"The system needs to change. They have to give people the right to work. They put you so long in situations without money or accommodation, for me nearly 12 years now. When I came here, I was 30 now I am 42... you become sick and depressed" #LiftTheBan https://t.co/F0YKVgCXCb
This #IWD2019 I’m thinking of all the women currently being held in camps, detention centres and prisons across the world. Your dreams are our dreams. #immigrationdetention needs to end. #AllWomenCount
Great to be planning our next event for the #WeekendClub @VMLounges Glasgow and learning more about working with #refugees with our fantastic team of #volunteers
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Jennifer Makumbi is a Ugandan author whose book KINTU, a novel based on Buganda oral history & myth, was widely received in Uganda & the continent. In 2018 she received the $165,000 Windham Campbell Prize & won the @cwwriters Short Story Prize in 2014 for Africa & the globe.
“I have a brain, just like any boy. I can think, I can create, I can be whatever I want to be just like a boy. There should be equality between us. My dream is to be an astronomer. I would be the first woman from Syria to go to the moon.” Bodoor, 17, refugee in Jordan. #WomensDay
The theme for #IWD2019 is #BalanceforBetter, a call-to-action for speeding up gender balance in business, politics, media coverage and wealth across the world.
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We’ve hired the exact same ad van that @Nigel_Farage used for his foul poster and have taken it to Smith Square in Westminster, the same place he launched it. But we’ve given it a bit of a re-design.
‘In order to play a role as builders of peace and a flourishing society..., we must step outside of our comfort zone and enter into someone else’s space, receive their hospitality and actively listen to others on their own terms’ @MirellaYandoli #VisitMyMosque