A bleak reminder of the dire situation for Afghan women and girls. The latest Taliban crackdown? Reportedly suspending women from midwife and nurse training. This would effectively cut off a woman’s last route to further education in the country. It is a vital role as male medics are not allowed to treat a woman unless a male guardian is present. #LetAfghanGirlsLearn
Ethnic cleansing is unfolding in northern Gaza. We are witnessing an intensification and acceleration of military tactics previously used by the Israeli military throughout the Strip, this time aimed at enforcing large-scale displacement from the north. Analysis of Israeli ground operations reveals a new military corridor slicing through the fabric of northern Gaza from east to west, further isolating northern Gaza from the rest of the Strip. Meanwhile, hospitals in Jabalia are under attack once again, some for the third time, and aid remains obstructed, exacerbating an engineered famine. https://t.co/3AS6hL7JPb
Today is equal pay day - the day when women effectively stop getting paid because of the gender pay gap.
At current rates it will take 16 years to close this gap.
The employee rights bill is vital for women’s pay and equality:
✅ Day 1 rights against unfair dismissal, sick pay & parental leave
✅ Day 1 flexible working rights
✅ Extended redundancy and unfair dismissal protections for pregnant and new parents
✅ Ban zero-hours contracts
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The Taliban has banned women from speaking to one another. Khalid Hanafi, Taliban’s minister for virtue and vice, declared it forbidden for adult women to let their voices be heard by other women, further restricting existing bans on speaking and showing their faces in public.
Even more devastating is this: a few minutes ago, the Israeli tanks fired a shell at the oxygen station at the Kamal Odwan Hospital and many injured children got killed.
It’s essential to know that this hospital is mainly a children’s hospital.
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1124 days since the Taliban banned teenage girls from school. It is the only country in the world with such restrictions on girls’ access to secondary school and women’s access to university. #LetAfghanGirlsLearn
@seanelderw Am I alone in that this is one of my favorite breakfasts? I mean the spinach needs butter and garlic, add tomatoes for God's sake and dial down the egg, but... Yes?