Women for Weapons Trade Transparency

Unveiling the hidden impacts of militarization on human security, autonomy, and justice. Women-led and transparency-focused.

[United Nations Geneva @UNGeneva]

A new analysis published by @UN_Women today shows that more than 38,000 women and girls were killed in #Gaza between October 2023 and December 2025.

That is an average of at least 47 women and girls killed per day.

https://t.co/6S7FGcG8Vz

[Janet Abou-Elias @Janetabouelias]

🧵Let's be very clear about what "Israel-Lebanon negotiations" actually means because the framing being pushed right now is dangerous and deliberately misleading. A thread. 1/

[New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag]

"What are memory, reconstruction, and the power of the image when the place is gone?" Satellite images show Israeli excavators demolishing Khiam Detention Center in southern Lebanon, where 5,000+ were once held and tortured, reports @weatherwar. https://t.co/clxfuQEp44

[Janet Abou-Elias @Janetabouelias]

An entire town in south Lebanon. Erased.

Just last month, the Trump admin invoked emergency authority powers to skip congressional review and fast-track 20,000+ bombs worth $650 million to Israel.

There are no more euphemisms left.

[Just Foreign Policy @justfp]

"If Washington continues down its current path, Lebanon will not become more stable or more sovereign. It will simply become the next arena where a regional war plays out, with Lebanese civilians paying the price."

-@Janetabouelias @QuincyInst @RStatecraft

[Janet Abou-Elias @Janetabouelias]

In effect, the Lebanese state has extended an asymmetric guarantee of security. The threat to Israel from Hezbollah is taken seriously. But what, if anything, guarantees Lebanon’s security?

My latest in @RStatecraft

https://t.co/yEecmLgq4G

[Nick Cleveland-Stout @nick_clevelands]

Americans largely oppose the war on Iran. But the war is very popular among Washington think tanks, who are flush with more than $44 million from weapons companies since 2019 and act as the war’s loudest cheerleaders across major media networks 🧵

[Janet Abou-Elias @Janetabouelias]

“I love the idea of getting a drone and having light fentanyl-laced urine spraying on analysts that tried to screw us.”
-Alex Karp, CEO of a company building AI systems for U.S. military and intelligence agencies.

This is the worldview shaping the new military-tech complex🧵

[Ben Freeman @BenFreemanDC]

Let's see who is cashing in the most on the Iran war 🧵

[Women for Weapons Trade Transparency @w2t2impact]

Whether you’ve worked in this field for years or are encountering these issues for the first time, Trillion Dollar War Machine offers fresh insights—and a clear sense of what’s at stake.

[Women for Weapons Trade Transparency @w2t2impact]

We’re honored that Women for Weapons Trade Transparency is featured in Trillion Dollar War Machine by @BenFreemanDC & @WilliamHartung.

Their book is a definitive look at how runaway military spending drives U.S. foreign policy, drains public resources, and fuels endless war.

[Women for Weapons Trade Transparency @w2t2impact]

This recognition matters. It shows that when students, researchers, and communities push back, it disrupts the narrative that the arms industry’s presence is inevitable or uncontested.

[Center for International Policy @CIPolicy]

A new analysis from @w2t2impact uncovers how the 1122 Program channels hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars to militarize local police with minimal oversight.

⬇️Of 650 agencies using the program, 95% were law enforcement, not emergency services.
https://t.co/9HpKZrSXTe

[Women for Weapons Trade Transparency @w2t2impact]

“Our tax dollars are being weaponized against us under the guise of ‘domestic terrorism.'”

- @NancyGEO, President and CEO of @CIPolicy, in @commondreams

Read more: https://t.co/sEpEOujlaO

[Common Dreams @commondreams]

An obscure federal program has allowed local police to be armed with hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of military equipment. "Our tax dollars are being weaponized against us," said the head of the Center for International Policy. https://t.co/stFzq6tpDd

[Center for International Policy @CIPolicy]

The 1122 Program’s $126.87 million for militarized police gear and surveillance could have instead housed 10,000 people, fed 43 million students, or fixed community infrastructure.
– @w2t2impact told @commondreams
https://t.co/L84wDN0NT8

[Women for Weapons Trade Transparency @w2t2impact]

Read our new report on the 1122 Program: https://t.co/46GCrCljUC

#1122Program #PublicSafety #governmentspending

[Women for Weapons Trade Transparency @w2t2impact]

No to SNAP for struggling families. Yes to BearCats. Our co-founder Lillian Mauldin spoke to @theintercept's Matt Sledge:

“When so many cities face homelessness [and] food insecurity, [...] how are police justifying hundreds of thousands in military gear?”https://t.co/Qt02lnIiL0