Had an incredible time at #Pratham USA Gala in New York on 29th September, 2023. What could be nobler than educating underprivileged children, empowering their lives and giving wings to their dreams. I congratulate Pratham for its dedication and service.
Women’s human rights must be respected & protected in #Afghanistan.
This includes the right to work in national & int'l NGOs serving the Afghan people.
With no women staff, we will be unable to reach half the population. Our #IASC Principals statement:
https://t.co/L8RzzEbob4
"A woman in harmony with her spirit is like a river flowing. She goes where she will without pretense and arrives at her destination prepared to be herself and herself only." #MayaAngelou
“Nothing can make our life, or the lives of other people, more beautiful than perpetual kindness.”
Tolstoy, born on this day in 1828, on kindness and the measure of love – reflections from the end of his long and imperfect life https://t.co/Ux1CBUZe3l
“There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.”
There is always time for Toni Morrison, who left us 3 years ago today https://t.co/QKztbmAzSv
“We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.”
Toni Morrison left us 3 years ago today, having become the first Black woman to with the Nobel. Her magnificent acceptance speech: https://t.co/Bb9NpIwCYk
If you could let go of all the baggage you've accumulated in your life and wake up in the morning as though brand new, with a clean slate, every incredible possibility would be free to pour into your life!
U.S. Supreme Court winds back the clock by 50 years. Time to brace ourselves… threat to rights anywhere, is threat to rights everywhere. #ICPD#SRHRForAll#RoeVsWade https://t.co/djxCwBPk8n
We are gravely concerned by the developments in #Afghanistan.
Together with @unwomenchief we call on the de facto authorities to IMMEDIATELY restore women’s and girls’ freedom of movement, right to work and access to all education.
https://t.co/MakW5L2RBp
“When you adopt the standards and the values of someone else … you surrender your own integrity. You become, to the extent of your surrender, less of a human being.”
In these days for reflection, timeless wisdom on happiness from Eleanor Roosevelt https://t.co/v7zl6JfJzc