Catarina Neves

🙋🇵🇹 in 🇮🇪 | humanitarian at 💚 and @dochasnetwork | 📣 yapping about 🇪🇺 and 🌍 policies | ex-@UNRWA 🇺🇳 @EU_EEAS 🇪🇺 | views my own. rt ≠ endorsement.

[Catarina Neves @catmneves]

I have just joined the big exodus to @bluesky. Expect the regular schedule: a lot about Palestine 🍉, humanitarian aid, development and human rights 🌍🇺🇳. And the occasional comment on pop culture, Lego and Nintendo. Different place, same agenda! 👇

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[Irish Aid @Irish_Aid]

Ireland, as Chair of the @UNCERF Advisory Group, welcomes the appointment of 12 new members.

Ireland 🇮🇪 has provided over €20 million to CERF in 2025 to support urgent lifesaving assistance for people most in need around the globe.

[Catarina Neves @catmneves]

Há um mês, Portugal era "soberano" na decisão... mas agora que virou moda, já surfamos a corrente? Ah, 'tá. Já peca é por tardio.

[Middle East Eye @MiddleEastEye]

Portugal's Prime Minister Luis Montenegro has said that his country intends to recognise the state of Palestine next September, AFP has reported

Live updates ⤵️ https://t.co/tmi3tsGv0k

[VOST Portugal @VOSTPT]

ℹ️⚠️#Apagão Nestas alturas vai surgir muita desinformação sobre as causas desta falta geral de electricidade. Não partilhes informação não oficial e mantém a calma ⚠️ℹ️

[Shifter @SHIFTERpt]

Cansadx de receber sempre as mesmas recomendações nas redes? As mesmas músicas, livros, filmes... 🥱

Nas Notas da Comunidade, reunimos sugestões para ler, ouvir, ver, fazer e seguir. Porque há vida para além das redes sociais. 🫰

🔗Sabe mais aqui: https://t.co/L3T212Lt3Z

[Catarina Neves @catmneves]

@Moita93 Segundo ele, usufruíamos das coisas de "modo igual". O problema vinha quando eu dizia que não podia jantar fora mais do que 1x por semana (por causa do que me restava) - mas depois comprava, sei lá, um livro... Aí, já era eu que nunca fazia nada pela relação, só pensava em mim.

[Catarina Neves @catmneves]

@Moita93 Como feminista, amaria dizer que concordo com a divisão 50/50 - mas como alguém que já esteve numa relação em que a outra pessoa ganhava 5x mais que eu e insistia que tudo fosse dividido 50/50... O caso muda um bocado de figura quando se dá de caras com a realidade.

[zoë rose bryant @zoerosebryant]

anyway.

[World Food Programme @WFP]

Sudan. Gaza. Yemen. Myanmar.

Conflict is the main driver of hunger in most of the world’s food crises today.

Food insecurity worsens when fighting drives large numbers of people from their homes, and when it restricts access to life-saving assistance.

[OCHA OPT (Palestine) @ochaopt]

15 January 2025: Demolitions reported today in Jabal al Mukabbir and Ash Shawawra, the West Bank, Occupied Palestinian Territory. https://t.co/hG9VUlBsMN

[UNRWA @UNRWA]

The 'humanitarian zone' in #Gaza has been repeatedly hit by airstrikes, according to latest research from the BBC.

"We have said it so so many times. There is no safe zone in Gaza. No place is safe. No-one is safe. No place is spared." says @JulietteTouma to @BBCWorld.

#CeasefireNow

https://t.co/stpiNu6GAI

[David Hering @hering_david]

It’s unironically wonderful that one of our biggest pop stars is opening up a huge audience to literature in translation

[Andy McDonald MP for Middlesbrough & Thornaby East @AndyMcDonaldMP]

This is to be welcomed and is a strong message from the UK to Israel. The Israeli Knesset's banning of UNWRA is a violation of their obligations under international law and would prevent life-saving aid reaching Palestinians in need. It is completely unacceptable.

[Annalena Baerbock @UN_PGA]

Laws mean nothing without enforcement. Impunity allows violence to thrive. Governments must take robust measures to protect women by enforcing laws, allocating resources, and strengthening partnerships. 

#16days #noexcuse

[Bashar Zapen @BasharZapen]

@ecomarxi In less than 14 months, we went through:

“Israel is acting according to international law.”

“Israel is not violating international law because…”

“International law doesn't apply to Israel because…”

“International law must be abolished because of Israel.”

[UNRWA @UNRWA]

🚨We have taken the difficult decision to pause aid delivery through Kerem Shalom. It is the main crossing point for humanitarian aid into #Gaza, and the road out of it has not been safe for months.

On 16 November, a convoy of aid trucks was stolen by armed gangs. Yesterday, we tried to bring in a few food trucks and they were all taken.

The responsibility to protect aid workers and supplies lies with the State of Israel as the occupying power. They must ensure aid flows into Gaza safely.

#CeasefireNow

https://t.co/fpyVwFJHPu

[Philippe Lazzarini @UNLazzarini]

#BREAKING 🛑:
We are pausing the delivery of aid through Kerem Shalom, the main crossing point for humanitarian aid into #Gaza.

The road out of this crossing has not been safe for months.
On 16 November, a large convoy of aid trucks was stolen by armed gangs.
Yesterday, we tried to bring in a few food trucks on the same route. They were all taken.

This difficult decision comes at a time hunger is rapidly deepening.
The delivery of humanitarian aid must never be dangerous or turn into an ordeal.

In #Gaza, the humanitarian operation has become unnecessarily impossible due to:
- The ongoing siege,
- Hurdles from Israeli authorities,
- ⁠Political decisions to restrict the amounts of aid,
- ⁠Lack of safety on aid routes and
- ⁠Targeting of local police.

All of the above led to a breakdown in law and order.

The responsibility of protection of aid workers + supplies is with the State of Israel as the occupying power.
They must ensure aid flows into Gaza safely & must refrain from attacks on humanitarian workers.

I call once again for a #ceasefire that would also secure the delivery of safe & uninterrupted aid to people in need.

[DG MEME 🇪🇺 @meme_ec]

It's a tough job, but someone's got to do it.

[UNRWA @UNRWA]

UNRWA was established to provide assistance and protection to #PalestineRefugees pending a just and lasting solution to their plight.

Our mandate is both humanitarian and development, and for the past 75 years we have provided quality education and healthcare.

UNRWA brings free basic education to more than half a million girls and boys in 700 schools across the region. Today UNRWA alumni are everywhere—in hospitals, research labs, universities, and even at NASA.

UNRWA also provides comprehensive primary healthcare to millions of #PalestineRefugees across the region.

#UNRWAworks

[Inés Martín Rodrigo @imartinrodrigo]

"No more shame".

#25N