Movement of Mothers

Amplifying stories, research and news on the topics of interpersonal and systemic violence against women and children.

[Maryam Aldossari @maryam_dh]

Two orphaned teens got their seven siblings to Rafah; now they live in fear https://t.co/VMvMeFHJxB via @AJEnglish

[UNICEF @UNICEF]

Rafah is one of the most densely populated places on earth, teeming with children and families, some already displaced many times by war in Gaza.

Of the 1.3 million people seeking shelter, 600,000 are children.

They have nowhere safe to go.

They must be protected.

[Dame Nicole Jacobs @CommissionerDA]

Many Child Maintenance recipients are survivors of domestic abuse & perpetrators often refuse to pay as part of post-separation control.

I welcome changes to better enforce payments & look forward to working with government to see what more can be done.
https://t.co/zdRd4Mtau3

[Maryam Aldossari @maryam_dh]

‘Hell raining down’: People in Rafah recount horror of Israeli raids https://t.co/qR7MbSdBlk via @AJEnglish

[Maryam Aldossari @maryam_dh]

Now more than ever, stand with Gaza – We are watching the most appalling humanitarian crisis in real time and yet the governments who could do something about it are allowing it to happen | Counterfire https://t.co/et7wELBa2g

[Maryam Aldossari @maryam_dh]

Where's the outcry from UK feminists, or do Palestinian women's lives not count? A video from Middle East Eye shows a Palestinian woman being shot by Israeli forces in Gaza City. She and others were desperately trying to escape the area, waving white flags.

[Yasmin alibhai-brown @y_alibhai]

Gaza: where the west was lost.
It has no moral superiority now and is breaking all rules of democracy. https://t.co/1PQEDmapqY

[Hannah Summers @hansummers]

Proposed amendments up for debate include a ban on instructing unregulated psychologists to make assessments of abuse victims and restrictions around allegations of “parental alienation” in the family courts. Short 🧵

[Natalie Page @NataliePage]

Write to your MP about backing major law changes for #familycourt today!
The #VictimsBill will be debated in the Lords this week, including a ban on unregulated experts giving assessments of abuse victims and a ban on “parental alienation” allegations.
https://t.co/He3ni7FXlN

[Maryam Aldossari @maryam_dh]

“But where are the voices of our most vocal feminists? Too busy banging on about biological womanhood? Here are some bloody facts: menstruating girls and women in Gaza have no sanitary towels; thousands of mothers are giving birth out in the open, without care or medical assistance; babies are born dead or die soon after; according to Gazan authorities, Israeli actions have killed around 11,000 children” by @y_alibhai https://t.co/Ly9ZeGr0Wv

[Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib @RepRashida]

If you don’t support Netanyahu, if you are disgusted by the countless lifeless children being pulled out of the rubble, if you actually believe in upholding human rights and international law—vote no on a blank check to Netanyahu's genocide.

[Louise Tickle @louisetickle]

After 5 years of litigation in the family court, the application by former MP + minister Andrew Griffiths, fought by his ex-wife Kate Kniveton MP, for contact with their child has been refused. My @tortoise report is now out, judgment link to follow - https://t.co/qvrv42tRZi

[Hannah Summers @hansummers]

1/NEW: A father who was found to have raped his ex-partner after applying to the family court to spend more time with their son has been stripped of his parental responsibility and ordered to pay £30,000 towards the mother’s legal fees. My report for @TBIJ https://t.co/XMm7DuCfzU

[Dr. Omar Suleiman @omarsuleiman]

They're afraid to cross because they've seen Israeli forces snipe civilians as they walk.

[Nesrine Malik @NesrineMalik]

In Gaza, babies are born on the ground in the wilderness, umbilical cords cut with whatever sharp object there is to hand, and tins filled with hot water keep the newborn warm.

This week’s column https://t.co/U7OLZRMXti

[Declan Walsh @declanwalsh]

Pain, grief and the struggle to survive - portraits of Gaza, with the photojournalist ⁦@samarabuelouf⁩ https://t.co/AiPKtOAyqI

[Maryam Aldossari @maryam_dh]

Israel has unleashed unlawful lethal force against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, carrying out unlawful killings and displaying “a chilling disregard for Palestinian lives”, Amnesty International says. https://t.co/KGJMvK5i9E via @AJEnglish

[Owen Jones @owenjonesjourno]

Don’t look away

[@UtahPolicy @utahpolicy]

Domestic violence bills on the Hill #utpol https://t.co/T4qcuNqVcY

[Reem Alsalem UNSR Violence Against Women and Girls @UNSRVAW]

Letter led by working group on arbitrary detention to #Israel regarding info received concerning ongoing widespread arbitrary detention of Palestinians in West Bank and East Jerusalem, and which I joined, is now public and can be joined here: https://t.co/MTc8HWg0tZ
@PriyaG2021