Asia Russell
@asia_ilse
Global #AIDS, #health advocacy & policy. Focus on #Uganda and region. Fighting for health justice & access to treatment for all. Executive Director @HealthGAP.
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http://healthgap.org 31-07-2014 06:09:45
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🚨 ALERT 🚨 World Bank Pres. Banga intends to restart lending to #Uganda 🇺🇬, even though its anti-#LGBTQI+ law still violates the Bank's own human rights policies. Call on Banga NOT to turn his back on human rights in #Uganda. Endorse here -> docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… #RepealAHA23
It now has been proven: the The Wall Street Journal shows how #Russia did finance the 'Entebbe Family Values conference' to scale up the #Uganda anti-gay law. I first wrote about this in January: democracyinafrica.org/did-russia-pla…; article in The Wall Street Journal here: wsj.com/world/africa/r…
Truth comes out: Nicholas Bariyo & Gabriele Steinhauser expose the money & collusion between the Russian government, U.S. Christian extremists, and #Ugandan politicians who attack, scapegoat and terrorize #LGBTQ people while enriching themselves: wsj.com/world/africa/r… #RepealAHA23
🪧 Call to Action: Join us this Thursday for an Emergency Protest challenging World Bank's Decision to restart lending to Uganda. Information Below 👇🏾 Uganda Key Populations Consortium @smug2004 Chapter Four Uganda
"Our project, your problem?" - Fascinating analysis by Matthew Herder and Ximena Benavides on the MedicinesPatentPool and World Health Organization (WHO)-led mRNA vaccine technology transfer programme, suggesting critical design and governance flaws that risk undermining its good intentions journals.plos.org/globalpubliche…
We called for action on global #LGBTQ+ rights and freedoms from across the Biden-Harris Cabinet. Human rights don't exist in silos. Secretary Pete Buttigieg Special Envoy Jessica Stern #RepealAHA23 Richard Lusimbo 🏳️🌈
Today's the day! Join us this morning to demand World Bank follow its own rules on anti-discrimination, and heed the demands of #LGBTQ and human rights activists--don't restart lending to Uganda! #RepealAHA23 ACT UP NY WACI Health Housing Works #RepealAHA23
Incredible to see Ugandan and African diaspora demanding the World Bank #StopFundingHate as it reconsiders loans to corrupt Museveni’s anti-LGBTQ+ govt. Solidarity knows no borders and Asia Russell fights every day for marginalised communities. Sending solidarity from the UK ✊
There's no way to a 'compromise' when discrimination is the purpose of Uganda's anti-LGBTQ+ law. World Bank itself said it best: "We believe our vision to eradicate poverty on a livable planet can only succeed if it includes everyone irrespective of race, gender, or sexuality."
📰 "The World Bank's mitigation measures are a facade, designed to provide the illusion of protection," said Richard Lusimbo 🏳️🌈 of #RepealAHA23 #RepealAHA23 Link: dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/… Chapter Four Uganda #SAYNOTOHOMOPHOBIA | SMUG🏳️🌈 Uganda Key Populations Consortium
Read the full civil society open letter to #AjayBanga and the World Bank here ⤵️
4/ A true highlight was meeting Secretary Pete Buttigieg Buttigieg, the U.S. Secretary of Transportation, who is a role model in our community. His words re-echoed the importance of visibility and representation. Our engagement with him was inspiring, and it reminded us how important it is
Today, Senate Foreign Relations Committee had the honor of welcoming to the Capitol Clare Byarugaba, a courageous #HumanRightsDefender and LGBTQIA+ advocate from Uganda. Learn more about her story and fight for #HumanRights and #Equality in Uganda in our #TruthToPower docu-series ➡️foreign.senate.gov/press/dem/rele…
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