Trump’s HIV funding cuts having ‘severe and devastating’ impact around the world. #HIV #Pepfar #USAID www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Trump’s HIV funding cuts having ‘severe and devastating’ impact around the world

The President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief has saved 26m lives globally, but slashing of funds and dismantling of USAID have forced clinics to shut in dozens of countries

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Israel got away with targeting healthcare in Gaza. It’s no surprise it is doing it in Lebanon too. #Gaza #Lebanon www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Israel got away with targeting healthcare in Gaza. It's no surprise it is doing it in Lebanon too | Seema Jilani

As a doctor who has worked in a conflict zone, I’ve seen spaces that were once considered sacrosanct become fair game in war. This has to end, says Seema Jilani, a paediatric physician

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Good. Front page @nytimes.com @sherylnyt.bsky.social Gift link www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/u...

Not only are our "leaders" chasing oil and denying climate change, they are also actively accelerating climate change with their wars & conflicts "War in the Middle East is draining the global carbon budget faster than 84 countries combined" www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

5m tonnes of CO2 emitted in just 14 days of US war on Iran, analysis finds

Exclusive: War in the Middle East is draining the global carbon budget faster than 84 countries combined

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Ending AIDS isn't something any one organisation can do alone. It takes community knowledge, shared power, and the courage to act together. That's what Power in Partnership means to us. And to every partner who helped shape this strategy. 🔗Explore more here: https://bit.ly/4uxw293

Power in Partnership - Frontline AIDS

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Aid cuts could lead to more than 22 million avoidable deaths by 2030, including 5.4 million children under five. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Aid cuts could cause 22m avoidable deaths by 2030, study finds

Modelling suggests 5.4m children under five among those who could die if budgets of donor countries such as UK and US continue to be slashed

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Nearly 1️⃣ in 3️⃣ women – estimated 840 million globally – have experienced partner or sexual violence during their lifetime. And this figure has barely changed since 2000. #EndVAWG #EndGBV #16DaysOfActivism #NoExcuse

89% of @pmnch.bsky.social partners working to protect and promote the health and rights of women, children & adolescents faced reduced or uncertain funding in the past year, acc to a new survey. "This is not just a financial crisis—it’s a human one", @khosla.bsky.social pmnch.who.int/news-and-eve...

Snap survey conducted by PMNCH reveals global funding crisis threatening health and rights programs for women, children, and adolescents.

Geneva, 20 October 2025 - A new global survey by the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH) has revealed alarming funding disruptions facing organizations working to protect and prom...

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Afghan women lose their 'last hope' as Taliban shuts down internet. #Afghanistan www.bbc.com/news/article...

Afghan women lose their 'last hope' as Taliban shuts down internet

For many women, the internet was their last resource. An internet shutdown threatens to end this.

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The right to choose is fundamental. This #SafeAbortionDay we demand safe abortion services for women, girls and everyone who needs it. Safe abortion is healthcare. Safe abortion saves lives. #InternationalSafeAbortionDay #28September #Sept28 #SafeAbortionDay

Shutting down USAID will cost taxpayers $6.4 billion over two years. That’s enough money to save more than one million children’s lives. Read @nickkristof.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/o...

Opinion | Trump’s Most Lethal Policy

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🔟 million people remain not on HIV treatment. We have a funding crisis at the same time as growing anti-rights movements and widespread stigma and discrimination, says Christine Stegling of @unaids.org at the @frontlineaids.bsky.social side event #HRC60 #HIV #HumanRights

Foreign doctors who volunteered in Gaza say they treated over 100 Palestinian children shot in the head or chest, arguing it’s clear evidence Israel is deliberately targeting minors aje.io/f7key2

Foreign doctors say Israel systematically targeting Gaza’s children: Report

Medics returning from Gaza say Israel deliberately targeting children with sniper, drone fire, Dutch newspaper reports.

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Democratic senator Ron Wyden: “The US is "in the midst of a health care calamity", He says RFK Jr has "elevated conspiracy theorists" and "crackpots" in his short tenure as health secretary. He says RFK's priority is to take vaccines away from Americans.

Watch as RFK Jr pressed on vaccines and CDC turmoil at Senate hearing

The health secretary says nobody knows how many Americans died of Covid - but accepts Covid vaccines saved "quite a few" lives.

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📢 CSE empowers young people to make informed choices about their health & wellbeing. As misinformation grows, we need to defend CSE. I'm proud to be part of the team that developed the @frontlineaids.bsky.social CSE Messaging Framework for Advocates. #Together4CSE 👇 frontlineaids.org/resources/ch...

Media outlets have staged a front page protest to highlight the killings of more than 200 journalists in 22 months.

More than 250 media outlets protest over Israel murdering Gaza journalists

Media outlets have staged a front page protest to highlight the killings of more than 200 journalists in 22 months.

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Scrapping the 80% commitment will compound the impact of US and UK aid cuts and exacerbate what feels like “a global war on women”. #UKAid #GenderEquality www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

UK may scrap pledge to spend 80% of foreign aid on gender equality projects

Exclusive: Critics warn move could worsen impact of Donald Trump’s rollback of funding for diversity and aid projects abroad

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They recovered over 180 bullet shells at the CDC. Debris from shattered glass is still being cleaned up. I am completely stunned at how quickly the news cycle has moved on. This was an act of terrorism targeting public health experts, and the response seems to be a collective shrug.

“What is becoming clear is that healthcare workers and facilities are no longer afforded the protection guaranteed by international humanitarian law.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

‘Healthocide’: experts warn of rise in targeting of health services in conflict

Principle of medical neutrality threatened as doctors and hospitals deliberately attacked, particularly in Gaza

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The Gates Foundation today announced a $2.5 billion dollar investment in #womenshealth innovations The biggest investment in history, says Anita Zaidi. Areas: OB/gyn care Maternal nutrition & gut health Contraception access STIs Menstrual health WDYT? www.gatesfoundation.org/ideas/media-...

Gates Foundation Announces Catalytic Funding to Spark New Era of Women-Centered Research and Innovation

Investments Through 2030 to Catalyze Innovation in Maternal, Menstrual, Gynecological, and Sexual Health for Women Globally

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Jocalyn Clark@jocalynclark.bsky.social · last yr.

Women in all their diversities are not passive to political tides but are powerful agents of change. Their leadership will strengthen #womenshealth, innovation & rights—and the entire #globalhealth ecosystem www.bmj.com/content/390/...

“These contraceptives are nothing less than life-saving,” @cbpolis.bsky.social @guttmacher.org #SRHR

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Guttmacher expert @cbpolis.bsky.social spoke with @cnn.com about the Trump administration’s plan to incinerate nearly $10 million worth of contraceptives and the impact of denying these essential supplies to women and couples in low- and middle-income countries. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUZY...

"The BBC World Service has compiled material on over 160 cases where children have been shot in Gaza, and found that in 95 cases the child was shot in the head or the chest. In most of these cases the victim was under 12 years old"

Sad to hear of the death of Dr David Nabarro. A brilliant man.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus@drtedros.who.int · last yr.

Deeply shocked and saddened by the passing of our dear friend, colleague and @who.int Envoy David Nabarro. David was a great champion of global health and health equity, and a wise, generous mentor to countless individuals. His work touched and impacted so many lives across the world. (1/2)

The head of the World Health Organisation on how the IDF entered a WHO building in Gaza, forcing women and children out & handcuffing, stripping & interrogating WHO staff. One staff member remains detained.

Investment in WISH - one of the UK’s flagship sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) programmes - should be protected to achieve sustainable change and improved health for women in West and Central Africa. #SRHR #UKAid @msichoices.org @ippf.bsky.social @sightsavers.bsky.social @ipas.org

MSI Reproductive Choices@msichoices.org · last yr.

The Women’s Integrated Sexual Health programme has enabled MSI and partners to support 6.3 million women in West and Central Africa since 2018, saving 33,000 lives. "To those saying we can't afford to protect this, I say we can't afford not to." Sanou Gning, MSI WISH Director🧵

"All States should support this crucial call by Afghan women, for women around the world. They should make it a priority to actively work to ensure the inclusion of gender apartheid in international law, including in the draft crimes against humanity treaty." @heatherbarr.bsky.social #Afghanistan

Heather Barr@heatherbarr.bsky.social · last yr.

Excited to share this new piece on why @hrw.org is calling for gender apartheid to be recognized as a crime under international law. This comes after long & careful discussion w/many colleagues about if there is need for such a law and any potential downsides. www.justsecurity.org/116780/gende...

Nearly 800 Palestinians killed at Gaza food hubs and aid convoy routes since end of May. #Gaza www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Nearly 800 killed at Gaza food hubs and aid convoy routes since end of May, UN says

UN human rights office says 615 of the deaths were in vicinity of sites run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation

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“At a time when we’re seeing rollbacks on reproductive rights, most notably in the United States, this crucial milestone in the fight for reproductive rights sends a powerful message that our lawmakers are standing up for women,” @louknightsmccudden.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

MPs vote to decriminalise abortion in step forward for reproductive rights

Amendment to crime and policing bill will change law to end prosecution of women who terminate pregnancies

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📢 Organisations across Sub-Saharan Africa, South and South-East Asia are eligible to apply. Most grants awarded in 2025 will be under $50,000.

Safe Abortion Action Fund (SAAF)@safeabortion.bsky.social · last yr.

Funding available for organisations working on the intersection of disability rights and gender justice, LGBTQI+ rights, economic justice, climate justice, racial justice, youth rights, indigenous rights. Apply by 23rd June 2025: www.disabilityrightsfund.org/grantseekers/

Afghanistan: how ordinary men became unpaid Taliban enforcers in their own homes #Afghanistan #GenderEquality www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

How ordinary men became unpaid Taliban enforcers in their own homes

Afghan fathers, brothers and husbands are, often unwillingly, inflicting the country’s repressive laws on their families, for fear of social shame or reprisals

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