Helena Minchew

World traveler, animal lover, women and girls advocate, feminist. From Jersey but I sure love living in DC. RT not endorsement and all that. she/her

[Joyce Msuya @JoyceMsuya]

My work teaches me daily about the power of humility & deep listening ⭐

Women-led organizations, with their deep community ties, are 🗝️ to effective responses.

Supporting these leaders means giving them trust and space, not just funds.

Learn why from @UNOCHA Gender Unit Chief

[Devon Cone @devoncone]

Our new report about conflict & gender-based violence in eastern DRC. @QulshTM & I traveled there earlier this year. The # of women we met with who were survivors of GBV was astonishing. I have been doing this for a long time & the rates of GBV are some of the worst I have seen.

[Helena Minchew @hminchew]

The incredible @kristycrabtree is not only a humanitarian; she’s also a published short-story author!!!

Check out her TWO pieces here:
https://t.co/nxNBahaDi3

[Helena Minchew @hminchew]

Big congratulations to my @RESCUEorg colleagues who work on Signpost, an innovative way to ensure refugees & asylees can access accurate info, including those in our Protection units who have been Signposters from the beginning!

#informationisahumanright https://t.co/iHzxCmszgL

[Helena Minchew @hminchew]

2024 must be a better, safer year for children.

Read the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian in Humanitarian Action’s analysis of 2023, and hopes for 2024 here: https://t.co/UTTyaEkpNF

#ChildProtection

[Helena Minchew @hminchew]

“I have been 1 of the really privileged few that could do what I thought needed doing;” a statement of purpose & gratitude I hope to make when reflecting on my career.

Thanks 4 fighting 4 abortion still, @CecileRichards. Wishing you good health & many years with your grandchild!

[Cecile Richards @CecileRichards]

The last six months have been wild - but thanks to incredible health care providers and the support of family and friends, I’m doing really well.

I’ve felt lucky all my life, and I feel lucky now: to be here, doing this work, alongside all of you.

https://t.co/Zn0G9xI5Gt

[Helena Minchew @hminchew]

Please don’t let Gazans - and the people who are working to try and provide life-saving aid in #Gaza - slip from your consciousness.

There may be fewer headlines, but the realities are still horrific.

https://t.co/4QXSoCcEWf

[Helena Minchew @hminchew]

I’ve loved every visit to see our #pandas, every vote to name them, every watch when a new one might be born/has been born. We’ll miss you DC pandas and we hope we see some again soon.

[Washingtonian 🌸 @washingtonian]

🐼🐼 Breaking 🐼🐼

We hate to be the bearer of bad news, but @NationalZoo's giant pandas are departing DC today, November 8. They leave behind a city without pandas for the first time in 23 years.

Safe travels! You’ll be missed. 🤧
https://t.co/kxYGtbBAao

[Helena Minchew @hminchew]

Let’s head into the #16Days STRONG - with real change that builds women’s & girls’ safety & resilience!

Millions of women & girls have already waited too long. Let’s #FundGBV prevention & response.

[Helena Minchew @hminchew]

.@iascch members & key guests are meeting today at the invitation of @GermanyDiplo & @UNReliefChief to discuss concrete actions we can all take to increase investment in #GBV prevention & response, 1 of the least funded sectors of humanitarian response.

[Helena Minchew @hminchew]

We’ve got the commitments, we’ve got the rhetoric, but we’ve also only got <1% of the humanitarian system’s funding.

For change, we need true accountability at the individual & systems levels.

[Helena Minchew @hminchew]

GBV responders in #Gaza have been doing everything they can to save lives & respond, including checking in with those outside Gaza. Their phones have now gone quiet.

Gaza needs an immediate ceasefire, unhindered access for humanitarian aid, & connectivity restored.

[Helena Minchew @hminchew]

Deeply niche humanitarian post but @UNOCHA’s Financial Tracking Service has significantly deepened its capacity on tracking sector-specific funding - allowing folks to see what is being prioritized (& NOT prioritized) & make better decisions. And it’s super exciting to see!

[Helena Minchew @hminchew]

@skowalski Just saw this and hope you’re still recovering well!!! Healthiest vibes comes to you!!

[Helena Minchew @hminchew]

Tina Turner got me through a lot of workout classes with incredible songs & the thought “if Tina can dance around in heals to this, you can finish this d*mn spin class!”

Her singular voice, longevity. that she was a survivor…they all made her an icon.

#SimplyTheBest

[Helena Minchew @hminchew]

@megataros Ceramics! Started throwing pottery on a wheel and it’s awesome!

[Helena Minchew @hminchew]

Gr8 to finally see the confirmation of @geetaraogupta. As someone who cares deeply about the work of @StateGWI, thank you to Senior Official Kat Fotovat, who led the office for a long while & pushed USG forward on critical strategies & policies for women & girls around the globe.

[Helena Minchew @hminchew]

This little corner of #DC is clear - No Asylum Ban.

#NoAsylumBan #AsylumIsAHumanRight

https://t.co/lLLxYdhViK

[Heather Barr @heatherbarr1]

A lot of analysis written on Afghanistan lately feels like it name checks women’s rts violations in passing, then moves on. If ending erasure of half the population doesn’t feel like an urgent priority to an analyst, their bias is evident & analysis should be read accordingly.

[Helena Minchew @hminchew]

We live in far too complex a world for our options to be simply thumbs up OR thumbs down. Where's the reply for "wow, that was really a mixed bag of a text"?