Current #international #political upheavals, including challenges to #multi-lateralism, put the #UN in crisis: its effectiveness is challenged & huge $ cuts have prompted layoffs & restructuring. A new #SG is to be selected in #2026. With this mess to address, a #woman might finally get the job! 😂

First #daffodils of #2026 So uplifting. 💛

I have today deleted the other app. Much relieved.

There’s so much flux in the world right now. And some reasons for hope 🙏🏽 #Iran

As #USA follows through on the #disengagement w #multi-laterialism that it signalled, the challenge now is to construct a different (part-)world order. What is that settlement? Where is the imagination and creativity to envision and craft it? #internationalPolitics #UN apnews.com/article/unit...

🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 And some things are just irresistible - they simply have to be done! 😂💕 #wearTheTrousers #trousers #school

With many 🙏🏽 to @rostaylor.bsky.social for this discussion and for giving space to #school activism in the story of change for #women re #trousers It’s a great episode 👍🏼 Women’s appearance in the world is still a battlefield..and still we move forward 🎉 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...

On my daughter’s wedding day, when one bride is to wear a jumpsuit, it’s fab to have this podcast out on trousers. 🙏🏽@rostaylor.bsky.social for having. My #WoodhouseSchool trousers episode was both evidence of constraints on girls & affirmation of solidarity amongst school kids. 💕

2 weeks to go until Christmas and you can still buy gifts /support @UK-feminista: “These beautiful bags, mugs, tea towels &posters were designed by Natalia (8yo) & Eva (15yo) to celebrate 15 years of #UKFeminista! Power change with your gifts this festive season🎄 Shop 👉 uk-feminista.teemill.com “

It’s so important that we know where we have come from, how we got here. None of us is starting from scratch. Grateful for the opportunity to have been involved in this effort to make connections 🙏🏽🙏🏽❤️❤️

“#Sheinbaum, #Mexico’s first female #president, made ending violence against women a cornerstone of her campaign, but only a year after being elected, she was groped by a stranger in public.” #vawg #sexualHaraasment #MeToo #WomenInPolitics #TakeBackTheStreets www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/w...

There are some absolute gems in @ZohranKMamdani’s speech 💎 No matter that there will be many obstacles (put) in his way, his alliances, loyalties & priorities are spot on. He has brought hope to many #NewYork ers, & those beyond, who need urgent change #NYC www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/n...

From #JessAssato over at the other place: Great to see the Government introduce a ban on strangulation content in pornography. We first made this argument back in the Online Safety Bill and @BertinGabby made it one of her Review’s recommendations. Huge thanks to @APPG_CSE @UK_Feminista @barnardos

🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 #Giuffre ❣️❣️❣️💔💔 www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...

I was Special Advisor to #ICC #Prosecutor This case, prolonged investigation &consequent harms are extremely disturbing. The impact on the 2 directly concerned& all staff is huge. Much work still to do. Inside alleged sexual misconduct of ICC prosecutor Karim Khan www.thetimes.com/article/3d90...

#Consent added to French #rape laws in wake of #Pelicot trial www.thetimes.com/article/3e36...

It’s taken many years, the persistence of #victims #survivors, the passing of (at least one of) them & Some supportive journalists & turning public opinion -> a degree of censure is in place. Significant that this is not the outcome of legal process #Andrew #Epstein www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...

Why would we expect London to be exempt from #grooming? It would make no sense #CSE #childSexualAbuse #sexualAbuse #Rape Sadiq Khan accused of covering up #London grooming gangs scandal www.thetimes.com/article/f9cc...

How many women and girls voices does it take to hold an abuser accountable? Way too many #vawg 50 Years Ago, A #Sexual #Predator Roamed My Town. It Was Only Recently That I Realized How Intimately I Knew Him. - HuffPost UK

#GenZ doing their thing again This time in #Madagascar Madagascar Military Seizes Power, Then Nation Explodes in Joy www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/w...

Man who appealed Pelicot rape conviction handed longer jail term Man who appealed #Pelicot #rape conviction handed longer jail term www.bbc.com/news/article...

Thanks to @filiacharity.bsky.social for the opportunity to reflect on and discuss the 1996 Brighton conference on #violence #abuse and #womens #citizenship this weekend I’ll be with @proflizkelly @hillarymcc7 on Saturday Tx here: Filia.org.uk/tickets

Such sad news - Jane Goodall make such a huge difference in this world, for our collective good. 💔 🙏🏽

In #Liverpool today for fringe event on #Fabian pamphlet today at 1700 We’re talking #HumanRights & #VAWG It’s outside the secure zone - which means local #vawg peeps can join us. Please do! Cc #CiaraBergman #RapeCrisis #SaraHyde #SarahRussellMP #FabianWomensNetwork fabians.org.uk/only-halfway/

Ex-Wall Street Star Accused of Abusing Women in Penthouse Sex ‘Dungeon’ www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/n...

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... Hoping for #justice for #AgneaWanjiru and her family

“..10,000 Nepali youth, including ..in the diaspora, voted for an interim prime minister not through physical or electoral ballots, but through an online poll on..a platform primarily used by gamers.” #SriLanka #Nepal #Bangladesh #GenZ is doing politics in new ways #Asia aje.io/vts5oo

Calling #UK #VAWG peeps You may have spoken to Reem @unsrvaw.bsky.social in 2024 or you may have missed her but you can hear her speak about her visit & report at this #CWASU event on 25/9. She will be in discussion w' @proflizkelly.bsky.social & me. Register 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/joining-th...

It’s crucial we remember what’s going on in #Afghansistant and that we don’t give up the fight, abandon the women there Cc @profkarimabennoune.bsky.social Conference on international legal possibilities this Thursday 18 September 👇🏽

Shattered by news of #ConorGearty’s passing. I was his deputy at #LSE #IPA where principled risk taking proved productive & fun. He became a dear friend. Conor offered opportunities; it was great to reciprocate: we launched a report at the #UN (his 1st visit to #UNGA room) I will miss him deeply 💔

📣📣📣 Mark your diaries: 25 September 1700 BST Reem AlSalem will be discussing her #UK report on #VAWG with me & Liz Kelly Join us to hear about the report & to discuss what needs to doing now Registration link coming next week #unsrvaw @unsrvaw.bsky.social @profLizKelly.bsky.social #cwasu

#Korea n #women who were #prostituted have won a case against their own government & now have the US military in their sights. They were recruited,contained, tested, forced to take penicillin + In a First, Korean Women Target U.S. Military in Suit Over Prostitution www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/w...

What a woman is #ChoiMal-ja 🙏🏽 💖 She was wronged decades ago & had to wait 61 yrs for justice - won through her #determination, the impact of #MeToo & study #SouthKorea #Woman Is #Absolved Decades After Biting Attacker’s Tongue During Attempted #Rape www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/w...

The #UK Deputy Prime Minister has conveyed the government’s assessment that there is no #genocide #Gaza The Court with the jurisdiction to make that determination considers it to be plausible. #ICJ Israel is not committing genocide in Gaza, government concludes www.thetimes.com/article/06e8...

💬 "there’s an urgent need for guidance & resources tailored to Alternative Provision settings to address sexism and sexual harassment" 📒 That's why we've launched 'Understanding Sexual Harassment' for AP settings 👉 Director Nina Humphries explains: rb.gy/eprlbz 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 @ukfeminista.bsky.social

This is so beautiful 😍

I worked as Special Advisor to the Prosecutor The case that opened the allegations against him in his #ICC role is very distressing. Now another woman has come forward. Such bravery. #MeToo www.theguardian.com/law/2025/aug...

#UN experts call for emergency #UNGA meeting as genocide and man-made famine unfold in #Gaza, urging action under the Uniting for #Peace resolution to hold Israel accountable: "The General Assembly must act without delay to stop the machinery of death" www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

‘I felt like the walls were closing in. All I could see was Fred West’s face’: how one woman escaped Britain’s worst serial killers - The Guardian A harrowing account of #sexualAbuse, intimidation fear and, eventually, survival, growth. How easily horrors are overlooked. 🙏🏽 #KathleenRichards

I worked as Special Advisor to the Prosecutor The case that opened the allegations against him in his #ICC role is very distressing. Now another woman has come forward. Such bravery. #MeToo www.theguardian.com/law/2025/aug...

He raped as a man. He has been found guilty. He now identifies as a woman. He is dangerous. Met Police volunteer guilty of #raping woman and girl www.thetimes.com/article/c311...

The upshot of the ‘manosphere’? Women being assaulted on trains #SexualHarassment #MeToo #PublicSpaces www.thetimes.com/article/60b8...

The newest round of US actions against the #intnlcrimcourt are in place. The #ICC is obliged to act without fear or favour & these actions may complicate its work. But it has many people in, & supporting, it who will uphold its mission and role in the pursuit of global justice.

Nearly half..agreed with the statement “Girls may say no at first but then can be persuaded to have sex”. More than half had seen porn depicting #strangulation Scary stuff: Children’s exposure to porn increasing in the #UK despite 2023 Online Safety Act www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

The #government approach suggests poor understanding of how various forms of violence are connected & that the same person/ people can commit more than one form #SexualViolence #rape #SexualExploitation look like they will remain marginal cf #domesticViolence #Vawg news.sky.com/story/child-...

Henry Smith Foundation is launching a dedicated fund for ‘led by and for’ organisations providing specialist domestic abuse services. The fund opens on 13th August and will award 20 five-year running cost grants of £250,000 (£50,000 per year) to help organisations strengthen their foundations.

From @rapeCrisis: 📣 We want to hear from survivors of sexual violence who've had to wait 3+ years for a #police decision on whether to charge a perpetrator or close the #case. Please share your experience by 1 September #rape #cjs ➡️ form.jotform.com/251132782309050 Cc @rapecrisis.bsky.social

Good morning all, from north #London where the sky is stunning ❣️ #BlueSky #PrettyClouds

We attended the launch this week of the @thefabians.bsky.social pamphlet, Halfway There? co-authored by @purnasen.bsky.social and @drsarahyde.bsky.social: bsky.app/profile/fili...

#USA dropped the #AtomBomb on #Hiroshima 80 yrs ago: survivors & mayor urge action for peace: ‘acceptance of the nuclear option could cause “utterly inhumane” consequences’ That *one* bomb killed almost 350,000 people; bombs are much more powerful now. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...