Najib Bajali

Working on finance and Child Rights @UNICEF_uk. Interested in human rights, politics, and philosophy. More interested in dinosaurs and space. views=own!

[Catherine Russell @unicefchief]

More than 1B children live in countries where interest payments on public debt threaten investment in health, education and social protection.

At #UNGA, UNICEF convened governments, IFIs and researchers to propose solutions to the debt crisis.👇
https://t.co/QwxxvHTsV2

[LBC @LBC]

'The UK must not abandon the world’s children'

✍️ @NBajali for LBC Opinion https://t.co/c5W8W5bf78

[Bond @bondngo]

"Protecting education means protecting lives and securing a resilient, peaceful future for children, families, and communities".

@NBajali from @UNICEF_uk sets out what the UK government must do to protect children from cuts to education in this blog.

https://t.co/BHE6tgaowk

[Najib Bajali @NBajali]

Meanwhile, UK education aid has fallen from 11% in 2016 to 3% of total UK aid in 2023 and will decrease further following the aid cut to 0.3% of GNI. It is the most vulnrable children who pay the price! @FCDOGovUK

[Najib Bajali @NBajali]

New analysis from @UNICEF showing the global impact of #aidcuts on #education in developing countries. 6 million more children out of school, 34% drop in primary education, 28% drop in girls' education, and 24% drop in education in emergencies.

[Najib Bajali @NBajali]

Our report on UK #aid and #children published yesterday. It is critical that @_Government_UK act urgently to ensure children are at the heart of UK development once again!

[Najib Bajali @NBajali]

Real-term cut for UK overseas aid in #AutumnBudget today; no fix for spiraling #refugee spending in the UK; and sticking to outdated fiscal test to restore #ODA to 0.7%. It is millions of #children and their families globally who bear the brunt of it!
https://t.co/ozlm8LX1vu

[LBC @LBC]

Childhood is in crisis: This budget must be a lifeline for the most vulnerable, writes @UNICEF_uk CEO Dr Philip Goodwin for LBC Views
https://t.co/sA9wATmvVn

[Najib Bajali @NBajali]

@aidtransparency 2024 shows significant improvement on @FCDOGovUK transparency. More progress is still needed, no less on dis-aggregated data on #age and #gender

[Business and Human Rights Centre @BHRCmedia]

📢 150+ businesses & investors call for UK Business Human Rights & Environment Act #BHREA 🇬🇧

@triodosuk, @FashionRoundTab, @TheVeryGroup & many more call on the UK Govt to create ambitious human rights & environmental due diligence legislation 👉 https://t.co/QXjhjfgyDj

[International Development Committee @CommonsIDC]

@SarahChampionMP, Chair of the International Development Committee has responded to today's release of the UK's latest international development statistics. Read her full response here: https://t.co/0NVSpG4iTe

[Najib Bajali @NBajali]

the positives: multilateral ODA is up to %35.9 and Africa regional budget is mostly protected.

[Najib Bajali @NBajali]

Summary of UK 2023 #ODA preliminary stats from @EconMitch. Key takeaways: while total is up to %0.58 of GNI, over %50 of bilateral spent in the UK, %10 cut to bilateral aid and %20 cut to #humanitarian aid. Mostly negative trends!

[Ian Mitchell @EconMitch]

New UK aid stats released today for 2023.

Headline is that spend is 0.58% of GNI

But this masks that - given record spend on refugees - over half of the UK’s bilateral aid spend was in the UK leading to further cuts in overseas programming.

Six key takeaways:

[Najib Bajali @NBajali]

@NewhamLondon @Create_London I still haven’t received a response to my enquiry. Any updates?

[Najib Bajali @NBajali]

@NewhamLondon @Create_London Any updates? @NewhamLondon

[Najib Bajali @NBajali]

@NewhamLondon @Create_London Thanks

[Najib Bajali @NBajali]

'Withdrawing funds from #UNRWA is perilous and would result in the collapse of the humanitarian system in #Gaza, with far-reaching humanitarian and human rights consequences in the occupied Palestinian territory and across the region.'
https://t.co/14H1gM2TxB