The OU has launched a new free online course through OpenLearn for people housing, caring for or working with Ukrainians in the UK The course provides insight into Ukrainian culture, language, food, housing, and healthcare. ow.ly/CpuI50Le6Bw

In this blog, Sameer Al-Doumy he gives a testimony of his time photographing migrants crossing the English Channel to reach the UK: cov19chronicles.com/the-crossing/

"Startling portraits look down on you from the bare walls. This hasn’t been manicured for easy consumption. These pictures & words remind us of the disruption caused to people by forces acting in our name" Kevin McKenna on our #AfghanInterpreters exhibition heraldscotland.com/opinion/230668…

Today, we release a new report into the growing number of experimental #blockchain-based projects that are targeting refugees, aid beneficiaries + other low-income communities. 🧵THREAD 1/11 mctd.ac.uk/crypto-and-oth…

The promises of "decentralized ID" #SSI and #Web3 technologies never stand up to reality -Paul Currion I sincerely hope that everyone working on #digitalID & especially #SSI Digital EU 🇪🇺 eSSIF-Lab Andrea Servida Homeland Security Anil John // @[email protected] read this Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy report and heed its cautions.

"Web3 is a problem then, both because it's experimental, but also because, in practice, when actually implemented, it winds up not being innovative enough." Lana speaks at the launch of Dr Margie Cheesman's Web3 report. mctd.ac.uk/web3-and-commu…

Insightful discussion hosted by Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy and Prof Gina Neff on Web 3 experimentation in communities at risk. Dr Margie Cheesman shared her report and recommendations, Paul Currion emphasized the lack of oversight, and Lana discussing the Gemini implosion. (1/)

"We should not be testing these kinds of experimental projects first on people who don't have choice or alternatives", says Dr Margie Cheesman mctd.ac.uk/web3-and-commu…

'UofG is sending a powerful message that we're an open & welcoming institution with a proud history of reaching a hand of friendship to refugees' Sabir Zazai 🧡 We've been awarded @UniofSanctuary status for our commitment to supporting people who have experienced forced migration

Today, #SistersNotStrangers call out the UK Government’s hypocrisy towards survivors of sexual violence. Please listen to & share our statement! Thank you to everyone who signed this. In these dark times, your support means everything to us. #WeAreSurvivorsToo Covid Chronicles from the Margins 🧡

“I want to let the world understand the real Afghanistan.” Yang Sen, an ambitious Chinese entrepreneur, has a grand plan - to launch a new media outlet in Afghanistan. He’s got money, a studio and a team of journalists. But is that all it will take? aje.io/goldrush

“Women of #Ukraine, #Afghanistan & #iran are tied together - our bodies have become a battlefield“ ⁦Nazanin Boniadi⁩ in great panel moderated by ⁦Yalda Hakim⁩ ⁦BBC 100 Women⁩

gofund.me/5ee6f173 #GoFundMe please spare a moment to watch Olga’s appeal and help her provide heat and light in the shelter for internally displaced Ukrainian women and children - thank you.

Olga organises shelter for internally displaced families in western Ukraine - the shelter urgently needs funds for a generator for heat and hot water. Follow her conversation with Prof Marie Gillespie and discover more about Olga's work 👉 ow.ly/tQrX50M6VXr

“You feel you are trapped in huge, big, powerful ocean waves” Olga walks us through what Russia’s war on #Ukraine has been like for her, as the coordinator of a shelter that she created for internally displaced women and children cov19chronicles.com/olgas-chronicl…

If you would like to contribute to Olga’s shelter and help her provide for the women and children – please visit the Go Fund Me link: gofund.me/01c566aa #Ukraine #gofundme #donate #shelter #displaced #women #children

On the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Olga Olenichenko talks about what 'walking through war' has been like - plz read, share and donate, if you can cov19chronicles.com/olgas-chronicl…

Latest article. I reflect on #humanitarian orgs' technological choices (including stablecoins in Ukraine...) and review Fleur Johns's new book '#Help'. academic.oup.com/lril/advance-a… Thanks to Fleur, Prof Claudia Aradau & S Humphreys for last year's convo LSE Law School which this emerged from.

Giving a talk on 28 Feb, online via King's College London. Register to find out about the intersections between money technologies, humanitarian relations, and religious concepts. kcl.ac.uk/events/margie-…