Latest posts tagged with #WPSWednesday on Bluesky
🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “Iranians deserve freedom & democracy. That cannot be delivered through bombs & destruction of civilian infrastructure. Iran’s future must be determined by #Iranians alone— free from war & authoritarian rule.” Ben Muessig, @theintercept.com . theintercept.com/2026/04/07/i...
🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “Time & time again, it is women who speak out in the face of state repression—as journalists speaking truth to power, lawyers fighting for the rights of the oppressed, or everyday women taking to the streets in defiance of regimes.” @msmagazine.com msmagazine.com/2026/04/04/i...
🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “From classrooms to fragile households, from crowded cities to dusty roads, & from hidden traumas to overt violence, women continue to embody resilience.” Hear the voices of women in #Palestine's #WestBank, living under war & occupation. www.actioncontrelafaim.org/en/news/head...
🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “Heed the wisdom of women #peacebuilders: this war will deepen instability & human suffering globally. The int'l community must act now & prioritize diplomacy, civilian protection, & inclusive #peacebuilding.”
ICAN & #WASL's statement: icanpeacework.org/2026/03/ican...
🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “I feel helpless, as if I have no energy left. As a woman, everything feels harder here. I don’t know how we are expected to continue, or to stay strong.” 620k+ women & girls displaced in #Lebanon, UN Women shares their stories. www.unwomen.org/en/news-stor...
🗣️ #WPSWednesday: On #IfYouWereInCharge, @sanambna.bsky.social & Kavita Ramdas discuss the #Iran crisis, nuclear risk & failing int'l systems. They are joined by Farhana Yamin, Reetta Toivanen & Rana Dajani discussing borders, #climate & #feminist leadership. open.spotify.com/episode/5IFW...
🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “Hospitals are preparing for lack of electricity, water, gas…What is going on?” ICAN's @sanambna.bsky.social spoke to @channel4news.bsky.social about the devastating reality facing the people in #Iran. www.channel4.com/news/people-...
🗣️ #WPSWednesday: "We are here to mobilize and use non-violent ways, use the arts, as a weapon of #peace. Because war has failed." In Goma, Eastern DRC, a women-led festival channels music & art into a message of #peace amid decades of conflict. www.africanews.com/2026/03/30/p...
🗣️ #WPSWednesday: In #Sudan, 72 women logged into class in the middle of a war, from refugee camps, streets, & rooms going dark when the power cut. Resilience is claiming their future despite the drones overhead. @npquarterly.bsky.social nonprofitquarterly.org/women-who-lo...
🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “I am neither a wife nor a widow.” In #Syria, thousands of women whose husbands are missing are trapped in legal limbo, unable to remarry, inherit, or even secure rights for their children. They are now demanding urgent reform. Jennifer Holleis, DW amp.dw.com/en/syria-wiv...
🗣️ #WPSWednesday: #Israeli & #Palestinian mothers walked barefoot through Rome united in grief, courage, & a shared demand for #peace. The Mothers’ Call is growing into a global movement, reminding the world that lasting #peace requires women at the centre. www.vitalvoices.org/news-article...
🗣️ #WPSWednesday: Will the #UN finally have its first woman SG or is it a “glass cliff” moment? Research shows women are often chosen to lead in times of crisis, set up to fix failing systems with limited support & then blamed if they can’t. @passblue.bsky.social passblue.com/2026/03/26/w...
🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “Education in #Gaza is no longer simply an academic path. It has become a daily act of quiet resistance...because continuing to learn under these conditions becomes a way of refusing erasure.” @wagingnonviolence.org wagingnonviolence.org/2026/03/gaza...
🗣️ #WPSWednesday: #Kenyan women are leading the fight for democracy, despite facing threats, harassment, & violence. As 2027 elections approach, attacks on women in politics risk silencing critical voices & undermining justice itself. @ipinst.bsky.social theglobalobservatory.org/2026/03/the-...
🗣️ #WPSWednesday: Over 1,400 civilians killed in #Iran. 850+ in #Lebanon. Schools, hospitals, & homes destroyed. ICAN & #WASL warn this war will only fuel more violence, instability, & human suffering. Bombs don’t bring democracy. Full statement: icanpeacework.org/2026/03/ican...
🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “We are told these wars are fought for our freedom, yet women on the ground pay the heaviest price for every U.S. intervention. The bombs falling on #Iran today will not liberate anyone.” Dena Al-Adeeb, More to Her Story. inthesetimes.com/article/iran...
🗣️ #WPSWednesday: #Peace in #Indonesia starts with addressing the discrimination against women. In this #SheTalksPeace episode, #WASL partner @PCIDupdates explores how inequality, extremism & #GBV intersect, highlighting women ulamas shaping a just future. shorturl.at/PjEWB
🗣️ #WPSWednesday: Migrant women in Iraqi #Kurdistan are trapped between exploitation & war—locked in homes, without passports, & facing nightly bombings, while trying to provide for families back home. MTHS moretoherstory.substack.com/p/i-didnt-co...
🗣️ #WPSWednesday: Hear ICAN’s @sanambna.bsky.social discuss the US & Israel’s war on #Iran & what it means for #peace, security, & global stability on BBC, TRT World News, & Channel 4 News. icanpeacework.org/ican-in-the-...
🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “Liberation” by bombs? Listen to ICAN’s @sanambna.bsky.social on The Intercept Briefing, where she challenges the narrative behind the U.S.–Israel war on #Iran—warning that it’s civilians, not regimes, who pay the price. @theintercept.com open.spotify.com/episode/1094...
🗣️ #WPSWednesday: At #CSW70, the U.S. effort to redefine “gender” as only men & women was blocked after EU-led opposition secured a “no action motion.” Global consensus on gender remains complex. @passblue.bsky.social passblue.com/2026/03/19/w...
🗣️ #WPSWednesday: In the new episode of #IfYouWereInCharge, ICAN’s @sanambna.bsky.social & Kavita Ramdas speak with Stefanie Fox of @jvp.bsky.social on the rise of Jewish anti-Zionist organising, accountability, & collective resistance. open.spotify.com/episode/0lri...
🗣️ #WPSWednesday: ICAN & #WASL warn: the war in #Iran is a war of choice, not necessity. Bombs won’t bring democracy, only more suffering. The call is clear: de-escalate, protect civilians, prioritize diplomacy & inclusive #peace. Read the statement here: icanpeacework.org/2026/03/ican...
🗣️ #WPSWednesday: Muslim women in Canada are using art, poetry, calligraphy, storytelling—to honour the Afzaal family & resist Islamophobia. #WASL member Kawther Al-Kholy shows how creativity becomes memory & resistance. Zariya zariya.online/against-forg...
🗣️ #WPSWednesday: Two weeks into #Israel’s bombardment & ground incursion in Lebanon, over one million people have fled. Many marginalized groups are denied shelter and left to survive alone. The New Humanitarian www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2026...
🗣️ #WPSWednesday: #Israeli & #Palestinian mothers marched barefoot through Rome, calling for an end to violence. Hundreds joined the “Barefoot Walk: Mothers’ Call for Peace,” highlighting that all children deserve safety, dignity & a future free from fear. www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfe...
🗣️ #WPSWednesday: Amidst escalating conflict in #Lebanon, pregnant women are being displaced, cut off from healthcare & in some cases forced to give birth on the roadside. UN News news.un.org/en/story/202...
🗣️ #WPSWednesday: A new #US foreign aid rule could restrict #UN programs on gender equality, women’s participation in #peace processes & reproductive health, raising concerns across the international community. @crisisgroup.org
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🗣 #WPSWednesday: #Palestinian feminist groups condemn #CSW70’s exclusionary system-US travel bans to sanctions targeting rights defenders. When women most impacted by occupation & injustice can’t access #UN spaces, “Access to Justice” becomes meaningless. www.qader.org/news-blogs/1...
