Katie Malouf Bous

Passionate about public education & healthcare. IFI watcher. Former Oxfam. Mama of 2 awesome boys. Estranged Californian.

[Oxfam Washington DC @OxfamIFIs]

JOIN US in Washington, DC to discuss the impacts of @IFC_org's investments in private #health.

Award-winning journalist @gmorgenson will delve into how private equity investments in US healthcare are a cautionary tale for the rest of the world.

Register: https://t.co/lMPHvslm2L

[Doctors w/o Borders @MSF_USA]

“The people of Gaza need a ceasefire not when 'practicable,' but now. They need a sustained ceasefire, not a 'temporary period of calm. Anything short of this is gross negligence.”

Here's the full update from MSF Secretary General Christopher Lockyear to the UN Security Council earlier today: https://t.co/B73iyYnyjP

Source: UNTV-AVSS

[Anjela Taneja @anjela_taneja]

♨️Oxfam's 2024 Inequality report was released today. Focus on corporate power.

📢Since 2020, the richest 5 men in the world have doubled their fortunes. During the same period, 5 billion people - 60% of humanity, people become poorer.

🧵 Key findings below:
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[Amnesty International USA @amnestyusa]

420 children are being killed or injured in Gaza every day. That's the equivalent of 6 American school buses.

Call for an immediate ceasefire by all parties to end civilian bloodshed and ensure humanitarian aid access to Gaza. Sign the petition >>> https://t.co/xhb0jKbCdZ

[Katie Malouf Bous @kmaloufbous]

There can be no justification. This horrific, heartbreaking violence must stop.

“Gaza becomes ‘a graveyard for children’ as Israel intensifies airstrikes https://t.co/oNYR1hfpg5

[Oxfam International @Oxfam]

#Gaza's 2.2M people are grappling with these threats:
👉 Starvation. Only a portion of vital food supplies have trickled in since the siege started.
👉 Contaminated Water. A disease outbreak threatens, intensifying the crisis.
We need a #CeasefireNOW https://t.co/sH4MhQwFn7

[Katie Malouf Bous @kmaloufbous]

@jessica_hamer @KayBurley Jess I'm so sorry to hear this! Sending you hugs and solidarity in demand for better treatment!!

[Bretton Woods Proj | bsky @brettonwoodsproject.org @brettonwoodspr]

News Lens: New @ituc report on @WorldBank B-Ready details how its poor methodology and ideological bias undermines 'social protection & sustainable economic performance that guarantee shared prosperity for working people.'

https://t.co/UvfcaY3Tz7

[David Archer @DavidArcherAA]

New analysis by @ActionAid and @Oxfam on the potential of Windfall Taxes. Over $1 trillion could be raised from the excess profits of just 722 companies in both 2021 & 2022- enough to transform public services & climate crisis responses across the world https://t.co/N0t8h0brLR

[Katie Malouf Bous @kmaloufbous]

Don't miss this great piece that dismantles @WorldBank approach to private capital mobilization as a way to finance development.

[Inter Press Service @ipsnews]

The Grand Narrative of Private Finance: Over-Reliance on Attracting Investment is Undermining Change at World Bank https://t.co/wNcLnsMxqI

[Katie Malouf Bous @kmaloufbous]

Baba Aye @PSIglobalunion reminds us: The public health system is the savior when we have crisis. But it is put up on the cross of profits. This undermines the capacity of public healthcare for all. We must join together in the fight against this agenda.

[Katie Malouf Bous @kmaloufbous]

Impressive panel kicked off by @PhilipGAlston who warns of damaging impacts of privatization of health & other services, which provides an incentive & excuse for govts to abdicate responsibilities to finance, deliver. @WorldBank @IFC_org funding this approach is deeply concerning

[Anna Marriott @Anna_Marriott]

Please join us to explore new damaging evidence on the role of European development finance institutions and the World Bank Group investing billions in for-profit healthcare in the Global South https://t.co/CZps0WNhrt

[Katie Malouf Bous @kmaloufbous]

@anjela_taneja: troubling findings of research on
@IFC_org investments in India:

-Zero evidence of impact. Not a single report
-Investment in urban areas; wealthier states
-Overbilling, overcharging, refusal to treat.Caselaw shows 70+ instances where courts upheld complaints

[Katie Malouf Bous @kmaloufbous]

@PhilipGAlston warns against the "Americanization of healthcare" in which the privatized health model with inferior outcomes is being exported to the rest of the world.

[Eurodad @eurodad]

So far, attempts to mobilise private finance for development have had limited success. Yet, support continues to grow, even beyond @WorldBank

#PrivateFinance WON'T 🚫 deliver #HumanRights-based #development. We must debunk this myth to #Reroutetheroadmap
https://t.co/8u6zqN1VyZ

[Katie Malouf Bous @kmaloufbous]

happening now!

[Oxfam Washington DC @OxfamIFIs]

Catch our new reports which found investments by DFIs including @IFC_org's into private healthcare in the 🌍 south are benefiting big corporations & rich investors while patients are left behind? Join our webinar THIS Thurs July 6th @ 9am DC for more info: https://t.co/Y2L7RlqXnR

[Bretton Woods Proj | bsky @brettonwoodsproject.org @brettonwoodspr]

Today, #CivilSociety is calling for a @WorldBank #EvolutionRoadmap that prioritises people, participation and the planet over profit and economic growth.

Read the CSO briefing👉https://t.co/p27jRPmrUG
#RerouteTheRoadmap

[Katie Malouf Bous @kmaloufbous]

Don't miss this tomorrow!!

[Anna Marriott @Anna_Marriott]

Please join us to explore new damaging evidence on the role of European development finance institutions and the World Bank Group investing billions in for-profit healthcare in the Global South https://t.co/CZps0WNhrt