Afghan women lose their 'last hope' as Taliban shuts down internet. #Afghanistan www.bbc.com/news/article...

The right to choose is fundamental. This #SafeAbortionDay we demand safe abortion services for women, girls and everyone who needs it. Safe abortion is healthcare. Safe abortion saves lives. #InternationalSafeAbortionDay #28September #Sept28 #SafeAbortionDay

Shutting down USAID will cost taxpayers $6.4 billion over two years. That’s enough money to save more than one million children’s lives. Read @nickkristof.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/o...

🔟 million people remain not on HIV treatment. We have a funding crisis at the same time as growing anti-rights movements and widespread stigma and discrimination, says Christine Stegling of @unaids.org at the @frontlineaids.bsky.social side event #HRC60 #HIV #HumanRights

Foreign doctors who volunteered in Gaza say they treated over 100 Palestinian children shot in the head or chest, arguing it’s clear evidence Israel is deliberately targeting minors aje.io/f7key2

Democratic senator Ron Wyden: “The US is "in the midst of a health care calamity", He says RFK Jr has "elevated conspiracy theorists" and "crackpots" in his short tenure as health secretary. He says RFK's priority is to take vaccines away from Americans.

📢 CSE empowers young people to make informed choices about their health & wellbeing. As misinformation grows, we need to defend CSE. I'm proud to be part of the team that developed the @frontlineaids.bsky.social CSE Messaging Framework for Advocates. #Together4CSE 👇 frontlineaids.org/resources/ch...

Media outlets have staged a front page protest to highlight the killings of more than 200 journalists in 22 months.

Scrapping the 80% commitment will compound the impact of US and UK aid cuts and exacerbate what feels like “a global war on women”. #UKAid #GenderEquality www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

They recovered over 180 bullet shells at the CDC. Debris from shattered glass is still being cleaned up. I am completely stunned at how quickly the news cycle has moved on. This was an act of terrorism targeting public health experts, and the response seems to be a collective shrug.

“What is becoming clear is that healthcare workers and facilities are no longer afforded the protection guaranteed by international humanitarian law.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

The Gates Foundation today announced a $2.5 billion dollar investment in #womenshealth innovations The biggest investment in history, says Anita Zaidi. Areas: OB/gyn care Maternal nutrition & gut health Contraception access STIs Menstrual health WDYT? www.gatesfoundation.org/ideas/media-...

“These contraceptives are nothing less than life-saving,” @cbpolis.bsky.social @guttmacher.org #SRHR

"The BBC World Service has compiled material on over 160 cases where children have been shot in Gaza, and found that in 95 cases the child was shot in the head or the chest. In most of these cases the victim was under 12 years old"

Sad to hear of the death of Dr David Nabarro. A brilliant man.

The head of the World Health Organisation on how the IDF entered a WHO building in Gaza, forcing women and children out & handcuffing, stripping & interrogating WHO staff. One staff member remains detained.

Investment in WISH - one of the UK’s flagship sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) programmes - should be protected to achieve sustainable change and improved health for women in West and Central Africa. #SRHR #UKAid @msichoices.org @ippf.bsky.social @sightsavers.bsky.social @ipas.org

"All States should support this crucial call by Afghan women, for women around the world. They should make it a priority to actively work to ensure the inclusion of gender apartheid in international law, including in the draft crimes against humanity treaty." @heatherbarr.bsky.social #Afghanistan

Nearly 800 Palestinians killed at Gaza food hubs and aid convoy routes since end of May. #Gaza www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

“At a time when we’re seeing rollbacks on reproductive rights, most notably in the United States, this crucial milestone in the fight for reproductive rights sends a powerful message that our lawmakers are standing up for women,” @louknightsmccudden.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

📢 Organisations across Sub-Saharan Africa, South and South-East Asia are eligible to apply. Most grants awarded in 2025 will be under $50,000.

Afghanistan: how ordinary men became unpaid Taliban enforcers in their own homes #Afghanistan #GenderEquality www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Breakthrough in search for HIV cure leaves researchers ‘overwhelmed’. #HIV www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

“By empowering local organisations & governments to take ownership of HIV & SRHR service delivery, the Transition Initiative aims to build a future where communities are at the heart of service provision, where governments are accountable partners in ensuring equitable access to healthcare for all.”

Around the world, we are seeing targeted attacks on human rights defenders inc those defending the right to abortion, says Vicky Boydell at the launch of @amnesty.org key principles. #UnstoppableMovement #HRD

Pakistan sends ‘important signal’ of hope in a gloomy world of pushbacks on women’s rights #EndChildMarriage #GenderEquality www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Doctors and whistleblowers who featured in the documentary, Gaza: Medics Under Fire, are threatening to withdraw their consent due to the BBC’s continued refusal to broadcast the film. #Gaza www.theguardian.com/media/2025/m...

Elon Musk, in conversation with Mishal Husain, says, “I’ll fix it”, speaking of the impact of US funding cuts on HIV services. #HIV

What is gender justice and how can we achieve it, asks @femupheave.bsky.social of @gh5050.bsky.social at the launch of the report by the Lancet Commission on Gender and Global Health @ids.ac.uk #Gender #GenderJustice #Power #GlobalHealth #Equity

“The picture of the world’s richest man killing the world’s poorest children is not a pretty one,” says Bill Gates. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Progress is uneven. We have unfinished business. We are leaving the most vulnerable young women and girls behind, says Dr Chandra-Mouli at the launch of @who.int guidelines on preventing early adolescent pregnancy @hrpresearch.bsky.social #HopefulFutures #SRHR #HealthForAll

New @who.int guidelines on FGM cover mental health, urging healthcare providers to integrate mental healthcare into FGM services. #EndFGM #MentalHealth @hrpresearch.bsky.social www.who.int/publications...

Whipped in front of everyone’: three women on being flogged by the Taliban #Afghanistan #GenderApartheid www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

I wrote about the devastating impact that international aid cuts will have on the HIV sector globally for @the-independent.com “We cannot sit back and watch this humanitarian disaster unfold. We must act.” www.independent.co.uk/voices/labou...

Israel has maintained an 8-week blockade on food, medicine and aid entering Gaza, while continuing aerial attacks on homes and tent shelters – deepening what the UN describes as the war’s “worst humanitarian crisis”. 🔗: aje.io/8jnqi6

This is a terrible terrible destructive decision. These sorts of long running research programmes take decades to build and their insights accumulate over decades too - the longer they run, the more valuable they become. This is knowledge vandalism. Nothing new and shiny can replace it.

I am really saddened by the level of vitriol and hatred being directed toward the trans community. We are losing our common humanity. How hard is it to treat people with kindness and respect? Trans people are human beings — and they deserve to live in dignity like anyone else.

BREAKING: #AIDS activists are delivering 206 coffins to Marco Rubio’s door at State Department Headquarters, one for every 100,000 lives that are at risk, and countless more besides, because of his decimation of PEPFAR

Members of leading British Jewish body condemn Israel’s latest actions in Gaza. #Gaza www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

WHO agrees a legally binding pandemic treaty to avoid competition for resources seen during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. www.bbc.com/news/article...

The COVID-19 pandemic may have subsided, but the battle is far from over for millions. In the shadows of recovery lies a new epidemic: long COVID, a silent storm reshaping lives, economies, and health care systems worldwide.

Thousands of shoes laid out in Dutch city of Leiden in memory of children killed by Israel in Gaza. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/4dznck

“Rapid action is needed to safeguard maternal health and end the tragedy of maternal mortality. Women have the right to not only survive pregnancy but thrive in good health.” #HopefulFutures #SRHR

Do not normalize children dying from measles. Measles was previously eliminated in the US, thanks to vaccines. When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.

“Following the overturning of Roe v Wade and the re-election of Trump as president, the anti-choice movement in this country have become emboldened in their continued attempt to strip women of their rights, dignity, and future.” Heidi Stewart @bpas.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Proud to have played a small part in developing this @ippf.bsky.social technical brief on inclusive sexual and reproductive healthcare for transgender and gender diverse people. #SRHR #Rights www.ippf.org/resource/tec...

The UN agency for children UNICEF warns that the world faces one of the greatest food and nutrition crises of our time, as 45 million children worldwide suffer from wasting, 150 million children have stunted growth, and each year maternal malnutrition contributes to 800,000 newborn deaths globally.

Nine Palestine Red Crescent medics in ambulances, and some Civil Defence workers, went to help people in Gaza's Rafah and disappeared on March 23 after coming under attack from Israeli forces. Here’s everything we know about how Israel killed them aje.io/0w6qgo

New WHO analysis shows that globally, the most common cause of maternal death (2009-2020) was haemorrhage. Unsafe abortion represented 8% of maternal deaths. As progress in reducing maternal mortality & morbidity stalls, we need urgent action to regain lost ground. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...