Annemarie Middelburg, PhD

Change accelerator for women's rights

[Annemarie Middelburg, PhD @MJMiddelburg]

This can only happen at the #NairobiSummit: coincidently meeting our 🇳🇱 Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation 🌍 @SigridKaag on my way to a #ICPD25 session, who even has 5 mins for a short talk! 🙏🏻So honoured and excited! #SRHR #WomensRights #TheNetherlands

[Sigrid Kaag @SigridKaag]

Vandaag in Nairobi, bij de International Conference on Population and Development #ICPD25.

Om op te komen voor vrouwenrechten, gendergelijkheid en seksuele en reproductieve gezondheid en rechten.

Dat is 25 jaar na de eerste ICPD in Cairo nog hard nodig.

#SRHR

[Annemarie Middelburg, PhD @MJMiddelburg]

Vanavond zijn Istahil en ik te gast bij @DeSocieteitNTR om te praten over #meisjesbesnijdenis! #EndFGM #ZeroToleranceDay

[De Sociëteit @DeSocieteitNTR]

📺 Vanavond in De Sociëteit om 22:40 uur op NPO 2.

In Nederland lopen 4100 meisjes het risico om besneden te worden. Vanavond vertellen onderzoeker en mensenrechtenjurist Annemarie Middelburg samen met Istahil Abdulahi over hun strijd tegen genitale verminking bij meisjes.

[The Girl Generation @TheGirlGen]

Join panelists from Kenya, Ethiopia, Somaliland, and @WHO as they delve into integrating FGM/C prevention into health practices. Gain global perspectives on addressing this critical issue. #EndFGM #InvestToPrevent
📢Register now https://t.co/LZkqcpOBIU
⏰ 7 Dec | 16:30 EAT

[Options Consultancy Services Ltd @OptionsinHealth]

“If women can create safe spaces to reflect on their own experiences + what this means for their daughters, this creates an opp to break #FGM/C's inter-generational cycle.” @LeylaHussein on @TheGirlGen's Survivor Leadership Training. #WorldMentalHealthDay https://t.co/1ZsiEJnoqv

[Annemarie Middelburg, PhD @MJMiddelburg]

Thank you @WomenDeliver for offering shuttles 🚍 from hotels to the📍Kigali Convention Center #WD2023. But I just love to cruise around Kigali 🇷🇼 on the motorbike 😇

[Annemarie Middelburg, PhD @MJMiddelburg]

@ebonyrb @WomenDeliver We missed you! 🫶🏻💕

[Annemarie Middelburg, PhD @MJMiddelburg]

Day 1 of @WomenDeliver was beyond amazing: catching up with colleagues and friends 🥰 from all over the world 🌍 inspiring speeches 💫 and learning 🎓 #GenderEquality #WD2023 #EndFGM

[Annemarie Middelburg, PhD @MJMiddelburg]

It was so nice after countless workshops 👩🏼‍💻 together over the past years to finally meet you all in person 🫶🏻💕🙏🏻 #TheoryofChange #EndFGM

[Asia Network to End FGM/C @endfgmcasia]

Incredible activists from the Asia Network to End FGM/C at the #WD2023 FGM Pre-Conference in Rwanda! ✊🏽

[Shujaa_Sadia Hussein (HSC) @SadearH]

It was real pleasure connecting with you.
I'm sure that we will transform the world to be Brighter 💪

[Annemarie Middelburg, PhD @MJMiddelburg]

Day 2 @WomenDeliver attending the side-event ‘Girls at the Center’ where @dennismutanda of @Pop_Council is presenting our study 🎓 on #effective interventions to #EndFGM: https://t.co/p7vLqieHs8

[Annemarie Middelburg, PhD @MJMiddelburg]

@misefiona @ChiaLinares @FrauFridaFrei @YoungFeministEU @mariyataher83 We spoke about you today @misefiona! We miss you! 💋

[Annemarie Middelburg, PhD @MJMiddelburg]

It was soooooo good to see you again @ChiaLinares! 😘 #WD2023

[Chiara Cosentino @ChiaLinares]

Day 1 at #WD2023 : amazing & inspiring panel sessions (frustratingly overlapping!) + strategizing + plotting for a #feminist future + chocolates + reconnecting with my fellow EU advocates, #young feminists, #SRHR champion colleagues, anti-#FGM fighters 😍
Not bad at all😉

[Nafissatou Jocelyne Diop @NafissatouDiop]

A lot of energy from 6000 human rights defenders @WD2023. "Realizing bodily autonomy for all will bring us a giant step closer to the world we want – a world of justice, equality and opportunity, a world of dignity and well-being for women and girls, and for everyone" @Atayeshe

[Annemarie Middelburg, PhD @MJMiddelburg]

And we have started!! ✨ So proud and excited to be part of @WomenDeliver 👊🏻 in #Kigali 🇷🇼 #WD2023 🌍#OpeningCeremony 🎉 #CultureNight #GenderEquality

[Sima Bahous @unwomenchief]

#WD2023 brings us together to accelerate progress on #GlobalGoals and gender equality.

We must continue to #PushForward for the rights of all women & girls. It is our duty to share the power we are privileged to hold.

My remarks at @WomenDeliver opening: https://t.co/61u1ofsHa8

[Annemarie Middelburg, PhD @MJMiddelburg]

My morning @WomenDeliver started with an inspiring #keynote 🎙️of @staceyabrams who shared a personal story about the importance of education in her own family #WD2023 #GirlsEducation 🏆#ChallengeThePatriarchy 💸

[Annemarie Middelburg, PhD @MJMiddelburg]

@TheGirlGen @FCDOGovUK @UKinKenya @SadearH @ActionAid_Kenya @better4kenya @Amref_Kenya @FGMresearch @Pop_Council @OptionsinHealth @Purposeful_org Cant wait for this side event! 💫

[Annemarie Middelburg, PhD @MJMiddelburg]

@RanalviMasooma @SpeakoutonFGM @CourtUnquote We spoke tonight! 🙏🏻

[Annemarie Middelburg, PhD @MJMiddelburg]

Arrived safely in Kigali 🇷🇼 for #WomenDeliver2023! Very excited to meet many activists, colleagues and friends with whom I have been working over the past years via #Zoom and #Teams finally in person! Can’t wait! 🙏🏻

[The Girl Generation @TheGirlGen]

#WD2023 pre-conference working group session discussing 'bridging the gap-limking laws and practice. Participants are sharing what laws are available in their countries + what more needs to be done. @OrchidProject @GlobalFGMC @OptionsinHealth @LeylaHussein #EndFGM

[The Girl Generation @TheGirlGen]

A representative from Egypt speaks on how they engage lawmakers + community leaders on #endfgm at #WD2023 pre-conference @GlobalFGMC @OrchidProject @OptionsinHealth @Amref_Kenya