#RightsFreedomPotential

Official @FCDOGovUK department working to promote #genderequality. No society can develop if half its population is left behind #RightsFreedomPotential

[FCDO Inclusive @FCDOInclusive]

From long school commutes to lack of support, barriers exclude children with disabilities from education. This needs to change.

https://t.co/9JYYRtpo5k

@GDS_Disability #GDS2025 #GlobalDisabilitySummit
#InclusiveEducation #DisabilityRights #EducationForAll

[FCDO Inclusive @FCDOInclusive]

"So Josephine, why do you need that condom?" For the same reason as anyone else 🙄

Sexual health and reproductive services must be inclusive and accessible to everyone.

https://t.co/v6VKtD8d8v

#GDS2025 #SRHR #GlobalDisabilitySummit @GDS_Disability

[Global Disability Summit @GDS_Disability]

❗️"Disability must not be allowed to slip from the development agenda."

Diana Dalton, @FCDOGovUK acknowledges the crucial role of civil society in international development and the unprecedented crises facing us.

[GAGGA @GAGGA_Alliance]

📢#CSW69 #SideEvent Alert!

Join us online or in-person together with @FCDOGovUK & @equality_fund #GAGGAatCSW69 for a discussion on the intersection of climate, gender and conflict, listening to #WEHRD at the forefront !

🗓️Wed, Mar 12, 9 am EDT
📌Register NOW: bit.ly3XoKVM7

[#RightsFreedomPotential @FCDOGender]

Join us tomorrow @UN_CSW where @UNFPA, @FCDOGovUK and @numunfund, with the support of Australia’s @eSafetyOffice, will be hosting the Safety Showcase: Reimagine Gender in Tech.

📅 Tuesday 11th March
⏰ 9:00 - 12.00 ET
📍 Online via Zoom

🔗 Register at: https://t.co/gF9Uv3ANa9

[#RightsFreedomPotential @FCDOGender]

AI as a driver of innovation and progress can only be fully realised with gender equality at its core. When the human rights of women and girls are at risk, all human rights are threatened.

With our partners we call for urgent action to be taken.

https://t.co/ruvSEOAO6A

[UNFPA @UNFPA]

📣 We need YOU to help us reimagine gender in #tech!

Have you created solutions to prevent and respond to technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV)?

If so, submit them here by 27 January ➡️ https://t.co/CmSiF58IJd

#ENDviolence

[Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office @FCDOGovUK]

Worldwide, 1 in 3 women experience physical or sexual violence in their lifetime.

This government is committed to halving violence against women and girls in the next decade.

[#RightsFreedomPotential @FCDOGender]

#16DaysOfActivism is over- but gender-based violence sadly goes on. We will continue to work with women’s rights organisations and survivors to pioneer, upscale, and integrate approaches to end GBV. Because everyone deserves to live in a world free from violence.
#HumanRightsDay

[#RightsFreedomPotential @FCDOGender]

The project has successfully challenged the unequal social norms underlying GBV.
We will continue to pioneer, scale up, and integrate approaches to prevent GBV, to secure a future where all women and girls can live free from violence.
#EndGBV #NoExcuse

[#RightsFreedomPotential @FCDOGender]

For #16DaysOfActivism 2024 we’re highlighting work which puts violence prevention at the heart of everything we do.
The Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) project in Syria puts GBV at the heart of economic empowerment

[#RightsFreedomPotential @FCDOGender]

Through household-level activities, such as agro-processing and financial assistance, the project aims to reduce economic and emotional violence in couples by linking them to economic empowerment efforts

[#RightsFreedomPotential @FCDOGender]

MAK works with nurses and midwives at the national level, and in 47 counties in Kenya.

We will continue to pioneer, scale up, and integrate work to prevent GBV, to secure a future where all women and girls can live free from violence.
#EndGBV #NoExcuse

[#RightsFreedomPotential @FCDOGender]

For #16DaysOfActivism 2024 we’re highlighting work which puts violence prevention at the heart of everything we do.
FCDO supports The Africa-Led Movement (ALM) to End FGM. ALM puts GBV, particularly the prevention of FGM, at the heart of healthcare education

[#RightsFreedomPotential @FCDOGender]

Through the Midwives’ Association of Kenya (MAK) (@Kenyamidwives ), ALM integrates FGM prevention and response into the curriculum for healthcare providers. MAK has signed a commitment to be champions against FGM and its medicalisation

[#RightsFreedomPotential @FCDOGender]

We will continue to pioneer, scale up, and integrate approaches to prevent GBV, to secure a future where all women and girls can live free from violence.
#EndGBV #NoExcuse

[#RightsFreedomPotential @FCDOGender]

For #16DaysofActivism 2024 we’re highlighting work which puts violence prevention at the heart of everything we do.
Women Unlimited in Eswatini puts GBV at the heart of higher education

[#RightsFreedomPotential @FCDOGender]

Women Unlimited integrates GBV prevention into higher education, working with universities to prevent sexual harassment on campus and to strengthen support to survivors.
FCDO supports Women Unlimited through our What Works to Prevent Violence programme. @WW2PreventVAWG

[#RightsFreedomPotential @FCDOGender]

We will continue to pioneer, scale up, and integrate approaches to prevent GBV, to secure a future where all women and girls can live free from violence.

#EndGBV #NoExcuse

[#RightsFreedomPotential @FCDOGender]

For #16DaysOfActivism 2024 we’re highlighting work which puts violence prevention at the heart of everything we do.
FCDO’s Aawaz II - Inclusion, Accountability and Preventing Modern Slavery Programme in Pakistan puts GBV at the heart of strengthening services.

[#RightsFreedomPotential @FCDOGender]

The programme has supported the establishment of anti-rape crisis centres where survivors can access all services under one roof. The programme aims to support 7 million people across three provinces