Alina Potts

Humanitarian professional working to end violence against women & girls @GWUGlobalWomen. Former @theIRC @UNICEF. Meditation in action, hands in earth.🌱

[Alina Potts @alina_potts]

Hear #EmpoweredAid on the Women's Protection & Empowerment podcast! @HarrietKolli, @LougayneFattal & I speak w/@kristycrabtree about power, participation & preventing #SEA in #aid distributions: https://t.co/sS0uedpvBu
More: https://t.co/TiHJFBYb6b @GWUGlobalWomen @CARE @theIRC

[Alina Potts @alina_potts]

#EmpoweredAid reflects over a decade of listening to & working alongside women & girls in emergencies. Our funding just ended, but we are pursuing opportunities to build on 6 years of investment made by @StatePRM. Visit https://t.co/V65L9yxciW to learn more!
#PSEA @GWUGlobalWomen

[ANNY T. MODI @annytenga]

I am glad to spend this week at #EmpoweredAid global convening with @GWUGlobalWomen at The George’s Washington University reflecting on prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse #PSEA during humanitarian assistance.
@alina_potts @TinaTinde @CFSaundersUN @CARE @WorldVisionAus

[Alina Potts @alina_potts]

.@annytenga is an inspiration & women's rights leader in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The state of the world is frightening--remember to "look for the helpers." You will see women in difficult places, doing difficult things, with strength, grace & joy. @HerNetworkOnlne #DRC

[ANNY T. MODI @annytenga]

Je suis honoré et touché par cette reconnaissance et cette mise en lumière sur 5 femmes #inspirantes de la République Démocratique du Congo 🇨🇩 à connaître par @HerNetworkOnlne parmi lesquelles je figure avec maman @LusengeJ @rebecca_kabuo @ArletteBashizi @MamaShujaa1

@afiamama

[Alina Potts @alina_potts]

“We have never recorded so many people forced away from their homes & communities. It is a damning verdict on the failures of conflict prevention & peacemaking.” -@NRC_Egeland
2/3 of the newly displaced were in #Sudan #Palestine #DRCongo
Sub-Saharan Africa hosted ~1/2 of all IDPs

[Alina Potts @alina_potts]

The number of people displaced "internally" (within their own countries) has risen every year for the past 7 years, and by almost 50% in the past 5 years.

Of 75.9 million #IDPs at the end of 2023, almost 90% — 68.3 million — fled due to conflict and 7.7 million due to disasters.

[IDMC @IDMC_Geneva]

🚨OUT NOW: 2024 Global Report on Internal Displacement

75.9 million people, more than ever before, are living in #internaldisplacement. A rise in conflict, including in #Sudan and #Gaza, led to historic displacement.

Learn more in #GRID2024👇
https://t.co/UluL11msPJ

[Alina Potts @alina_potts]

⌛️On now! https://t.co/u0cGatYLal
#CAPSEAH brings existing practice, policies & standards together to stimulate more & better collective action to tackle sexual exploitation, abuse & harassment in #humanitarian, peacekeeping & development: https://t.co/fkUuLmF7bK @SafeguardingRSH

[GWI @GWUGlobalWomen]

Join a virtual roundtable TOMORROW, 27th June, hosted by @SafeguardingRSH, to learn more about CAPSEAH, The Common Approach to Protection from Sexual Exploitation, Sexual Abuse, and Sexual Harassment.

[Alina Potts @alina_potts]

“We are failing children.” ~@VirginiaGamba, UN SRSG for Children & Armed Conflict @childreninwar
Having evaluated this system previously in CAR and OPT, the reports it captures are thoroughly verified. The true scale of loss and violence is even greater.
https://t.co/CzwdbfvI2f

[We Are COFEM @COFEM_EVAW]

"This is not just about seeking justice for the victims of femicide; it is about dismantling the structures of oppression that enable such violence to flourish." Read our regional liaison's reflections frm an interview with feminist activist Muthoni Maingi
https://t.co/z4eTSJ6Wg0

[Alina Potts @alina_potts]

#EmpoweredAid benefits from the sharing, solidarity and support of Advisory Group members like @annytenga of @afiamama in DR Congo, who is a pioneer in addressing #GBV in conflict settings. Learn more about our Advisory Groups & Refugee Advisors at: https://t.co/dOJ8TJ2xQz #PSEA

[ANNY T. MODI @annytenga]

Mener #études et Générer #données scientifiquement fiables sur #facteurs favorisant/défavorisant #violences basées sur le genre #VBGs y compris l’exploitation&Abus sexuelle #EAS dans la #réponse_humanitaire pour offrir une prise en charge adaptée aux survivantes.
@GWUGlobalWomen

[ANNY T. MODI @annytenga]

Thanks @CFSaundersUN for Ensuring victim-centered, effective, efficient & timely investigations.
This is why it’s important for humanitarian responses and peace operations to invest in #PSEA (Protection from Sexual Exploitation&Abuse) and harassment.
@NEAR_Network @alina_potts

[Alina Potts @alina_potts]

Most #humanitarian aid is delivered by local people working in their own conflict- or disaster-affected countries to deliver life-saving food, water, and other services. They are at far more risk than "international" aid workers. #NotATarget #Yemen https://t.co/hMjm0WPmOS

[We Are COFEM @COFEM_EVAW]

We launched the Feminist Research Assessment Tool!
Incase you missed launch, watch the recording to learn more about the process of development and how the tool will impact the field of research. https://t.co/hMn9TaOgfI

[Alina Potts @alina_potts]

Join me in supporting @GovWhitmer's Fight Like Hell PAC to support key Dem House & Senate candidates: https://t.co/9TBqKDe1dt
Women leaders like Gov. Whitmer endure threats & violence yet continue to lead, in Michigan and around the world. #elections2024 https://t.co/WiDbXcWAv1

[Alina Potts @alina_potts]

Join us next Thursday! The third webinar in our #EmpoweredAid series will be moderated by Hope Harriet @GWUGlobalWomen with @MercyAtim4, @ChouroukK93 & Nigusu Zelelke from @WorldVision in Lebanon, Uganda & the US. Register: https://t.co/zNlfqXHbZN @wvlebanon @WorldVisionUSA #PSEA

[GWI @GWUGlobalWomen]

Join the Global Women's Institute’s #EmpoweredAid team for the third installment in our webinar series exploring #policies and #practices to support mitigating the risk of #SEA as a way to make #aid delivery #safer!

[FCDO Procurement @FCDOProcurement]

Pre-Market Engagement - Online Survey. Safeguarding against Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Sexual Harassment programmes, follow link to find out more and provide feedback https://t.co/kIjCW7KBXn

[Alina Potts @alina_potts]

The amazing Maha Al-Saudi & @ketevankobaidze @WVMEERO will discuss @WorldVision's application of #EmpoweredAid in Jordan, and how that is informing their #PSEA work in the region. The equally amazing Mariska De Keersmaecker will share @UNmigration's IARA tool development and use.

[Alina Potts @alina_potts]

📢 Happening tomorrow! Join us to hear #EmpoweredAid's @LougayneFattal moderate a conversation with some of our leading partners and peers from @WorldVision & @UNmigration, on participatory #SEA risk assessment and mitigation.
🔗: https://t.co/bMGPPWtCzk
@GWUGlobalWomen #HNPW2024

[GWI @GWUGlobalWomen]

Tomorrow May 9th! Join the #EmpoweredAid team for a webinar focused on conducting risk assessments to identify risks for
#SEA in #aid programming and inform measures to address these risks. Register at
https://t.co/Ap9xxfww3T
#BetterAid #safeguarding #ParticipatoryActionResearch

[Alina Potts @alina_potts]

⌛️Starting now! Watch @hopsey2003 share #EmpoweredAid @GWUGlobalWomen learning & work with women's advisory groups to lead #aid design & delivery. She is joined by Natalia MacDonald & Mary Jelliti @WFP, Theodora Suter @UNmigration, Christos Mylonas @WHO & @WendyCue #IASC @UNOCHA.

[GWI @GWUGlobalWomen]

As part of the 2024 Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks (#HNPW),
#EmpoweredAid's Hope Harriet will join @WFP's hybrid panel discussion on championing lasting change towards protection from sexual exploitation and abuse (#PSEA) and harassment. @hopsey2003 @alina_potts

[Zachary Levenson @grundrza]

It’s fascinating to watch @nytimes writers try to grapple with the meaning of a seemingly novel concept: solidarity

[Alina Potts @alina_potts]

Their nationally representative prevalence study on perpetration of child sexual abuse in Australia found "1 in 5 Australian men reported sexual feelings towards children and/or have sexually offended against children..." https://t.co/YQkKPe2IU6 @mike_salter @UNSW #CSA #VAC

[Michael Salter @mike_salter]

Today we are launching the largest, nationally representative child sexual abuse perpetration survey ever undertaken. We asked 1,945 Australian men about their sexual feelings and behaviour towards childen. https://t.co/A3ILyTgm1h

[Alina Potts @alina_potts]

.@mike_salter in @guardian: "It is one thing to be told that men’s violence is driven by gender inequality and those inequalities must be rectified by collective action, but if the practical work of prevention and treatment is neglected while... https://t.co/IDGuZJBrzy

[Alina Potts @alina_potts]

...the community struggles under the burden of violence with inadequate investment in safety, healing and recovery, and the problem is exacerbated by predatory industries and harmful systems, then little wonder that we are not making the headway we hoped for." #VAWG