@KirstyWebeck Gimmeabreak! He's in military uniform. The military uniforms Ukraine had to find for former civilians. Maybe he had just finished shovelling sandbags or making Molotov cocktails, since NATO won't #ClosetheSkyoverUkraine
Urgent: Up to a million species are facing extinction -- but governments are voting this week on a bold new plan to save nature! Let's join our voices to those of the indigenous leaders standing up for change! https://t.co/D63KPlDbqP
Working women still face a 21st century ducking stool: male leaders who try to develop women to lead like men. Like the 'witches' of the past, women put in that situation are doomed either way. #ChooseToChallenge#IWD2021
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Robin Hood robbed the rich to give to the poor. Young traders used RobinHood to take on seasoned shortsellers to save Gamestop. Is this foolishness or a glimpse of how GenZ will shape the world they want? How should Boomers and GenX respond? Read my blog: https://t.co/cgowTWh6aY
Trump’s days as “the perfect middle finger” to liberal, dynamic America are done. Is Ivanka the sociopathic successor in Trumpian politics?
Excellent discussion between David Frum and Edward Luce during ‘Beyond Trumpocalypse’ at Hong Kong International Literary Festival.
Carrie Lam - all these billions you are now spending should have been distributed for years, funding hospitals, schools, decent housing and social care. I fear you may be too late. You are not supposed to be a “facilitator”, you should be a LEADER for your people.
Mrs Lam: The “local situation” is caused by ‘Hong Kong’s haves’ having far too much and caring far too little for the community in which they operate. Also her government and her predecessors have spent years doing nothing for those she described as having “no stake” in HK.
Carrie Lam, HKCE, speaking at Joint Business Community lunch: begins with whimsical memories of the good old days with a dash of “poor me” and pessimism about tough times ahead.
"They are making it harder to avoid an unintended pregnancy, making it harder to end an unintended pregnancy, and making it harder to be supported when you become a mother. We must support the right to CHOOSE whether or when to become mothers."
—@hillaryclinton at #NARAL50
I love this young man speaking up in the hope that girls be allowed to have loud voices and boys be allowed to cry and choose pink socks. I join him in hoping for lower heels, lower aircon, and the abandonment of all the limiting gender stereotypes. #TWFHK#GenderEqualitySummit
Change takes time.
NO!
Change takes action.
Without doing something different, we won’t get change today or in the forever future.
We need male leaders to act differently NOW.
- Kate Jenkins, Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Australia #TWFHK#FutureisEquality
“It’s not about faking it till you make it, it’s about FACING it till you make it” - quote of the day from Fatiha Salma Deiya Bakar - multi-lingual and multi-talented undergrad student at CUHK; an inspiration across generations.
#TWFHK#GenderEqualitySummit#FutureisEquality
Bias built into AI algorithms makes it far from neutral - the people who aren’t there don’t generate data. This reinforces structural oppression and stereotypes. Dr Lauren Wilcox - Uni of Cambridge Centre for Gender Studies #TWFHK#GenderEqualitySummit
Ageing is not a problem needing a solution; it is a phenomenon that requires we revisit our assumptions and structures around work, learning, skills and health.
Dr Vivian Lou - Sau Po Centre on Ageing, HKU #FutureisEquality#TWFHK
LGBTQ++ “the struggle is real” and in so many small ways. It takes courage to “insert yourself into the conversation”. It is not by “acknowledging our genitals that we prove our worth”. INCLUSION of everyone is what matters. #TWFHK#FutureisEquality
We have come as far as we have because of courage. We need to stop boxing boys into small emotional spaces - that’s where toxicity comes from.
#TWFHK#FutureisEquality
Dr Puja Kapai HKU: PREVENTING sexual harassment is even more important than responding to it.
Due respect + Systemic change. Rebalance of power + Public consequences. Feminist leaders (of any gender) who place shame where it belongs. No more bystanders. #TWFHK#FutureisEquality
Anxiety is energy for change. Good intent doesn’t negate sexual harassment. Consent is key. (Linda Wong - Assoc Concerning Sexual Violence Against Women)
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