“Having a leg prosthesis is a luxury in Benin.” – Souleyman, 60, road crash survivor On #ProstheticsAndOrthotics Day, we call for action: 🔧 Invest in trained providers 🌍 Ensure access to #AssistiveTechnology and #Rehab for all! 📘 Read more: https://pulse.ly/ir9u6hstkf

🚨“EU Official Development Assistance #ODA doesn’t reach those left furthest behind” this is what the #AidWatch2025 report highlights. 1/4

Last week, @concord-europe.bsky.social launched the #AidWatch2025 report, revealing that: 🔴 In 2024, only three EU Member States – #Luxembourg, Denmark, & Sweden – met the 0.7% ODA target to which all MS have committed. Nine EU MS have never reached this target, including #Belgium and #France 1/3

🚨 #AidWatch 2025 is here! This year’s report marks 20 years of tracking #ODA. We call for bold reforms to restore ODA’s purpose: prioritising inclusive human development and reaching least developed countries. It’s time to end short-sightedness, get the full story 👇https://pulse.ly/0hqyq47i80

‪📢 @hi-federation.bsky.social strongly condemns the continued and increased use of #ExplosiveWeapons in populated areas in #Ukraine. We urge both parties to the conflict & the intl. community to take immediate action to protect #civilians & uphold #IHL. ➡️Full statement: tinyurl.com/yv8a9v49

📢Ahead of African Union (AU)- European Union (EU) Summit, African and European civil society organisations call on AU & EU leaders to put inclusive, quality education for all at the heart of their partnership. 👉Read our open letter:https://pulse.ly/hwohxzeuth @eudiplomacy.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu

On the Intl Day of Older People, we highlight the need for #rehabilitation & #AssistiveTechnology in promoting #HealthyAgeing. Older people have the highest need—but least access. 📢Let’s change that. 📘 Read more: https://pulse.ly/a2dbjbzqtm #UNDecade #InclusiveHealth

At #UNGA, leaders set a new path for tackling #NCDs. #Rehab is key—not just for recovery, but for restoring dignity & daily life. Jesulène, a stroke survivor in Haiti, is rebuilding her life with rehab. 📘 Read her story: https://pulse.ly/kwacnrzj7g #HealthForAll @https://pulse.ly/kb3ctar1gd

[13MSP #ConventionOnClusterMunitions] Lao PDR, Iraq & others stated clearance, risk education or victim assistance had to be reduced or stopped. @hi-federation.bsky.social & @banclusterbombs.bsky.social call on states to ensure funding for all affected States to achieve clearance of cluster munition

The Cluster Munition Monitor 2025 report #CCM2025 has been released! The report can be access through this: bit.ly/42oMtYG The press release is also available in here: bit.ly/41NasAH #BanClusterBombs

👉 The 2025 Report shows that the Convention on Cluster Munitions is making a real difference. In 2024 alone, States Parties cleared more cluster munition remnants than they did in the previous five years. This is what humanitarian progress looks like: safe ground for civilians and their futures.

🚨 The leaders of over 20 major aid agencies working in #Gaza, incl @hi-federation.bsky.social , are calling on world leaders to urgently intervene after a UN commission concluded, for the first time, that genocide is being committed. 👇 Read the full statement: reliefweb.int/report/occup...

The Cluster Munition Monitor released today shows the positive impacts of the Oslo Convention on clearance & victim assistance. 👉Still a lot of work needs to be done. 🔴State parties must continue should not forget the victims! @banclusterbombs.bsky.social @minemonitor.bsky.social

⚫ @hi-federation.bsky.social expresses its deep sorrow and solidarity following the tragic incident near Chernihiv, #Ukraine, in which two humanitarian workers from the #DanishRefugeeCouncil (DRC) lost their lives and eight others were injured.

🚨 @hi-federation.bsky.social 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗻𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗚𝗮𝘇𝗮 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻. 🔴The forced displacement orders in #Gaza city that includes locations of humanitarian operations will leave communities cut off from essential aid, compounding an already dire #humanitarian crisis.

On #WorldPTDay, we spotlight #Physiotherapy’s role in #HealthyAgeing & #rehab. 👉Needs are rising, but workforce gaps persist. Read our latest report on rehabilitation across the lifespan and for many health conditions: ➡️ https://pulse.ly/3si8a8nybz @worldrehaballiance.bsky.social

🌍In conflicts & disasters, spinal cord injuries (SCI) often go unseen. Without #rehabilitation, lives & potential are lost. Our report highlights the urgent need to close the rehab gap in emergencies: https://pulse.ly/8tv4nprogi On #ISCOSWorldSCIDay, let’s speak up for SCI care & prevention.

Our NEW report outlines 8 key recos to better protect civilians from explosive weapons: ✅ Mainstream #RiskEducation & #ConflictPreparedness ✅ Support local actors ✅ Tailor messaging for gender, disability & age ✅ Build national capacity … ➡️ All recommendations: https://pulse.ly/or5bdji5eh

8 recommandations pour protéger les civils contre les armes explosives : ✅ Intégrer l'éducation aux risques & la préparation aux conflits ✅ Soutenir les acteurs locaux ✅ Adapter les messages en fonction du genre, du handicap et de l'âge … ➡️ Lire le rapport : https://pulse.ly/eic85kerre

Malgré leur impact vital, l'éducation aux risques & la préparation aux conflits sont : ❌ Sous-financées ❌ Sous-estimées ❌ Mal intégrées ds les interventions humanitaires Notre nouveau rapport appelle à une action urgente. 🔗 https://pulse.ly/kmlfwc9vxe #EWIPA #ProtectionDesCivils

Despite their life-saving impact, Risk Education & Conflict Preparedness are: ❌ Underfunded ❌ Under-recognized ❌ Poorly integrated into humanitarian responses Our new report calls for urgent action & investment. 🔗 https://pulse.ly/lv7lffp1rg #ExplosiveWeapons #EWIPA #ProtectionOfCivilians

L'éducation aux risques & la préparation aux conflits sauvent des vies 📲 Gaza: les acteurs locaux diffusent des messages vitaux via WhatsApp sous les bombardements 📢 Ukraine: des approches tenant compte des traumas aident les populations à faire des choix plus sûrs ⬇️ https://pulse.ly/gh14xyidd1

🛡️ Risk Education & Conflict Preparedness save lives 📲 In Gaza, local actors shared life-saving messages via WhatsApp under bombardment 📢 In Ukraine, trauma-sensitive approaches helped people make safer choices. Read report ⬇️ https://pulse.ly/ufhmtmzuix #ExplosiveWeapons #ProtectionOfCivilians

The latest volume of The Educator (by ICEVI) focuses on “The Girl Child” & features an article by HI colleagues. It calls for prioritising the continuity of education for adolescent girls with disabilities and highlights pathways for change. Read it on p71-73: https://pulse.ly/64ui9tzo2o 💡🌍

Les civils représentent + de 90 % des victimes qd des armes explosives sont utilisées ds les villes & les villages. Au-delà des blessures, ils sont confrontés au déplacement, à la contamination. Nous devons agir. 🔗 https://pulse.ly/0ikafxbjt8 #EWIPA #Éducationauxrisques #Préparationauxconflits

Civilians account for over 90% of casualties when explosive weapons are used in towns, cities & villages. Beyond death & injury, they face displacement & explosive contamination. We must act. 🔗 https://pulse.ly/enofhqfuwx #EWIPA #RiskEducation #ConflictPreparedness

🚨 NOUVEAU RAPPORT | @hi-federation.bsky.social met en évidence l'impact dévastateur des armes explosives dans les zones peuplées et les mesures qui peuvent être prises pour protéger les civils. 📘 Lire : https://pulse.ly/4orkmmvxgq #EWIPA #ÉducationAuxRisques #PréparationAuxConflits

NEW REPORT | @hi-federation.bsky.social highlights the devastating impact of explosive weapons in populated areas — and what can be done to protect civilians. 📘 Read: https://pulse.ly/ibfladfyho #EWIPA #RiskEducation #ConflictPreparedness @explosiveweapon.bsky.social

🌍 WHO Regional Committee has adopted the 2025–2035 strategy to strengthen rehabilitation in health systems. @hi-federation.bsky.social is represented by senior officer Karol Gnimassou, calling for swift action to expand access, train the workforce & engage civil society. #HealthForAll #Inclusion

🔴Assistive tech is a lifeline in humanitarian crises. Watch ATScale and @hi-federation.bsky.social 's new film to learn how #ATSavesLives. 👉We need urgent action to increase funding & integration of AT in preparedness, response & recovery. #WorldHumanitarianDay

Urgent call to action! 🔴ATscale & @hi-federation.bsky.social emphasize: Assistive Technology (AT) saves lives in humanitarian emergencies. From Gaza to Myanmar, AT is crucial. 📢Let's ensure it's prioritized & funded in all responses. #ATSavesLives #WorldHumanitarianDay #UnlockTheEveryday

📢 On this #WorldHumanitarianDay, we stand united in demanding that Member States #ActForHumanity. It is time to confront the impunity for violations of International Humanitarian Law & protect those who risk everything to save lives. @https://pulse.ly/hqbouwnerh ‬‬‬‬‬‬‬ @unocha.org

🚨 Access is shrinking, humanitarian workers are under attack. @https://pulse.ly/jecx8qg4qi calls on EU actors to protect humanitarian space and remove barriers for NGOs. 🔗 https://pulse.ly/kucuvhv4mr #ActForHumanity

🚨 𝗚𝗮𝘇𝗮 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: 𝗜𝘀𝗿𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗮𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 📢 Together with +100 organisations, @hi-federation.bsky.social calls on all States & donors to press Israel to end the weaponization of #HumanitarianAid. 👇 Full statement: reliefweb.int/report/occup...

As #WorldHumanitarianDay approaches, @voiceeu.bsky.social call on EU & Member States to step up to: 👉Protect civilians & humanitarian workers 👉Ensure Respect of IHL 👉Defend humanitarian space &the values behind it 👉Invest in humanitarian response, esp. at the local level. #ActForHumanity @eu_echo

𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝟭𝟱 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗹𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲. 🔴Yet cluster munitions still kill, from #Ukraine to #Myanmar. In 2023, 93% of casualties were civilians. 📢#BanClusterBombs everywhere, forever!

🔴 𝐁𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 : 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜̧𝐨𝐢𝐬 𝐁𝐚𝐲𝐫𝐨𝐮 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐚 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞́ 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐞 Le Gouvernement a annoncé une nouvelle coupe de 700 millions d’euros dans le budget de la solidarité internationale, soit une baisse historique de 52 % en 2026 par rapport à 2024. france24.com/fr/france/20...

As #HLPF2025 wraps up: we must do more & do better for #HealthForAll #SDG3. #Rehab is essential to inclusive health systems, but critical gaps remain. 📢It’s time to act to meet the rehab needs of 2.6B people and deliver on global commitments. 🔗Read our latest report: https://pulse.ly/zuos5xsgxg

🚨 @mdmfrance.bsky.social, @actioncontrelafaim.bsky.social, @hi-advocacy.bsky.social, @solidarites-int.bsky.social … toutes alertent : ces coupes vont réduire voire supprimer des programmes vitaux.

🔴 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 – “𝗔𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗚𝗮𝘇𝗮, 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆.” @hi-federation.bsky.social, alongside more than 100 humanitarian organizations, is sounding the alarm. 👉 www.france24.com/en/middle-ea...

🚨 𝗡𝗚𝗢𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 #𝗨𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲: NGOs denounce the extensive use of #ExplosiveWeapons in cities. 🔴 In April 2025, at least 209 civilians were killed & 1,146 injured, making it the deadliest month since Sept 2024. #StopBombingCivilians 👉 reliefweb.int/report/ukrai...

🚨Rehabilitation is vital for 1/3 of the world but often overlooked. 👉Join us 𝟭𝟲 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆, 𝟭𝟮:𝟬𝟬 𝗚𝗠𝗧 / 𝟭𝟰:𝟬𝟬 𝗖𝗘𝗧 for a virtual side event with @hi-federation.bsky.social , UNDESA & @who.int to explore solutions for better rehab access. 🔗Register now: shorturl.at/I5oxP

Released today ! 🔴 New @hi-federation.bsky.social report illustrates how #rehabilitation has immense potential to improve #health outcomes and well-being for people of all #ages and with a broad range of health conditions. 👉Read it here: https://pulse.ly/btihrpsbjk

📢 Today, @hi-federation.bsky.social proudly joins the powerful call to action urging European governments to reverse devastating aid budget cuts. As the Intl Conference on financing for development #FFD4 is taking place in Sevilla, let's make our voice heard! 👇To know more and sign the petition :

💥 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞́ 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐞 : 𝐥𝐚 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐄𝐔𝐓 𝐞𝐭 𝐃𝐎𝐈𝐓 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐮𝐱. Une loi de solidarité internationale, des discours, des promesses… et un état du monde qui ne cesse de creuser les inégalités et de laisser des millions de personnes de côté.

🔴𝟭𝟲𝟬+ 𝗡𝗚𝗢𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝗜𝘀𝗿𝗮𝗲𝗹𝗶 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻 #𝗚𝗮𝘇𝗮, revert to the existing UN-led coordination mechanisms, and lift the Israeli government’s blockade on aid and commercial supplies. 👉Read: reliefweb.int/report/occup...

L' #Ukraine a annoncé son intention de se retirer de la #ConventionOttawa sur les mines. L'Ukraine est le 6eme Etat à le faire, après #Finlande #Pologne #Estonie #Lettonie #Lituanie. 🔴Sortir du Traité aura des conséquences lourdes pour les civils. 👇Lire la déclaration d'@hi-federation.bsky.social

#Ukraine announced its withdrawal from the #OttawaConvention banning anti-personnel mines. Ukraine becomes the 6th state to do so, after #Finland #Poland #Estonia #Latvia #Lithuania. 🔴Leaving the Ottawa Convention risks heavily impacting civilians. 👇Read @hi-federation.bsky.social 's statement:

👉Join us on 16 July at 12:00 GMT/ 14:00 CET for a virtual side-event during #HLPF2025: “The Missing Health Link for 1/3 of the World’s Population – Better Access to #Rehabilitation Services.” Hear experts & users discuss how rehab advances #SDG3. 🔗 shorturl.at/I5oxP @worldrehaballiance.bsky.social

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