions on the mid-term review of the Gender Plan of Action, alongside cooperation with other conventions. The latter is a key point to continue our advocacy at the climate COP for increased synergies between the Rio Conventions. 🤝
Russia poisoned opposition politician Alexei Navalny with a toxin from a poison dart frog, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom said today.
Alexei Navalny was killed by Russia with frog toxin, 5 European countries say
There is “no innocent explanation” for the presence of the toxin in Navalny’s body, the U.K. said on Saturday.
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🌍✊ Environmental defenders are not criminals. They are democracy in action. 📣 We’re happy to share that the Guidelines on the Right to Peaceful Environmental Protest and Civil Disobedience by UN SR on Environmental Defenders @michelforst.bsky.social are now available in French, Spanish and Russian.
In Tajikistan studying gender dimension of plastic waste pollution, working with stakeholders from civil society, environmental committee, private sector to better understand challenges and good practices
Nieuwsgierig over energie armoede & de EU Green Deal? ❄️ Doe mee met onze online lunch Webinar morgen! Meld je aan via de link: us06web.zoom.us/j/85940903105
A new report from the @ec.europa.eu, published today, confirms what we already knew: the societal costs of PFAS pollution are enormous! 💶The Commission estimates that inaction on PFAS could cost society up to €1.7 trillion by 2050. www.politico.eu/article/fore...
1/5 🍏 We analysed #pesticide residues in apples in 13 European countries. The result: conventional apples are contaminated with a cocktail of pesticides (85%). It shows that the current pesticide authorisation needs to be improved, not demolished. www.pan-europe.info/press-releas...
The Hague District Court found the Netherlands’ climate policy insufficient, discriminating against Bonaire residents, and ordered immediate action to curb emissions and protect the Caribbean island from sea-level rise and extreme weather. ✔️Read more www.theguardian.com/environment/...
⚠️UN expert warns: chemical pollution is a hidden global crisis. “Forever chemicals,” corporate loopholes & weak policies put human rights and environment at risk. Science & political will must align to protect human rights. @euobserver.com @elenasanchez.bsky.social euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
The @ec.europa.eu's planned abolition of #pesticide protection standards is unlawful. This is shown by a legal opinion published today. www.pan-europe.info/press-releas...
Weakening of pesticide protection standards is unlawful - Legal opinion criticises draft EU legislation
The European Commission's planned abolition of pesticide protection standards is unlawful. This is shown by a legal opinion published today. The legal opinion, commissioned by the Aurelia Foundation, ...
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This week meeting with women waste pickers in the Lusaka Landfill and women organic farmers near Mambwa -Zambia - to get their vision for ways out of plastic pollution to share with parties to BRS Conventions, amazing powerful women, such an enrichement!
Trump is spreading false information on World Health Organisation to cover up his inacceptable step to leave WHO www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...
Rückzug aus Gesundheitsorganisation: WHO-Chef nennt US-Gründe unwahr
Washington hat gerade den offiziellen Rückzug aus der WHO verkündet. Doch ihr Chef, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, weist die angeführten Gründe als unwahr zurück. Die Amerikaner würden »falsche Informati...
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WECF and partners are in Zambia working with the environmental management agency ZEMA working with women organisations and stakeholders on how to reduce pollution from plastic waste and the toxic chemicals they emit, made the national TV
🚰 New EU-wide protections against PFAS in drinking water are now in force! This is a win for people, our waters and strong EU rules! 🎉 But for harmonised monitoring, we must defend the EU's Water Framework Directive - the cornerstone of water protection✊ More ⬇️ #ProtectWater #OneHealth #BanPFAS
South Africans tricked into fighting for Russia in Ukraine - Outright evil www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
‘Outright evil:’ anguish and anger over South Africans tricked into fighting for Russia
Relatives fear for lives of men thought to remain trapped in war after allegedly being recruited by a daughter of Jacob Zuma
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Finally free, after 5 year, Maria Kalesnikava - conditions in Belarusian prison equaled torture www.spiegel.de/ausland/bela...
'De criminaliteit is al jaren dalende, maar hoe veiliger een land, hoe hysterischer we met het laatste stukje onveiligheid omgaan... Demonstreren wordt steeds meer als een potentiële verstoring van de openbare orde gezien.' #Demonstratierecht #CivicSpace #Art9 www.groene.nl/artikel/klei...
Hoe de overheid het demonstratierecht steeds verder uitholt
De sfeer tussen demonstrant en autoriteiten verhardt. De politie arresteert en slaat vaker, burgemeesters leggen striktere regels op en demonstranten worden nauwlettend gevolgd. ‘Ze hebben me radicaal...
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This week brought news none of us can ignore. Democracy in Europe is under mounting assault, and calls to dismantle the rules that protect people and nature keep growing. Those driving this push want silence. Instead, our collective resolve is getting louder
Our #UNEA7 event Toxic #SkinBleaching creams #mercury showed our partners #WEP documentary film on the huge problem in #Nigeria and Bangladesh government, #EEB #IPEN who spoke on growing global illegal sales, agressive (often racist and sexist) marketing see www.zeromercury.org/mercury-adde...
At #UNEA7 #Nairobi partner Semia Gharbi is sharing the lessons and results of our #Gender #Chemicals and #Waste project in #Tunisia (supported by BRS secretariat) where rural women transit away from pesticides and plastic usage instead moving to eco-tourism & agroecology! youtu.be/yBnUxJwZWtU?...
Teaser "What a Waste" Documentary - Tunisia
YouTube video by WECF International
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On international #HumanRights Day the Women’s Mayor Group #WMG called out some of the negotiators at #UNEA7 who are trying to move us all backwards 80 years or more by refusing to refer to #GenderEquality - while showing milesstones of the last decades including #CEDAW #SDGs #Beijing Platform Action
Bis 2026 können noch Beiträge zum Bericht des Special Rapporteurs on Toxics and Human Rights zu #Ewigkieitschemikalien #PFAS eingereicht werden. www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for...
