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Affan Chowdhryعفان

@affanchowdhry

Communications & Media Specialist @UNFPA Past: CNN, The Globe and Mail, BBC WS, CBC. Roots: Toronto

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linkhttps://about.me/affanchowdhry calendar_today30-04-2009 18:13:30

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Barry Malone(@malonebarry) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It's World Press Freedom Day. And nobody deserves our respect, solidarity and admiration today more than the brave and determined journalists of Gaza. We would be blind without them and they are the best of us.

It's World Press Freedom Day. And nobody deserves our respect, solidarity and admiration today more than the brave and determined journalists of Gaza. We would be blind without them and they are the best of us.
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UN News(@UN_News_Centre) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The joint UN Development-ESCWA report “War in Gaza: Expected Socioeconomic Impacts on the State of Palestine” shows the devastating effects of the ongoing war in on the Palestinian people

Read more ⤵️
news.un.org/en/story/2024/…

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Affan Chowdhryعفان(@affanchowdhry) 's Twitter Profile Photo

They have more than earned it 💔; and they continue to play a vital role in documenting the humanitarian crisis and the need for an immediate :

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Mehdi Hasan(@mehdirhasan) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Excellent, eloquent, nuanced, sensible remarks from a prominent former college president, and Jewish academic, on CNN: cnn.com/videos/us/2024…

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Affan Chowdhryعفان(@affanchowdhry) 's Twitter Profile Photo

💔'...the dust that remains of Al Shifa Hospital.'

Hospitals must be respected and protected; they must not be turned into battlegrounds.

And there must be a credible and transparent investigation into reports of mass graves at Al Shifa and Nasser Hospital.

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UN News(@UN_News_Centre) 's Twitter Profile Photo

180 women give birth in Gaza every day and they need our help more than ever, says senior UNFPA official for Palestine

soundcloud.com/unradio/230424…

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Lindsey Hilsum(@lindseyhilsum) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Tonight Channel 4 News I’m reporting on the investigation into UNRWA by three outside organisations. Israel provided no evidence that their staff members took part in the Sept 7 attacks - so will the UK now resume funding?

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Millions of women and girls saw no progress in their reproductive rights simply because of who they are or where they were born, UNFPA reports. Agency chief Dr. Natalia Kanem /she/her/ella/ says those in conflict zones are most vulnerable. Listen here⬇️
news.un.org/en/audio/2024/…

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Affan Chowdhryعفان(@affanchowdhry) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Utterly tragic and heartbreaking report from Dominic Waghorn; a baby saved from the womb of mother killed in strike is now an orphan. How many more babies like this are there? Too many.

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United Nations Geneva(@UNGeneva) 's Twitter Profile Photo

'6.5 months of Israeli military operations have created what I saw on the ground, which is a humanitarian hellscape. I am terrified for the one million women and girls in right now, and especially for the 180 women giving birth every single day.'
- Dominic Allen, UNFPA

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James Elder(@1james_elder) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Reports are now that more than 14,000 girls and boys have been killed in .
Perhaps we should say that slowly. Fourteen thousand. Perhaps we should do something.
And surely that 'something' is not a military offensive in Rafah. Ceasefire. Now

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus(@DrTedros) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Amid ongoing hostilities,
World Health Organization (WHO) and partners concluded another mission to north and reached the Palestinian Medical Relief Society (PMRS) medical point, Al-Shifa Hospital, and Indonesian hospital to assess their current capacity.

Once again, the mission was severely…

Amid ongoing hostilities, @WHO and partners concluded another mission to north #Gaza and reached the Palestinian Medical Relief Society (PMRS) medical point, Al-Shifa Hospital, and Indonesian hospital to assess their current capacity. Once again, the mission was severely…
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