Malala Yousafzai: We must stop Covid shutting girls out of school forever via Financial Times on.ft.com/3gUxI94

Tony Blair: Without total change Labour will die newstatesman.com/politics/2021/…

To teachers across the country, as we end this unprecedented school year: You’ve been vital sources of knowledge, support, and comfort for students, parents, and your community. I’ve seen it and experienced it with my own kids. Today, and every day, we say thank you.

None of our national parks are wild enough to withstand the shocks of the extinction and climate crises. Tell the UK Government and devolved administrations to mandate #wildernationalparks and restore nature on a large scale Sign the petition act.rewildingbritain.org.uk/demand-wilder-…

Introducing the Gender Fund youtu.be/cC5OZ0Khc-k via YouTube 135 years to reach gender equality is not OK! Funding at scale needed to bring about fundamental systems’ change - love Co-Impact ambition.

Taking advantage of the agility of entrepreneurs by integrating their responses into mainstream, public and donor-led, response efforts increases the extent/speed by which hard-to-reach last mile is brought along. bit.ly/3izqiZi weforum.org/agenda/2021/08…

The IPCC report was truly horrifyingly but there are so many things us as individuals can do to reverse the damage: vote; write to your MP/ local council; support environmental charities; recycle and reuse; buy local and from corporations that reflect your values...#stillhope

UK aid for Afghanistan in 2021 has been cut by 87%. Mr Raab has just said on BBC Radio 4 Today he will now increase it by 10% instead. That's better but the cut itself should never have been made. The cut from 0.7 to 0.5 is illegal. Cutting aid to Afghanistan was always wrong choice

Leading Advocates for Women Call on Biden Administration: “Do Not Abandon Afghan Women and Girls” globenewswire.com/news-release/2…

Activists march to White House in support of Afghan women - The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/local/activist…

Shrinking horizons: ‘Women feel everything is finished’ theguardian.com/world/2021/sep…

In his speech, Bolsonaro lied about the protection of the Amazon, saying that 84% of the forest is standing. But over 20% of the forest has already been destroyed, and the first half of 2021 has had the highest number of deforestation alerts since 2015. glo.bo/3koJqdz

Cross party MPs say "cutting aid spending on neglected tropical diseases, or health research for lower-income countries, in order to focus on Covid-19, could undermine the response to Covid, and put us all at greater risk from the next pandemic."

From today, applications for the #GenderFund are #OPEN - excited to be supporting Co-Impact support #GlobalSouth #gender-focused initiatives. Apply now > bit.ly/3F3TPUg

Government broke a manifesto promise to cut global aid 30%. Treasury now threatens to break PM’s G7 promise Covid vaccine donations would be ‘on top’ of aid budget. And the global agreement that IMF credits would be additional help for Covid response bbc.co.uk/news/uk-587696… 1/2

Join us in celebrating incredible changemakers at NowThis NEXT presents YES WE DID! The Vital Voices of 2021. Airing here on NowThis and on Oprah Winfrey Network this Monday Oct. 25 at 8pm EST. Visit nowthisnext.com to RSVP now! (In partnership with Vital Voices)

We talked to Liz Truss last week about aid cuts hitting country programmes hardest. As a result 👇UK (5th richest country) will go from giving more aid to Africa than any country except USA, to giving less than South Korea (10th richest and the newest aid donor country)

Such a powerful image - the Minister from Tuvalu in the South Pacific delivered his speech to #COP26  from the sea to illustrate the crisis they face with rising sea levels. #climatechange Rajendra Chouhan Bagh

This is a sizzler. Please read it. Then read it again. Searing insights. Deep analysis. Highly alarming. (Ps I particularly liked the “New Cold War” bit. ) en.desk-russie.eu/2021/12/30/wha…

Grim picture but an outstanding visual