Amina Khan

Leading Global Partnerships & Research in International Development, Humanitarian Affairs, Communications & Social Impact, Founder of CineKhan, RA at ODI

[Amina Khan @KhanPerspective]

Here at @BritishCouncil for the launch of @Cine_Khan’s 7 country study on #whatweknow on #womenandgirls for #WomensDay2024

@SonicWhirls @KhanPerspective @ODI_Global @susan_nicolai @TanviBhatkal @AffieDehrouyeh @adilsher @selinarashid

[Christine Wilson @SonicWhirls]

On my way to London for our event to mark #InternationalWomensDay2024. Using our research as a starting point, we’ll be asking what we can do to accelerate progress on gender equality globally.
https://t.co/doqRuAJw8P

[Amina Khan @KhanPerspective]

@Jemima_Khan @KhanPerspective - @Jemima_Khan, we should mobilise greater support for these issues you raise in public forums that have not been explored before @ODI_Global @hpg_odi @ALNAP are potentially the best spaces for opening a critical dialogue. Happy to help!

@UN_HRC
@UNGeneva

[Jemima Goldsmith @Jemima_Khan]

I usually don’t comment on Pakistani politics. I disagree with IK on many political issues. But this is not about politics- it’s about my children’s father, his human rights & international law. For the past few years, I’ve been bullied & harassed into silence by PML-N goons, including rape threats & countless conspiracy theories. Meanwhile Twitter/ X is banned in Pakistan, PTI party members & civilian supporters have been abducted, anyone with a platform who was speaking out is now in jail & silenced, Imran Khan’s photo and name have been censored on state television (they have even redacted his image from any coverage of Pakistan’s World Cup win of 92!)
I owe it to my children to try to create some awareness about what is happening in Pakistan. Please help in any way that you can. Thank you.

[Amina Khan @KhanPerspective]

@ImranKhanPTI @Jemima_Khan This is unacceptable and inhumane treatment, politicians applying brute force & cheap tactics @ImranKhanPTI @Jemima_Khan

The human anguish & toll is rising, public sentiments are being channeled into other issues

@KhanPerspective
@Cine_Khan
@ODI_Global
@BBCWorld
@guardian

[Imran Khan @ImranKhanPTI]

Message from Imran Khan’s ex wife @Jemima_Khan

“In the last few weeks there have been serious and concerning developments regarding my sons’ father, Imran Khan’s treatment in prison. The Pakistan authorities have stopped all visits to him by his family and his lawyers. They have also postponed all court hearings. In addition to cutting off in- person visits, and in defiance of a court order, his weekly calls to his sons, Sulaiman and Kasim Khan, who are British and who live in London, were stopped on 10th September. We have received reports that the authorities have now turned off the lights and electricity in his cell and he is no longer allowed to leave his cell at any time. The jail cook has been sent on leave. He is now completely isolated, in solitary confinement, literally in the dark, with no contact with the outside world. His lawyers are concerned about his safety and well-being.

These actions come in the context of ongoing targeting of Imran’s family, as well as his party (PTI) members and supporters in an attempt to silence them and all political opposition in Pakistan. Imran’s nephew, Hassan Niazi, a civilian, has been detained in military custody since August 2023. More recently, Imran Khan’s sisters, Uzma and Aleema Khan, who have continued to speak out on his behalf, have also been arrested as they made their way peacefully to a demonstration and they are currently being held in jail, despite there being no proper or lawful basis for their imprisonment.

In June this year the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention found that Imran is unlawfully and arbitrarily detained and called for his immediate release.

 As a matter of urgency , we are calling for Imran Khan’s release, and for the release of his sisters and nephew as well as for his sons’ contact with their father to be re-established, so that they may have assurance first-hand that he is well and not being mistreated.”

[Ram Gopal Varma @RGVzoomin]

A LAWYER turned GANGSTER wants to take REVENGE for a DEER’S death by killing a SUPER STAR and as a WARNING orders some of his GANG of 700 , which he recruited through face book to first kill a BIG POLITICIAN who is a close friend of the STAR ..
The POLICE can’t catch him because he is under the protection of the GOVERNMENT in a JAIL and his spokesman speaks from ABROAD ..
If a Bollywood writer comes up with a story like this they will thrash him for writing the most unbelievable and ridiculous story ever

[Sara Pantuliano - @sara-pantuliano.bsky.social @SaraPantuliano]

Can the future of money include everyone?

Really looking forward to welcoming @circle's @ddisparte to @ODI_Global to discuss the untapped potential of #Cryptocurrency to create a fairer global financial system.

Register to join us on 17 Oct (also online) https://t.co/kfVxZAwBFb

[The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health @LancetChildAdol]

Online first: Comment on Mental health consequences of child marriage @mhcm_network @GPChildMarriage @suzp @FionaAmalia #endchildmarriage
https://t.co/pMQzEmSX1T

[Heba Aly @HebaJournalist]

I must say, there is a real feeling in this full house side event at the UN Summit of the Future that Security Council reform will happen in our lifetime. @palabanapalms @Oxfam #OurCommonFuture

[EdTech Hub @GlobalEdTechHub]

Happening Now at the #KenyaEdTechSummit2024; @Ciksmbugua joins the Strengthening EdTech with Evidence panel to share insights on evidence generation and utilised by stakeholders.
@EdTechEAfrica @MastercardFdn @dignitasproject @FCDOResearch

[UN Women in Brussels @unwomenEU]

📣Join @unwomenEU & @ODI_Europe for its 3d #GenderTalks on transformative impact of the Women, Peace & Security Agenda:

👉w/ #WPS experts from 🇪🇺EU @NATO & @SFCG_EU
👉w/ a deep-dive into the complex situation in Afghanistan.

🗓️9 Sept-4PM-5.30PM
Register https://t.co/pmlDiSdj0e

[Foreign Affairs @ForeignAffairs]

“New restrictions on immigration would not only hurt the United States’ bottom line; they would also generate labor shortages and increase supply chain backlogs, much like the country experienced during the pandemic when borders were shut.”
https://t.co/9Mm1tppOVA

[Sami @ZulkarnainSaer]

Finally the authorities in Bangladesh arrested Abdus Sobhan Miah who worked as an aide to Sheikh Hasina and he started secretly snapping up properties in the city worth millions. Read my investigation on him, with ⁦@OCCRP⁩ attached. https://t.co/LBhzEi5cy2

[David Bergman @TheDavidBergman]

India has lost Bangladesh. Despite India's crucial military intervention at the end of 1971 that ensured first the defeat of the Pakistan military after a nine month war, and then the independence of the country, there has for some time been a significant anti-India feeling in Bangladesh that waxed that waned depending on the political situation in both countries.

The irritation/anger perhaps started when Indian products flooded the Bangladesh market in 1972, impacting upon Bangladesh's manufacturing industry devestated during the war. And as years went on there was always the sense that India being an overly influential big country neighbour. In addition there was perhaps a communal element to the anger, with India being a dominant Hindu nation, whilst Bangladesh, a muslim one.

However, the Indian government's total and criticual support for the Awami League in recent years, irrespective of lack of free and fair elections, terrible human rights record and increasing authoritarianism - along with India prime minister's Modi's anti-muslim rhetoric - had in recently years ratcheted up the the anger towards India. And, it was the Indian government's continued support for the Awami League even after the law enforcement killings started on July 16 which was the nail in the coffin. It will take many many years before the Indian government can come back from this.

[Chatham House @ChathamHouse]

The ousting of Sheikh Hasina – the world’s longest-serving female leader – marks the most critical political crisis in Bangladesh since the revolution in 1971. https://t.co/1d0wfDhYUQ

[Education Cannot Wait @EduCannotWait]

"Valientes niñas afganas, con el apoyo de la innovadora campaña #AfghanGirlsVoices de @EduCannotWait, exigen el fin del apartheid de género. En 2023, las inversiones de #ECW en #Afganistán llegaron a ~200K niñas+niños a través de programas educativos comunitarios." ~@GordonBrown

V/@ElTiempo👇
https://t.co/zsyLJHUXdL

[Comphies @ComphiesTees]

Act for Humanity: Erklärung zum Welttag der humanitären Hilfe von Yasmine Sherif, Geschäftsführerin von Education Cannot Wait: NEW YORK, 19. August 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Am diesjährigen Welttag der humanitären Hilfe rufen wir die Menschen überall dazu… https://t.co/k5ZiRD9zUK

[CIES @cies_us]

The Comparative Education Review #CER @ChicagoJournals is seeking papers for two upcoming Special Sections on important and timely topics. Abstract submissions due September with full details at : https://t.co/3NCIOTz1vG

[Global Child Protection Area of Responsibility @GlobalCPAoR]

On this #WorldHumanitarianDay, the Global CP AoR, in solidarity with other humanitarian actors, advocates for the protection of civilians and humanitarian workers and for accountability.
#ActForHumanity
Agir pour l'humanité
Actuar por la humanidad
العمل من أجل الإنسانية

[Mastercard Foundation @MastercardFdn]

Call for Submissions📣

We are recruiting three Impact Partner Organizations for East Africa to support the Impact Team across the work of the Mastercard Foundation's programming platforms. Learn how to apply here: https://t.co/oO8zuCN4EO

📌Deadline: September 9, 2024

[Kevin Watkins @Kevin_Watkins_]

As the UK government works to restore a tarnished reputation on international development, it could start by following Brazil’s lead on the eradication of hunger
Some thoughts from me in @guardian

https://t.co/SBigYQO2cl