Lilli Trautvetter

Women's Sexual & Reproductive Health #SRHR | Public Health Policy | Equality | Social Mobility and Justice | #EndFistula

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[Freedom From Fistula @WeFixFistulas]

At our recent fistula screening in Kasungu District, Malawi, we identified six women living with obstetric fistula. Now, thanks to the work of our team, these women will receive free treatment, care, and rehabilitation at our Fistula Care Centre.

#EndFistula

[FIGO HQ @FIGOHQ]

This week, the National Obstetric Fistula Centre Babbar-Ruga in Nigeria hosts a FIGO regional workshop to boost local capacity in obstetric fistula treatment. With a focus on surgical skill development and collaborative efforts to tackle this neglected health issue.

[FIGO HQ @FIGOHQ]

The FIGO Fistula team joined the 9th ISOFS Conference in Dhaka, sharing milestones like 20,000+ repairs and 93 Fellows in 28 countries. They disseminated training resources to 100+ participants from 20 countries, driving efforts to #EndFistula. 🌍

@FistulaGillian @traut_lilli

[DFB-Frauen @DFB_Frauen]

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WIR #IMTEAM 🇩🇪 vereint gegen Gewalt gegen Frauen ✊

#OrangeTheWorld @UNWomen_Germany

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 NEW: Extreme misogyny could be treated as terrorism with Home Secretary Yvette Cooper working to “identify gaps in current legislation and examine emerging ideologies”

[@Guardian]

[Lily Craven @TheAttagirls]

There is no Woman of the Day post today but if there was, it would be Hildegard Trabant (born 1927 in Berlin) who died OTD in 1964 aged 37, the 50th person to die at the Berlin Wall. She was the only one known to be loyal to the East German regime so you might well ask “Why?” Why would she do it?

Hildegard tried to leave East Berlin via a disused S-Bahn line and got past the inner wall but was spotted by East German guards as she crouched behind some shrubbery and was ordered to surrender.

She ran back towards East Berlin and was shot in the back by an East German border guard, killing her.

Let me say that again. She abandoned her attempt to cross and was trying to run back but she was shot anyway. In the back. When she was no threat to anyone or anything, least of all a Wall. In my view, that was murder, pure retaliation.

The guard was not tried until reunification took place in 1990. He was sentenced to a mere 21 months imprisonment, commuted to probation, for manslaughter.

So why did Hildegard try to cross?

She was desperately fleeing from her violent and abusive husband.

[Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana]

I've said it before and I'll say it again:

The enemy of the working class travels by private jet, not migrant dinghy.

[Dr. Deepti Gurdasani @dgurdasani1]

If you've lived this long and have not had to realise that - *everything*- where you live, what you read, the streets you walk, what you eat, what you feel, where you work, the climate you live in, and even the air you breathe is political, I have news for you: that's privilege.

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 REMINDER: Key deadlines for the GE on 4 July

❗️⏲️ Register to vote: Tuesday 18 June at 23:59

❗️⏲️ Applying for a postal vote: Wednesday 19 June at 17:00

⏲️ Applying for a Voter ID: Wednesday 26 June at 17:00

⏲️ Applying for a proxy vote: Wednesday 26 June at 17:00

[Yalda Hakim @SkyYaldaHakim]

1000 days since the Taliban banned teenage girls from school. Education isn’t a privilege, it is a basic human right - a right Afghan girls and women continue to be denied. #LetAfghanGirlsLearn

[Helena Steinhaus @SteinhausHelena]

Zum Thema Wohnen in #Bürgergeld. Frau L., 59, schreibt uns: "ich habe die Aufforderung erhalten, meine Mietkosten zu senken. Ich fing an, mir eine kleinere Wohnung zu suchen, aber bisher vergeblich. Gerade bekam ich meinen neuen Bewilligungsbescheid und mir wurde die Übernahme

[Lilli Trautvetter @traut_lilli]

Devastatingly sad news! My thoughts are of course with his wife and children.
Thank you for your incredible and tireless service to the public @DrMichaelMosley - you did an amazing job! 🩵

[BBC Breaking News @BBCBreaking]

Michael Mosley's wife pays tribute to "wonderful, funny, kind and brilliant husband" after body of missing TV presenter found https://t.co/eKtYvjXtYA

[Martin Lewis @MartinSLewis]

It's time to call out these comments. When I started my career, the BBC called a programme I went on, about debt crisis "Hey Big Spender" - I objected. The biggest cause of debt crisis was change of circumstance.

Since we've had a pandemic, cost of living crisis, mental health crisis. People lose jobs, lose partners, lose legs. People get cancer, have mental health breakdowns, get disabilities that stop them working.

The idea that everyone can have enough saved to bring up a child when they have a child (ie £100,000s) is ludicrous. The idea that we should live in a society where there is no underlying support for people who need it, is dystopian.

While there will be a few who desire to be on benefits. I suspect its very much the minority. A huge chunk of those getting Universal Credit are IN WORK. A majority of those getting child benefit are IN WORK.

This was about a late payment for money many rely on. Show some bloody compassion!

[Maternity Action @MaternityAction]

As PM @RishiSunak and Labour Leader @Keir_Starmer prepare for their #ITV #election debate tonight, here is a reminder of what we're calling on all the political parties to do to #EndPregnancyPoverty if they are elected to Government #tuesdaychecklist :

[Catherine Hamlin Fistula Foundation @fistulaethiopia]

In partnership with @FIGOHQ, @HamlinFistulaHQ recently held an Expert Surgical Workshop, which focused on innovative techniques to address #urinaryincontinence post fistula repair, which impacts as many as one 1 in 4 patients.

#EndObstetricFistula

https://t.co/Tu0jcevmwM

[RoyalCollegeObsGyn @RCObsGyn]

The RCOG is calling for the next UK government to significantly improve maternity care by implementing fully funded cross-government policies and programmes to ensure all women receive high-quality, personalised and safe maternity care. (1/2)

[Gillian Slinger @FistulaGillian]

👇🏽More excellent work by @TCHGlobalHealth helping women with #fistula in #Malawi! Sincere thnx also to @TCHGlobalHealth for the vital support to the @FIGOHQ Fistula Surgery Training Initiative, which is transforming the lives of 1,000’s of women/girls across the 🌎 🌼 #IDEOF2024

[Lilli Trautvetter @traut_lilli]

#IDEOF2024 #EndFistula

[EndFistula @EndFistula]

Today, on the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula, we stand in solidarity with women & girls affected by this preventable condition. By investing in quality maternal healthcare, we can #PreventFistula and #BreakTheCycle.💖Donate now to #EndFistula: https://t.co/EmSiwipRcX

[Lilli Trautvetter @traut_lilli]

#IDEOF2024 #EndFistula

[FIGO HQ @FIGOHQ]

A heartfelt thank you to our FIGO training centres, partners, & supporters for your commitment to ending obstetric fistula. Your dedication helps us train skilled surgeons & holistic care teams, bringing hope & healing to countless women.

#InternationalDaytoEndObstetricFistula

[Lilli Trautvetter @traut_lilli]

#IDEOF2024 #EndFistula

[UNFPA in The Gambia @UNFPATheGambia]

Today is the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula���‍👧

This #EndFistulaDay, we recommit to supporting all efforts dedicated to ending this devastating yet preventable condition.

We can #EndFistula in 🇬🇲 by 2030💪@rosensarr