What happened to me is bigger than one artist or one stage. When the billionaire class can decide which voices are allowed on stage and which ones are too dangerous to hear, everyone should be paying attention.
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I’m back in Afghanistan, where after years of high-cost military interventions, the testimonies I have heard come from communities who have been consigned to oblivion.
Where are the diplomats? Where are the international institutions? Those with the experience in providing support in complex settings should be doing far more here.
These past five years have been a desperate downward spiral: it is vitally important that civilians in Afghanistan do not become invisible.
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واکنش جدی لندن در تحریم شهرکنشینان اسرائیل در کرانه باختری، اقدام فوقالعاده حائز اهمیت و تکانهای مهم در دنیای غرب در برابر بیعدالتیهای اسرائیل است. این تصمیم بریتانیا، کاسه حمایت بیچونوچرا از اسرائیل را از بوم خودخواهی فرو ریخت و شکست. امیدوارم همه جهان این رفتارهای اسرائیل را تحریم کنند.
Video shows children in Gaza taking cover behind a shopping cart loaded with water cans during a reported gun attack by an Israeli quadcopter drone.
A recent UN commission of inquiry found Israel responsible of deliberately killing children in Gaza as an act of genocide.
Meet Zulaikha.
A 75-year-old mother living in a rented home with her two ill sons. She returned from Iran 15 years ago & stayed in #Herat to care for them.
With STFA support, we’re improving her #shelter. But she & countless others need far more support.
We must do more.
💢 Israel has bombed and devastated Gaza’s sewage and sanitation infrastructure, and now deliberately blocks Palestinians from the landfills, machinery and essential supplies needed to contain the resulting public health catastrophe.
One consequence is a massive rat and pest infestation, with Palestinians, including children, being bitten in their sleep.
Four in five sewage pumping stations are not functioning, with some 40,000 cubic meters of untreated sewage flowing each day. By July, 60% of Gaza’s population was living within 10 meters of sewage or human waste and more than 900,000 people were exposed to garbage accumulating in residential areas, according to UN OCHA.
Rodents or pests were reported at 81% of displacement sites surveyed in April, affecting roughly 1.45 million Palestinians.
Both of Gaza’s sanitary landfills lie beyond the Israeli-imposed “Yellow Line,” and the UN says access remains banned by Israel. Israel also requires approval and blocks entry of machinery and spare parts needed to remove garbage and rubble, while engine oils, pest-control chemicals and other essential supplies remain severely restricted.
Israel permitted 3 tonnes of rodenticide and 3,000 liters of pesticide into Gaza in May, but the UN said pest-control efforts remained limited and a full response requires sustained supplies, heavy equipment and access to the landfills Israel continues to block with Gaza’s sanitation system having completely collapsed.
It’s 21 days since 6 staff of Women and Children Legal Research Foundation were arbitrarily detained in #Kabul with no charges brought against them in court. I am seriously concerned and urge their immediate release. #Afghanistan
Urban dwellers need specific skills as #urban economies ask for different skill sets & profiles.
As more people move to urban areas in #Afghanistan, their capacities need to be strengthened so they can live and work with dignity.
📸Cabin shops supported by STFA & UN-Habitat