A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."
I.e. “we keep relying on extraordinarily imbalanced & unpaid additional labor of mostly women & girls who do this on top of other (often unpaid/outside formal labor mkt & at risk of being underpaid, exploitative) work instead of ensuring universal access to childcare & preschool”
Q. “What can we do about lowering the cost of daycare?”
JD Vance:…”Maybe Grandpa and Grandma want to help a little bit more. Maybe there’s an uncle/aunt who wants to help a little bit more…”
#Maori leaders saw needed knowledge, spirit, strength in new queen as #Aotearoa govt moving to undercut #Indigenous ppls rights
“The best protest we can do right now is to be Maori, be who we are, live our values…. we r here, we r strong.”
#NewZealand https://t.co/UHF4vLLSQ9
Important piece from @hrw’s @MinkysHighjinks.
Global conversation should focus on combating racism & discrimination inherent in sex testing for sports, not bullying women athletes.
International Olympic Committee Is Right to Stand against Sex Testing https://t.co/nn3gys1Gg0
For many millions of children, the right to free education is but a promise. Primary education might be free in many places, but secondary education is prohibitively expensive. And access to pre-school is reserved for those who can pay.
It's time for states to change this.
"When the state fails to protect women, life becomes a torment.... [T]oo many cases of #domesticviolence only come to light when it’s too late." #Turkey https://t.co/muh8H6bsb1
More: @hrw 2022 report on Deadly Impact of Failure to Protect
https://t.co/oZFfG0WVsZ #EndFemicide@hrw
🚨 2 yrs after @hrw report documenting #domesticviolence killings & impunity for perpetrators in #Turkey, report shows 40 women killed by men in May alone, 20 died in suspicious circumstances.
What will it take to #EndFemicide#Turkiye?
https://t.co/NVQZ9LQpOn
@KadinCinayeti
Nowhere in Gaza is safe. The @CIJ_ICJ's order underlines the gravity of the situation in Gaza, where civilians are facing famine.
Yet the Israeli government continues to flout the World Court’s binding orders by obstructing the entry of lifesaving aid and services.
Breaking: Int’l Court of Justice orders Israel to end its assault on Rafah. Govts must use their leverage—including arms embargoes & targeted sanctions—to press Israel to comply w binding @CIJ_ICJ orders. Rules-based int’l order & lives of 2.3 million Palestinians hang in balance
Accountability for war crimes in the former #Yugoslavia isn’t over.
#UN resolution is imptnt recognition of genocidal acts at #Srebenica. Yet # of states rejecting/abstaining shows disturbing hostility to acknowledging even well-documented, widely accepted genocide. ⬇️ @hrw
🚨 #BREAKING - UN General Assembly votes to establish July 11 as the "International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 Genocide in #Srebrenica" (84 in favor, 19 against, 68 abstentions)
@hrw's reaction follows in a short thread. 🧵 1/x
Over 100 human rights and civil society groups call on #US#Biden to support #ICC independence and oppose sanctions on the court and its officials.
#JusticeMatters ⚖️
Read our letter here: https://t.co/sNksbQuwkJ
The @CIJ_ICJ order to halt Israeli assault on Rafah underlines gravity of situation—nowhere is safe, civilians facing famine & Israel flouting the Court's binding orders. Govts should use their leverage—including arms embargoes & targeted sanctions—to press Israel to comply. @hrw