"Countries like Sweden, Finland, & Denmark have taken progressive steps by acknowledging that Afghan women/girls face persecution that qualifies them for refugee status under the 1951 Convention. This approach sets a precedent for other nations." carleton.ca/lerrn/2024/red…

This is a moment, I won’t forget. I’m so happy it’s resonating with so many around the world ❤️

Love me some wonderwall… get me a campfire, cute boy and a guitar stat 😍

"Over the past three years, the Taliban has issued at least 17 directives targeting journalists and media, which have significantly restricted press freedom, with a particular impact on women journalists." #Afghanistan #HumanRights rukhshana.com/en/media-watch…

Ways to support afg women— -Demand answers from OIC on their brutal silence (social media, email or letter). -Secure scholarships for Afg girls online:offline. -Help evacuate &shelter HR activists in danger. -Assist platforms educating Afg girls with teaching/technical help.

An indifferent society failed Neveah. Now she deserves a reckoning. A society indifferent to the plight of a little girl should at least see her death as a catalyst for seeking ways to prevent such avoidable tragedy from happening again. #StarEditorial trib.al/dSMZU8B

HERE COMES CANADA 🇨🇦 A red and white wave at Place de la Concorde. Team Canada led by Katarina Roxon and Patrick Anderson. They are all ready to take on the world.

"What we see today in Afghanistan is gender apartheid." Ali Maisam Nazary, Head of Foreign Relations for the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan tells Mehdi Hasan about the situation of women in Afghanistan today. Watch episode here: zeteo.com/p/exclusive-me…

“Just as education for girls is banned, questioning it is also banned” —Taliban Minister of Education. Afghanistan is a living dystopia, yet the world turns a blind eye. Girls’ education faces permanent erasure. The world fell for their false promises. It’s time to WAKE UP.

Sick, sick, sick… sad to miss my last few days at CBC Radio 😔 Not ideal, but health comes first. Have appreciated this past year and all the love on the airwaves 🎙️

Rise up brave women of Afghanistan #HumanRights

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has written a letter the NDP's Jagmeet Singh asking him to pull his party's support for the Liberals so Canadians can go to the polls this fall instead of next year as planned. cbc.ca/news/politics/… .

What. A. Story. Zakia Khudadadi, originally from 🇦🇫, wins 1st ever Paralympic medal for Refugee Paralympic Team 🥉 #Taekwondo

Horrific and sad. Two brothers - gone.

Local media reporting the brothers were hit by an alleged drunk driver in New Jersey while on bicycles. They were in town for their sister’s wedding - as groomsmen. Their deaths happened the night before her wedding was set to take place today.

I’ll have some football with that gorgeous sky 😍 #HomeSweetHome #Saskatchewan

BREAKING – The NDP has pulled out of the Supply and Confidence deal with the Liberals but this is not automatically triggering an election. The NDP say they're taking a vote-by-vote approach, to determine if they will support the government. A few things to consider #cdnpoli

On the off chance you’ve been wondering where I’ve been for the last year… ctvnews.ca/health/john-ve…

Sickening… nearly 89,000 women & girls were killed intentionally around 🌍 in latest UN data from 2022 (highest # in past 20 years) More than half of all female homicides are committed by intimate partners or family members

#Breaking: Liberals’ national campaign director tells Justin Trudeau he is quitting trib.al/v65oZjG