#Feminism Lithuania’s likely next prime minister, Ingrida Simonyte, said women will occupy about half of ministerial posts in her government, making it one of the world’s most gender-balanced: bloomberg.com/news/articles/… (EN) Bloomberg Ingrida Šimonytė

#Poland and #Hungary hate it when minorities "push their agenda" and "ignore the majority". Well I hate to break it to you guys, but on the question of the importance of #RuleOfLaw you are definitely in the minority. Let that sink in.

The #16Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence end on #HumanRightsDay, but our activism continues every day until women can live without fear of violence. Join us and #StandUp4HumanRights every day. Over to you, UN Human Rights!

#LGBT Imagine hating love that much. Yikes! 🌈 lrt.lt/en/news-in-eng… (EN) LRT English ILGA-Europe

#LGBT While we are glad to see ideas in Lithuania regarding civil partnerships, until we see the law on the table and passed, it is only political philosophy and not real progress. 🌈 news.trust.org/item/202012211… (EN) Context

A lesson from #America tonight to every country: no democracy, not even the most mature one, is immune from the great damage done by populism, radicalism, egoism and irresponsibility. But only democracy can also fix it. And in the end #America will do just that.

So sad to see what’s happening in the US Capital right now. Democracy will overcome!

More #womeninpolitics make for stronger democracies. Yet, there is still a long way to go until we achieve equality in governance around the world. #GenerationEquality

Joint statement by 🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹: Detaining Alexei @Navalny by the Russian authorities is completely unacceptable. We demand his immediate release. EU should act swiftly and if he is not released, we need to consider imposition of restrictive measures in response to this blatant act”

If anyone were still having illusions of the Kremlin sanity, they must have finally vanished just now as the whole world is following live from Sheremetyevo #Navalny

Congratulations to President Joe Biden US Vice President Kamala Harris on your inauguration! Wishing you to make the US and the World a better place. Looking forward to welcoming you in Vilnius one day! 📷AFP

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#WeRemember. As the time passes, we do not forget, we always remember. And we say loud and clear: never again. #HolocaustRemembranceDay

Lithuanian conservatives must immediately condemn their colleague Valdas Rakutis for the antisemitic article he published today. His party TS-LKD can either react swiftly, or lose the right to be considered a mainstream European democratic party. It's that simple. #WeRemember

RT to show that you're standing with us. #GenerationEquality

🇪🇺 🇱🇹 Happy Day of the Restoration of the State, Lithuania! Sveikiname su Valstybės atkūrimo diena, Lietuva! The Curonian Spit is a 98km long, thin, curved sand-dune spit - a unique landscape that is part of our Natura 2000 network. #EUYearOfRail #SuGimtadieniuLietuva

I call on employers within the EU to take a bold stand for diversity, inclusion and our #UnionOfEquality 🇪🇺 Start planning now how you will take part in #EUDiversityMonth ➡️ec.europa.eu/info/policies/…

Greets from #Lithuania, which today celebrates 103rd anniversary of its restored #Independence🇱🇹! Celebrates calmly and at home, but being proud of its history and confident of its future. For the one who believes in the power of freedom, cannot be broken by power of any regime.

This means less people will now be forced into abusive therapies to try and change their identity. LGBTI rights are human rights 💛

Check out our new Human Right Guide theme on Civic participation: elections, volunteering, NGOs and more 🤩 zmogausteisiugidas.lt/en/themes/civi…