Barb Jungr

Born on the Lancashire Moors now dancing on the South Downs. Writing, singing , and teeny tiny dog walking.

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

Obama is absolutely right here.

There is no doubt that if we had more women in charge, there would be less war, better healthcare, better education, and less income inequality.

Obama: "If you put women in charge of every government for two years... I have a strong belief that things would be better. I'm confident about that."

[Neil Stone @DrNeilStone]

This remains one of greatest posts of all time and they didn't even realise

[The Iranian @JustAnIranianIr]

Islamic regime just blocked the Instagram of Setayesh Sadeghzadeh, a 13-year-old Iranian folk singer and dotar player with over a million followers.

Her videos were deleted.

Official excuse: “criminal content.”

She sang traditional music.

She also remembered the January martyrs in her songs and posts.

The grown men running the Islamic Republic were so afraid of a 13-year-old girl that they needed a court order to silence her.

When a child’s voice makes the foundations of the regime shake, it tells you everything about how weak they really are.

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

Rowan MacGregor,
UK based artist making delicate copper sculptures #WomensArt

[Disability Rights UK @DisRightsUK]

Disability Rights UK has written to the chancellor ahead of the autumn budget, asking the Government to take short and long-term measures that lift Disabled people out of poverty and combat discrimination and exclusion.
Read the full story and letter here:
https://t.co/6nTt3j9htn

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

During the early 20thc, artist Rowena Cade (1893–1983) started to create the open air Minack Theatre, Porthcurno, on the Cornish cliffs, UK, with the help of her gardener Billy and only hand tools. She continued to build into her last years #WomensArt

[Barb Jungr @barbjungr]

@NeilClark66 That’s absolutely spot on.

[Neil Clark @NeilClark66]

The propaganda about how we need to axe the Triple Lock and massively boost ‘defence’ spending because of ‘the ‘Russian threat’ is off the scale. Basically they want to take from our state pension- which we have contributed to all our working lives to give to arms manufacturers.
All this instead of working for peace.

[Barb Jungr @barbjungr]

@womensart1 She was terrific.

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

'Girls Night Out' by Beryl Cook (1926 – 2008) UK artist best known for her often comical paintings #WomensArt

Happy Friday all! ❤️

[Kevin Yuill @historykev]

Hell hath no fury like a Canadian whose precious MAiD programme is questioned. Never mind that they don't understand it.

[Cat Hobbs @CatHobbs]

What an absolutely ridiculous conversation England is having about its extreme ideological experiment with privatisation

It's really not that complicated

9 out of 10 water systems worldwide are in public ownership (1/6)

https://t.co/MXdMgf4eTO

[Barb Jungr @barbjungr]

@jahanzebwesa @SR_Afghanistan @wphfund @forum_asia @jk_rowling @WRNAfghanistan @NuriaCSopena @nurygglez @heatherbarr1 @ZiauddinY The Taliban operate with surprisingly little criticism from enough people, politicians and organisations for their wilful disregard for the rights of women. They must be held to account and all women must be free.

[Jahanzib Wesa @jahanzebwesa]

🚨 BREAKING: Taliban forces reportedly arrested 20 women in central Kabul. Four have reportedly been released, while 16 were transferred to Taliban intelligence custody. The reason for the arrests remains unclear. Afghan women must not be subjected to arbitrary detention.

[Masih Alinejad @AlinejadMasih]

I wrote this article with a heavy heart, but also with enormous pride.

These women were shot in the eyes during Woman Life Freedom uprising by security forces.
The Handmaid’s Tale is not fiction in Iran.

I want the world to look into their eyes and know their names. They are not victims to be forgotten. They are witnesses to a crime and symbols of a generation that refuses to surrender.

I want to introduce you to more of these freedom fighters who lost their eyesight, but not their hope, their strength, or their determination to fight against a brutal regime. Some of them told me that the last thing they ever saw was the face of the person who shot them.

Please read their full of stories here:

https://t.co/TZI6ii02R4

[Kevin Yuill @historykev]

A key characteristic of #euthanasia/#assistedsuicide proponents is that they call all those who disagree religious. Hanania even calls us 'evil'.
Such empty accusations substitute for substantive arguments.

[Auschwitz Memorial @AuschwitzMuseum]

With great sadness, we received information about the passing of Auschwitz Survivor Julia Wallach, who died at the age of 101.

Julia Wallach, née Kac, was born on 14 June 1925 in Paris as the only daughter of Polish Jewish immigrants. During the German occupation of France in July 1942, her mother Marie was arrested in the Vel’ d’Hiv roundup. Julia never saw her again.

On 24 April 1943, Julia and her father Joseph were arrested after being denounced. They were imprisoned in Drancy. On 23 June 1943, they were deported to Auschwitz in transport no. 55. Julia was 18 years old. In the camp, she was registered as prisoner no. 46645.

Her father did not survive. Julia owed her survival in part to one of her cousins, whom she met there, and who advised her never to miss work, under any circumstances, or she too would go "up the chimney". Julia listened and went to work, even though she was extremely ill with typhus.

In January 1945, she was taken on an evacuation march. During the following months, she was transferred westward, including to Ravensbrück. In April 1945, she managed to escape during a death march and eventually reached American soldiers.

After the war, she recovered the family apartment in Paris, married a fellow survivor, and raised two children. From the 1960s onward, and with growing intensity in recent decades, Wallach spoke regularly in schools and public events about her deportation and life in Auschwitz. In the 2020s her testimony reached wider audiences through films made by her granddaughter, filmmaker Frankie Wallach. In 2022, she was awarded the Légion d’honneur for her educational work.

May her memory be a blessing.

Photo: https://t.co/TrGJzcE9n7

[Lord (David) Alton @DavidAltonHL]

Canadian grandmother, 83, 'euthanised against her will' under assisted dying system in Canada. This is the law which the pro euthanasia lobby has called for in the UK. Assisted Suicide would inevitably set us on the same road. Thank the @UKParliament and @ScotParl for wisely saying no. In the November Budget @JohnHealey_MP should look for ways to prioritise comprehensive palliative care and support for our great hospice movement.. If in doubt, ask the family of the Canadian grandmother, Brigitte Stegemann:
https://t.co/MuoxvFtIP5 We don’t need the NHS to kill us to die with dignity @Tanni_GT @Live_Die_Well @RightToLifeUK @CNKAlliance @thelizcarr

[Committee for Academic Freedom @ComAcFreedom]

CAF has instructed a leading employment law firm to act for an Emeritus Professor after the University of Sunderland warned him to “reflect carefully” on his lawful online interventions on assisted dying — leaving him fearing that further public comment on an issue directly related to his academic expertise could put his institutional status at risk.

Read the full story:

https://t.co/qDt6BPXtOK

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

'Angel' by Marianne Stokes (1855–1927), Austrian painter who created this work in an Art Nouveau style #WomensArt