"Behind every delay is a life pushed into fear, silence, or loss" — Powerful reminder of the urgency for action to end AIDS from Yvette Raphael of the Advocacy for Prevention of HIV and AIDS (APHA) during the Multi-Stakeholder Hearing for the #HLM2026AIDS. www.unaids.org/en/2026-high...

Sharing my latest thoughts on the UN80 Initiative assessment report on potential merger between UN Women and UNFPA. Before rushing into a merger, UN Member States should set up a meaningful process to consider a fuller range of actions we can take to address them. Check it out:

Today we protested Vought for the third time, this time before the House Budget Committee, because he wants to destroy global health programs. But we’re not stopping until we force him to take his foot off the necks of all people with HIV stop obstructing lifesaving PEPFAR funding

Israel launched its largest wave of strikes in Lebanon yet today, with more than 100 airstrikes in 10 minutes. Dozens of people have reportedly been killed so far today, and more than 1500 people have been killed since March 2. Civilians, who continue to pay the highest price, must be protected.

Massive devastation following the Israeli strikes across Lebanon. Homes destroyed. Communities shattered. Many lives lost. Children reported among the victims. Civilians, in particular children, must be protected at all times, and international humanitarian law must be fully respected.

a “ceasefire” that lasted 17 hours and killed 254 people in lebanon is not a ceasefire and referring to it as one is inaccurate

do we honestly have no way of ending a presidency for posting “a whole civilization will die tonight”

The US State Department is now trying to shut the Global Health Supply Chain Program down entirely www.reuters.com/business/hea... #HIV #PEPFAR

We lost an AIDS warrior today. In 2001, when global AIDS treatment activism was building, he called the West's refusal to support HIV treatment in Africa "murder." By using harsh, accurate language he helped ignite & validate calls for corrective action www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/jacc...

I’m no lawyer but I find it interesting that Christian conversion therapy practitioners have the right to tell kids they aren’t trans but those kids’ teachers apparently don’t have the right to say they are trans and people on the internet may not have the right to affirm them being trans either

New study led by @alexandra-richards.bsky.social. Reducing men’s TB risk and improving treatment access could have big impacts on #TB incidence and deaths for men, women, and children. www.nature.com/articles/s43... @kchorton.bsky.social @uofgshw.bsky.social @lightontb.bsky.social

Tomorrow we launch the Global South Coalition for SRHR & Development Justice. This promises to be a great conversation with leaders on human rights, economic justice, health, and trade. Join us! 📅 March 31 🕗 8:00 AM (EDT) Register here: 🔗https://bit.ly/GlobalSouthCoalitionLaunch

Lenacapavir could literally help bring about the end of new HIV infections if people who need it can easily access it. But capping supply at 2 million doses/year and refusing to sell to humanitarian organizations like @msf.org is going to limit its impact. Great thread from @mbarber.bsky.social.

Indispensable reading by Rama Salla Dieng on concurrent crises in Senegal, fabricated at home and abroad, that led to the recent anti-LGBTQ law. roape.net/2026/03/17/b...

This is preposterous, but this is exactly what US diplomats argued at the Commission on the Status of Women just now.

Would have been sharing an oped this morning with y’all except the publisher ran it with a nine year old bio from the last time I published something with them. 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

Important piece from Isabel Choat in the Guardian on the proposed merger of UN Women and UNFPA. The risks of a merger cannot be understated. When both gender equality and sexual and reproductive health and rights are under attack, it threatens to set back the UN's work on these issues.

US aid cuts: $45bn UK aid cuts: $8.2bn EU aid cuts: $2.5bn France aid cuts: $2bn German aid cuts: $2bn Canada aid cuts: $675m Aid has dropped by over 50% in the last two years. So it’s a good job the world is a lot safer now and there are definitely no major humanitarian crises brewing!

#BREAKING: 13 arrested in Cannon House Rotunda demanding immediate release of $977 million in PEPFAR funding illegally impounded by Vought, read: bit.ly/PEPFARSlowDown and press release: healthgap.org/press/activi... @housingworksnyc.bsky.social @treatmentactiongroup.org

Listen to Nina. And if you are in NY-12, vote for her.

Missiles fired by US, Israel hit two schools near Tehran: Iranian media https://aje.news/3kck8y

The right was recently up in arms because UN Women released an infographic for a campaign against child marriage that pictured a white girl. The truth is, child marriage happens far too often in the United States, often due to adolescent pregnancy and the policies that they espouse.

FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

Tell me again why we can’t have nice things?

This is devastating and a direct consequence of the US/Israel war against Iran. I didn't know Yanar, but many of my friends and colleagues did. Her courageous leadership made it possible for others in Iraq, and the region, to advocate for women's rights. Rest in Power Yanar.

@profsophieharman.bsky.social nails it.

As out turns out, the “civilization“ spread by the western powers was always repression, plunder, & mass death disguised under the language of universal rights.

I had a vague hope that the rest of the world would denounce the illegal attacks by the US Israel against Iran. To see North leaders falling over themselves to signal their approval is just something else. They are just completely lacking any moral leadership at this point.

“The victims were between seven and 12 years old, according to Iran's Tasnim and Fars news agencies.”

Evil, pure and simple

Finally. Justice.

After 2 years of work, our special issue in @contraceptionjl.bsky.social on "Emergency of FemTech in the SRH Landscape" is out! It includes 14 papers on fertility tracking, contraception, and abortion in the digital age, plus our summary Editorial. A 🧵on what we found; please help us share! 1/8

So the White House withdrew from the WHO, only to propose spending billions to try and replicate its functions in a much more inefficient and ineffective system. Ridiculous.

Rest in power, Virginia Giuffre. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This. 100% this.

Sometimes I wish I was a lawyer just so I could work for an organization as awesome as @ifwhenhow.bsky.social. If you are a lawyer, check this out.

This is devastating precisely because when we need other donors to counter the weaponization of foreign assistance by the US as a tool against gender equality, human rights and equity, they are all jumping ship...

It doesn't matter how. It doesn't matter who. It doesn't matter where. It doesn't matter why. Torture is never acceptable and always illegal.

it's hard to process this level of cruelty to children

🚨 New from @hrw.org: #UN member states should select a champion of #HumanRights as the next UN Secretary-General as the UN faces a crisis amid a global retreat on rights & democracy. - by Widad Franco

There's so much that middle powers like Canada, could do to actually build strong alliances with other countries and hold the line against the further consolidation of power and resources by great powers. Or, they could do this....

Abuse of women and children is the ultimate offence that horrifies everyone in theory. It's sensational and abhorrent In reality, abuse of women and children is mundane and boring. When carried out by powerful men, it's an inconvenience that detracts from serious issues like money or security

Now more than ever, information is power. We’re here to keep you informed on how U.S. policies like the Global Gag Rule threaten reproductive rights. You can learn more about the expanded Gag Rule—and how the U.S. is using coercive “health agreements” with other governments—here: buff.ly/7HYsDYr

Devastating.

This is essentially blackmail and could endanger vaccine supply for many countries that need thiomersal in vaccines to keep them stable when they lack infrastructure to keep vaccines cool in transport and storage 🧵

Why would you believe people who tell you that the US can't shut down institutions at the drop of a hat when you are currently witnessing this administration do it in real time?

The latest iteration of the Global Gag Rule is "despicable and unacceptable" - it restricts U.S. foreign aid recipients from engaging in abortion-related work, or working to advance diversity, equity and inclusion; gender equality; and LGBTQI+ rights. Read Ipas's full statement: buff.ly/DzIZDvP

It’s rare that leaders say out loud what many, especially in the Global South, have said for decades. This feels like yet another inflection point.