Somewhat sensationalist headline here obscures some really interesting research - which tallies with other available tracking data - on shifting attitudes to climate in the UK. Below are a few quick thoughts on how to understand this, in my view 👇 t.co/gDqlQgQBHn

We’re excited to share the third issue of our quarterly series, Disability Policy Insights on Budget Analysis! Whether you’re a policymaker, development professional, researcher, or advocate, this issue provides the tools to track and influence real change. inclusive-policy.org/disability-p...

At least 31 Palestinians killed in Gaza since dawn, medics say - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/least-31-palestinians-killed-gaza-dawn-medics-say

"People are dying. The pictures are horrific. This is not a surprise." Our CEO Moazzam Malik spoke to @yaldahakim.bsky.social at @news.sky.com about the deadly militarised aid distribution system in Gaza and how the UK Government has become an ally to Israel's atrocities. Watch: bit.ly/4fauZEO

Protesters in Tel Aviv took to the streets carrying flour bags and pictures of malnourished children from Gaza, calling for the end of the war on Gaza and the hunger. #protest #TelAviv #Gaza #hunger #IsraelGazawar #Israel

It’s worse than “Gaza is being starved and destroyed and no one cares.” It’s that hundreds of millions *do* care and are powerless to stop it. We need a world where that can never happen, where the masses actually have political power.

🌍 The climate crisis is a #HumanRights emergency, destroying homes, livelihoods, and cultures. On July 23, the International Court of Justice #ICJ will issue its advisory opinion on #ClimateChange. This moment could embed human rights into global #ClimateLaw and hold polluters accountable.

New blog from Maria Balarin and me on the need for a greater focus on justice in education...

Global disability discussions, with everything from friendship and health to the tightrope of disability community. With @francesryan.bsky.social, @thetattooedjew.com @johnharris1969.bsky.social @inclusioneurope.bsky.social @afropersonnage.ch @devonpersing.bsky.social @blondehistorian.bsky.social

Starving, then shot. There is no longer hope for us Palestinians | Esraa Abo Qamar www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

At least four linguistic tricks going on here: 1) foregrounding with Iran war which the BBC depicts as just 2) passive voice 'have been killed' - by who, may we ask? 3) 'Hamas-run health ministry' - casting doubt/diverting sympathy 4) 'under review' - casting further doubt

I don't get very far through most doctoral advice because it usually starts with something like 'remember to not work weekends and evenings...' by contrast this is really well tailored and useful (watched, in classic part-time fashion, in a Eurostar passport queue)

At the same time when ODA levels to education have decreased and we're seeing additional cuts to education by large donors - UK and US. We also need more action on tax justice and debt relief for domestic countries to finance education and finance it sustainably.

I am recruiting for a policy officer to come and work in the brilliant and lovely Sightsavers policy team - an interesting and varied role supporting our influencing on inclusive education at the global and national level careers.sightsavers.org/jobs/1526?la....

Finally finished listening to The Hundred Years' War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi on my run this morning - highly recommend uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

135 Palestinians killed in Gaza so far today. Massacre after massacre, day after day. The world does nothing.

Exciting news - our blog on #ClimateChange and #DisabilityJustice has just been shared on the Sensing Climate website sensing-climate.com/news/climate...

Brilliant to see the #PandemicAccord officially adopted after years of negotiations - and with the references we've advocated for on human rights, the definition of people in vulnerable situations, and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

One of the most intense pieces of reporting I've done, on the Global Disability Summit 2025. The promises, the corridor talk, the protests. The excessive control of governments, and who was left off the agenda. And what we need to do now. #GDS2025 www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/gds2...

Please listen to Abeer. open.spotify.com/episode/789G...

"We need to face a simple truth: migration is a fact of life – not a problem. People are undocumented because governments make them that way. They can unmake it, too." Really important article from @regulariseuk.bsky.social⬇️ www.bigissue.com/opinion/star...

I wrote 2800 words on how BBC, NPR, NYT and AP News covered Israel's execution of Palestinian rescue workers www.hauntologies.net/p/how-media-... It's free

Back at my desk after two long weeks in Berlin and I've written about where we've been since the first Global Disability Summit in 2018 and where we need to go next: www.sightsavers.org/blogs/2025/0... #GDS2025

Anyone else out there at the Global Disability Summit? #GDS2025

I was working in a cafe yesterday when a man (who had been very obviously reading over my shoulder for ages) leant in to tell me that climate change wasn't real 😬

Loved Sally Nduta’s (CEO UDPK Kenya) points on enabling more local manufacturing & innovations (eg for assistive tech or devices), and ensuring community & national ODPs are strengthened to leave on budget advocacy & engagement. Not everything has to be done through ODA! #GDS2025

It's a funny time to be talking about technical issues like tracking aid - but in the context of reduced budgets & conversations about how we reform & move forward they are also political. We are finally starting to have a picture of whether aid is inclusive - but there is still a long way to go!

Your latest world-tour of disability news across nearly 40 countries: five years of covid, keeping up with Trump and the beautiful game. www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/fami... Cover photo of a student in the Philippines affected by Trump's cuts to foreign aid.

These attacks on protest and freedoms cannot be fought in isolation or in movement silos. We need broad, brave coalition. Climate, Palestine, labor, migrant, trans and reproductive rights; academic freedom, freedom of speech, freedom of association ... Together we are mighty. Divided we fall.

"I am struck by it even as I write these words, but I do not know anyone who believes that the Israelis are done with bombing Gaza. Why would they be? They now have fifteen months of evidence of how much they can get away with, which is to say almost everything."

This is great!

📢2 weeks to go! Deadline 21 March for abstracts for #UKFIETConf Download the Abstract Writing Pack ukfiet.org/conference/u... Read more about the conference themes before you submit! The convenors of all 7 themes have discussed their expectations with us: www.ukfiet.org/conference/u...

Don't miss out on the call for abstracts and scholarship opportunities for the 16th International Disability Law Summer School #16thDSS Closing date: Tues 18th March. Apply and find out more at this link: clr.ie/137746

Honored to co-author a @cehjournal.bsky.social article for #IWD2025 on practical steps to improve women and girls access to eye care. Drawing from experience in three countries the steps can be translated to any health sector setting where inequity in access exists. cehjournal.org/articles/854

Editing a paper which now feels like a historical study into when the US government still believed in climate change

Israel is refusing to enter phase 2 of ceasefire talks and is closing off all supplies to Gaza. We’re fighting for a reality where Israel can’t simply cut water, food, and medicine off from 2 million people in Gaza.

One of those days where I am both mystefied and grateful that the reward of growing a small fake tree in an app can lead to an hour of solid concentration!

Make a huge mistake. Then make a false claim about how you fixed it. They did it for PEPFAR. Now Ebola. I follow this particular topic VERY closely, so here's what really happened and why this isn't true AT ALL...🧵

“Pepfar has saved more than 26 million lives and prevented roughly 1,000 babies a day from being born with the HIV virus” Superb piece on how cuts to USAID will affect the world’s poorest, focusing on HIV on.ft.com/3QX1HhP

Join us at the UKFIET conference to reflect on the state of our field in a rapidly shifting global landscape. In times of uncertainty, the need to mobilise knowledge, partnerships, & innovation for sustainable development has never been greater. www.ukfiet.org/conference/u... @ukfiet.bsky.social

“We have a right to be angry” – protestors on the 20th anniversary of France's disability law. All this more from around the world in today's Debrief, covering disability news from 45+ countries: www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/righ... Photo by Matthieu Delaty/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images.

The only rational response

More bad climate news from the US. The IPCC secretariat that facilitates assessment of research on mitigation of climate change (solutions) has been terminated by the Trump gov. This will make an already challenging report even harder. Other countries must step up and quickly provide assistance.

New blog on key trends for #Development over the next decade 👇

If you are invested in #climate and #environmental #justice and #education, this call is for you. We seek creative, bold proposals that disrupt and push us towards action. See you in September! #UKFIETConf - www.ukfiet.org/2025/climate... cc: @ukfiet.bsky.social

It's a weird time to be in New York at the UN advocating for inclusion - but conversations with different governments who are pulling together, open to thinking about options, and still planning on pushing forward inclusion also feels a little bit hopeful!

Details of the 2025 @ukfiet.bsky.social conference are out with some brilliant sounding sub-themes and great people on the committee. Take a look #educationalresearch and #comparativeeducation folk: www.ukfiet.org/conference/u...

📢Our Call for Abstracts is now open!📢 Deadline 21 March. Lots of different presentation types & themes. Download the Abstract Writing Pack & sign up to join one of our Abstract Writing Drop-in Sessions 4, 5 or 6 March: www.ukfiet.org/conference/u...

It's not a demolition site it's a mass grave. It's not a demolition site it's a crime scene. It's not a demolition site its a homeland. It's not a demolition site it's Palestine. It's not a demolition site it's a genocide.