7/ Gov. budgets should respect, protect, and fulfill all human rights — not reward billionaires But the fight is not over. 📞 Call your House reps 📝And use the form below to tell them 📢 #NotOnOurWatch www.hrw.org/NotOnOurWatch

Not On Our Watch

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6/ Researchers 👇 estimated that this bill could cause 51,000+ excess deaths per year due to loss of care and services! This isn’t “balancing the budget” — it’s weaponizing it ysph.yale.edu/news-article...

Proposed changes to Medicaid, other health programs could lead to over 51,000 preventable deaths, researchers warn

Public health and policy researchers at Yale University and the University of Pennsylvania say that proposed changes to Medicaid and other U.S. health programs

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5/ But it doesn't stop there. 3+ million are set to lose food assistance through SNAP, while 10s of billions of $$ in public money goes to expanding abusive immigration detention, including for families

4/ 🏥 On health, cuts to Medicaid, CHIP and the ACA = 11.8 million people losing health insurance coverage! Women, LGBTQ folks, rural and low-income people, and Black, Hispanic, and immigrant communities will be hit hard

3/ The most recent estimates from the @USCBO found that the bill would cause: – The Bottom 10% to lose ~$1,600/year – The Top 10% to gain ~$12,000/year That’s a – 4% hit for the poor, +2.3% gain for the rich! It's inequality, turbocharged

2/ 💰 Massive tax cuts for the richest Americans and deep cuts to health care, food aid, and funding for programs necessary to protect the environment and our planet It’s a massive transfer of wealth from public goods to private pockets

1/ 🧵 The US Senate just passed a budget that rewards the wealthy while slashing programs essential for human rights They call it the “One Big Beautiful Bill” Here’s what they think is “beautiful” 👇 www.hrw.org/news/2025/07... @hrw.org

US: Budget Would Benefit Wealthiest at Expense of Rights

The budget reconciliation bill passed by the United States Senate today would extend tax cuts that disproportionately benefit the country’s wealthiest families while reducing spending on health and ot...

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IAFFE 2025 Remote-Only Conference opens with a plenary on Feminist Solidarity TOMORROW! 🎤 Sparking & Sustaining Solidarity Across Feminist Movements 🕒 14:00 UTC (live)🎙️ Moderated by Dr. Mary Borrowman Speakers: Lee Badgett, Wangari Kinoti, Caroline Hossein, and Dr. Marina Durano

at #IAFFE2025 session by @actionaiduk.bsky.social, Jennifer Lipenga/Akina Mama wa Afrika links environmental devastation to the crisis of care, both stemming from power dynamics. Transforming the international financial architecture, esp tax & debt, is key to address both. @iaffe.bsky.social

The irony of Columbia being the first target after being at the vanguard against its own students and faculty exercising their right of free speech. Shafik’s unnecessary and preemptive appeasement totally backfiring

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The Trump administration is threatening to cut tens of millions of dollars in federal funding for Columbia University, making the school the first major target in its effort to root out what it considers antisemitic harassment on college campuses.

U.S. officials demanded that UN Women and UNICEF end any supposed emphasis on “gender ideology” or diversity, equity and inclusion. This change is needed to ensure the programs “promote equal opportunities for all,” the U.S.’s language ironically claimed.

Trump Officials Demand End to “DEI” Within UN Women’s and Children’s Programs

Officials cited Trump’s anti-DEI and anti-trans executive orders, which do not hold authority outside of the U.S.

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This moment isn’t just a test of our resilience. It’s a test of what we have understood as progress. If the foundations of rights & protections can be undone so easily, were they as strong as we believed? 🌟 Our job now is to assess, adapt & ensure that what we’re building is made to last.

We’re feeling the ground shift beneath our feet with the dismantling of #HumanRights & environmental protections globally. But orgs like WEDO were forged to counter these moments designed to entrench inequalities & stifle our collective power. Right now, more than anything, we need solidarity. 💪

Climate finance ≠ climate justice 🚨 Justice is about reparations. And while Global North politicians and bureaucrats insist there’s a lack of funds, that's a myth. It’s not about a lack of money. It’s about who controls it. The only solution is to #ReclaimTheWealth: https://buff.ly/4jVUI5E

“Since the beginning of this UN process, the US has never had a constructive engagement...this country is against any level of multilateralism...one more reason for the rest of the world to stick to the founding principles of the UN" globaltaxjustice.org/news/as-u-s-... from @gatj.bsky.social

As the U.S. Leaves the UN Tax Treaty Negotiations, Civil Society Calls on Countries to Continue Championing the Historic Process - Global Tax Justice

This Monday, after a morning of countries committing to international tax cooperation, the U.S. walked out of the UN Tax Convention negotiations. With or without the participation of the U.S., the his...

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5th session of the organisational meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee of the UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation is just about to get underway. We're halfway through: expect clarity today about decisions to be taken by Thursday... webtv.un.org/en/asset/k16...

(5th meeting) Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on the United Nations Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation

Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on the United Nations Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation will hold their organizational meeting from 3-6 February 2025.

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Was thrilled to work on this with @cesr.bsky.social @fintrco.bsky.social & the best consultant ever, Arimbi! Looking forward to taking it further through collective advocacy at the UN Tax Convention & beyond

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🌍💰 Taxation isn’t just about revenue—it’s about justice. Our new brief with Shared Planet, WEDO, and @fintrco.bsky.social shows how progressive taxation can be feminist, green & decolonial, breaking silos between tax, climate, human rights & gender justice ⬇️

Dr Ramy Mohamed Yousef, Egypt's deputy finance minister, is elected chair of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee, at the opening negotiations of a UN Framework Convention for International Tax Cooperation - says it must provide a framework "for people and planet, not privilege and profit"