Free online event on March 10th at 5.30pm: The Weaponisation of Sexual Violence in Conflict with expert speakers: @NazandBegikhani; @DrNadiaAghtaie and @DrJuliaViebach https://t.co/tjzlAAnEuv
11 years ago today I was a care-leaver receiving my A level results, having spent almost 2 years in unregulated accommodation. No additional marks were given for having written coursework with no electricity, having done exams on 3 hrs sleep given the raves, police incidents &...
IT'S IN OUR HANDS 🕊️ Single out today on #bandcampfriday ⬇️
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All profits going to @AmnaHealing (formerly Refugee Trauma Initiative) - a charity supporting the mental health of refugees
https://t.co/klYWYARnn9 for the full video #greenhamcommon
My heart besieged by anger, my mind a gap of danger. I walked among their old haunts. the home ground where they bled; And in the dirt lay justice like an acorn in the winter Till its oak would sprout in Derry where the thirteen men lay dead.
#BloodySunday50
Preventing gender-based violence is essential, possible and our best solution to the trauma it causes.
However, it is vital to recognise that short-term "reassurance" measures, while well-meant, do not prevent violence. They only reduce or delay perpetrators' opportunities.
Happy pub(lication) day to my dear friend Megan. Sorry we can’t celebrate in a pub(lic house) but I know we’ll be reading and celebrating this book for many years to come. Congratulations @mmegannnolan !
@Maebh_X Hahahha!! Oh what a brilliant job. So many power moves. Nothing made you feel alive like turning on the lights of the undercrofts for a particularly nice history nerd you saw fit to bestow favour upon
45 minutes left to support AMAT's amazing 'alive and singing homeless choir' which has been a massive source of support and joy to participants over the past year. I donated £20 & between gift aid and big give match funding, it became £45 so it's very easy to make an impact.
One of my favourite Irish things is the ludicrous reasoning behind lifetime nicknames. Still have friends who call me ‘beefy’ because once, ten years ago, I ordered the beef at a Sunday pub roast when most others got chicken. Some gems in this thread
@actthemacklin Finally! The time is ripe for the full duration one-woman performances of les miserable me and Megan are always talking about. Start working on lung capacity @mmegannnolan