A great discussion at #WD2023 plenary right now on anti-gender pushback! @AusAmbGender committed that Australia will support #SRHR services and gender equality.
This week marks one year since #RoeVWade was overturned in the US - dismantling hard-won rights and denying essential care to millions. Today MSI addressed the Parliamentary Group on Population & Development on the global impact and ongoing importance of Australian leadership.
Women still face an uphill battle.
Our 🆕 Gender Social Norms Index shows that in the last decade, progress towards #GenderEquality has stagnated.
Let’s level the playing field. It’s time to shift norms towards equality. https://t.co/2YRa8xXFt6
#CheckYourBias
Dear @MarkDreyfusKCMP
I genuinely think that Peter Dutton & Angus Taylor rptedly calling the Labor Govt's Deputy Speaker Sharon Claydon "Mr Speaker" is deliberate subtle sexist workplace bullying. They should be warned once, then no longer allowed to speak. #auspol#RespectAtWork
“The fact that it’s now Mexican women providing abortion to poor women on the US border is profoundly shocking” Beth Schlachter @msi_asiapacific@MSIchoices
Rights and choices are the foundation of sexual and reproductive health and rights.
At the opening of #ICFP2022, I shared @UNFPA’s vision of a world where everyone can make informed choices, claim their right to bodily autonomy, and forge their own future.
#GlobalGoals
We are going to have more virus as a result of the decision to scrap mandatory isolation @CrabbBrendan tells @abcnews "We seem to have surrendered to the virus for now and for its devastating effects. I just don't understand because we can hold the line." https://t.co/mneeKbnhId
Most have no idea that COVID is as significant as it is; for them, for those they love, & for the community generally. Fundamentally shifting mortality rates (~15% increase in 2022) & the chronic health outlook for many in the population. Clear messaging about this is essential.