💫 Recognising women who lead change through sport.
The IWISC Awards 2025 honoured five inspiring figures for their impact on equality, leadership and innovation in sport:
🏅@runningcase — Inspiration Award, for empowering women and girls in conflict zones.
🏅 @EboniBChambers — Leadership Award, for promoting women’s voices in global sport.
🏅 Iza Restom (Adidas Iberia) — Equality in Sport Business Award, for advancing visibility and opportunities for women.
🏅 @escacs_cat — Institutional Award, for championing gender equality in chess.
✨ A celebration of talent, inspiration and the power of sport to drive change.
#IWISC2025 #WomenInSports #SportsLeadership #Barcelona
🏃♀️ @runningcase, Canadian human rights lawyer, ultramarathon runner, and founder of Free to Run, will be a speaker at the 3rd International Women in Sports Congress.
🌟 At the October 23rd congress, she will highlight how sport can become a tool for freedom and social change, proving that strength goes far beyond competition.
Her journey shows how true strength is built both on the trails and in the fight for human rights.
📅 October 23, 2025
📍 @FomentTreball
👉 Don’t miss it! Register now: https://t.co/tstsh1ry67
#IWISC2025 #WomenInSports #SportsLeadership #Barcelona
Arriving in fifth place at mile 84.5 is Stephanie Case just behind Amber. She is 5h53 minutes off the lead and seemed spry with a hint of having been running for 26 hours. She ate some pizza with gusto and left really stoked on her donut. #HR100
Stephanie Case (The North Face) takes fifth at the 2025 Hardrock 100 in 32:53:16. She kisses the rock with her wee one in her arms.
Our pre-race chat with Stephanie: https://t.co/fijA8myE81
#HR100
Just three minutes after fourth, Stephanie Case is fifth in the women's race at Mineral Creek (mile 100.5), 6h51m back from the front. She looked strong, and her pacer asked about gaps to the other women. #HR100
A heads up from the Hardrock finish... it looks like we could have the quite the race to the line for third through fifth in the women's race. Tune in! https://t.co/PS71ozQXnP #HR100
How do you win a 100K race while breastfeeding? Ultra-runner @runningcase shares how she balances being an athlete and new mom for this week's "OT Diaries."
Human rights lawyer Stephanie Case crossed the finish line of the Snowdonia Ultra-Trail 100km race in first place despite giving birth six months ago & breastfeeding along the way 🏃♀️➡️
She joins @bbcnuala to share her experience ⬇️
The Hardrock 100 lottery results are in! Congrats to all the runners who secured spots.
We run down the top competitors — which include Katie Schide, Ludovic Pommeret, Katharina Hartmurth, and Zach Miller among others — on the current list. #HR100 https://t.co/ktnkApwF0L
#Afghanistan: at the @UN Human Rights Council, @SR_Afghanistan Richard Bennett called on the Taliban to reverse its system of gender oppression that deprives women and girls of their fundamental rights.
#HRC56
The scenes coming out of #Rafah last night are harrowing.
Reports of more casualties continue to come in following an Israeli airstrike on a heavily populated area northwest of Rafah.
Children and women living in tented plastic makeshift shelters are among the killed. Many were injured. Others were reportedly burnt to death.
The images from last night are testament to how Rafah has turned into hell on earth.
It has been extremely difficult to establish contact with our @UNRWA teams in Rafah today. Some of our staff are unaccounted for.
UNRWA is doing everything possible not to interrupt the delivery of humanitarian assistance. But with every day passing, providing assistance & protection becomes nearly impossible.
Of the 200 trucks with humanitarian supplies offloaded on the Palestinian side yesterday, only 30 trucks were picked up due to heavy movement restrictions + ongoing Israeli Forces airstrikes + the launch of rockets by Hamas + delays & limitations on the routes that can be used.
These are all additional challenges & restrictions that do not allow us to distribute aid. They further strangle the humanitarian operation on which 2 million people across Gaza depend.
I reiterate the call of the @UN Secretary-General @antonioguterres for an immediate #ceasefire + for the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages to end the suffering of civilians. I echo his dismay by the lack of implementation of the recent order of the International Court of Justice regarding Rafah. The decisions of the @CIJ_ICJ Court are binding.
The military operation in Rafah must immediately end & the flow of humanitarian assistance into Gaza must improve without further delay.
In this week's Bulletin: @FA & @BarclaysWSL mandate action on women athlete's health, #Mexico's professional softball league a 1st in Latin America, football clubs to rally the vote in London & @FreeToRunNGO to hold The Safe Marathon on #IWD2024.
📰: https://t.co/kZZkaAuRdI
I'm appalled by reports of military raids in Al Shifa hospital in #Gaza.
The protection of newborns, patients, medical staff and all civilians must override all other concerns.
Hospitals are not battlegrounds.
"We have more than 60 of our installations that have been hit - 70% of these installations were in the south"
@UNLazzarini tells @BeckyCNN the 3 direct hits to @UNRWA facilities yesterday from Israeli Force naval strikes are yet another indication that nowhere in #Gaza is safe.
UN staff in #Afghanistan observe a minute of silence and the @UN flag is lowered to half-mast, as we mourn the more than 100 colleagues killed in Gaza – the highest number of UN aid workers killed in a conflict in the history of our organization.
#NotATarget
Today, @UNLazzarini led a service in memory of our 59 colleagues killed in📍#Gaza since 7 October.
Every day is becoming a dark day for the @UN and @UNRWA as the number of our colleagues killed increases.
Unspeakable suffering continues to come out by the hour from Gaza.
"We are now reducing fuel we're using everyday, so we can keep the most critical services running for as long as possible"
@TomWhiteGaza tells @BBCNews about the deteriorating situation [aired Oct 25]
As of Oct 27, we've lost most of our communications with colleagues in📍#Gaza
Civilians, including humanitarian workers, must be protected. Every single one of my colleagues had a name, a story, a family, and a history of serving others.
This should never happen. And yet the death toll keeps rising.
It's been confirmed that 53 of our colleagues in📍#Gaza have been killed since October 7
These people dedicated their lives to their communities. One colleague died collecting bread. He leaves behind 6 children.
We are beyond devastated, as this unspeakable suffering continues.