Sara Lim Bertrand

“The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.” - Ida B. Wells-Barnett

[Safe Online @SafeOnlineFund]

Evidence from the Philippines, Cambodia, Nepal, Kenya, and Australia painted a clearer and more nuanced picture of how children and caregivers navigate their online lives — and how we can build intuitive, empathetic, effective digital safety tools

https://t.co/TQwm2VL0Rf

[UNHCR Rwanda @RefugeesRwanda]

Rosine, a refugee student in Mahama, uses a computer to research & deepen her understanding beyond classroom lessons.

With support from @ProFuturo_, UNHCR empowers students like Rosine and their Rwandan hosts with digital tools, unlocking a better future!

[End Corporal Punishment @GIendcorpun]

100s of studies link corporal punishment of children with:

👉physical harm
👉worse mental & physical health
👉poor moral internalisation; antisocial behaviour & aggression
👉adult violence & criminality
👉damaged education
👉worse family relationships

https://t.co/Ww0ujzgCbP

[Dennis Tirch PhD @DennisTirchPhD]

Research has reliably found that children who receive coercive parenting have worse mental and behavioral health. Yet people still insist that being aggressive with children works. It's an inhumane and failing strategy, and it's probably the secret engine behind societal ills.

[Margaret Wurth @MargaretWurth]

A devastating @nytimes investigation found migrant children across the US working dangerous jobs in violation of child labor laws. There's more to this story.

A🧵on the often-overlooked children whose backbreaking work rarely violates child labor laws: https://t.co/yzmYSQdOBD

[Katharina Rall @katha_nina]

Last week, a landmark resolution recognizing the right to a healthy environment was adopted by the #UNGA. Congrats to all those who made this happen!

Now governments and businesses should make this right a reality for all the people affected by the global environmental crisis.

[Kenneth Roth @KenRoth]

The M23 armed group in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo summarily killed at least 29 civilians since mid-June. There are heightened concerns that the abusive rebel force, largely inactive for a decade, is receiving Rwandan support for these operations. https://t.co/1MRCiLUqhc

[UNICEF @UNICEF]

Children must be able to voice their concerns and participate in decisions that affect their lives.

That’s the fourth of UNICEF and partners’ 9 Guiding Principles to help protect and support children on the move in the face of climate change.

[Soumitra 🌻 সৌমিত্র சௌமித்ரா سومترہ @netshrink]

So:
A living minimum wage is as effective as anti-depressants on depressive symptoms.
Another eg how social inequalities are the cause of mental health problems.
When are we going to address these fundamental causes of mental illness, rather than just dish out pills? END.

[Sara Lim Bertrand @SaraLimBertrand]

@LBFbooks Such a great book 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[Akshaya Kumar @AkshayaSays]

In Afghanistan 🇦🇫 women are quite literally being erased from public spaces.

[Sara Lim Bertrand @SaraLimBertrand]

These 100 companies produce 90 per cent of all single-use plastic waste generated globally. https://t.co/W9kPUfzqiU

[Transom.org (also: @transom.bsky.social) @Transom_org]

“That any trauma survivor agrees to speak to a journalist is incredible and we have a duty to treat them with respect and care.” @Alice_Wilder's Transom Manifesto is a guide for thoughtful interviewing techniques & understanding the impacts of trauma.
https://t.co/UfRLrwtdQE

[UNICEF USA @UNICEFUSA]

Our position is absolute: Fear and anxiety are never cause for racism or violence against any person. Attacks against Asian Americans, and the prejudice and ignorance that fuel them, must stop. #StopAsianHate https://t.co/k2ML8FAjW9

[Min Jin Lee @minjinlee11]

If the shooter drove to “Young’s Asian Massage” & killed the workers there with zero proof of any illegal business, then his claim of destroying sexual “temptation” arises from 2 words: “Asian Massage” in the business name. In the shooter’s mind: Asian massage = sex.

[Alina Potts @alina_potts]

"#Decolonization of knowledge is about questioning who has the power over knowledge production, dissemination & management & eventually decentering those sources of power by bringing in others who were marginalized by colonization." - Pushpa Iyer
https://t.co/EA0Iw7nLqo #research

[Margie Mason @MargieMasonAP]

We met kids who had never seen the inside of a school and didn’t know how to read or write. In some cases, an entire family may earn less in a day than a $5 box of Girl Scout Do-si-dos. https://t.co/BGNUhJrwjc

[Nancy Wang Yuen @nancywyuen]

Study reveals that pre-existing stereotypes about Asians were the biggest factor in why some blame Asian Americans for COVID-19 in the U.S. But people who reported watching more foreign language movies showed less prejudice. #RepresentationMatters https://t.co/9C2lHImj7o

[JSTOR @JSTOR]

We've expanded our free online reading program until the end of 2020: You can read 100 articles for free online every month, without institutional affiliation.

Create a free JSTOR account and start exploring. https://t.co/o1hYrR4pZv