Great to see Ireland and other #DAC members launch this Guidance and make concrete plans for its uptake and implementation - to make sure all development interventions have a positive impact on gender equality 👏Lisa Williams Katz

It’s the #DayOfTheGirl ! Let’s make sure our daughters are empowered to make their own life choices and that our sons respect and support them

Such a pleasure to have everyone (almost) back in person again for the OECD Development #GENDERNET meeting this week, reflecting together on how to best advance #WomensRights through development co-operation

Today is #InternationalDaytoEliminateVAW and the start of #16daysofactivism2022 Excellent that we have this period each year to bring attention to the issue, but infuriating that it is needed

Watch NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern pick apart this reporter's question during a joint press conference with Finnish PM Sanna Marin. He asked the pair 'are you two meeting because you're similar in age and got a lot of common stuff there?' Read more: trib.al/HSLyzZQ

Join the Effective Development Co-operation Summit👇and link up to the spotlight session on gender equality on 13 December! Development can never be effective without gender equality, so how do we make it happen?

Thread 👇 From the #DevCoSummit

Want to know how to evaluate development programmes in a feminist way?! Have a look at Canada’s approach which we’re highlighting in this new OECD development practice note: oecd.org/development-co… Development Canada

Pleased that there was interest in our thoughts on transformative change for gender equality in development - have a look ICYMI the first time around👇

“Feminist foreign policies offer the opportunity to stop working in silos and focus on dismantling unequal relationships” says Theo Sowa at the launch of the 2023 OECD Development Co-operation Report. Read her excellent analysis: fal.cn/3vRaa

Thanks Focus 2030 for the opportunity to participate in this!

“As development providers widen the lens on gender equality through FFPs and thematic strategies, they should also consider how gender data and statistics figure into their approach.” Recommended reading by PARIS21 Lauren Harrison Desai @LilianaSuchodo2 UN Women 👏👇

Restricting access to safe abortions drives women & girls towards unsafe procedures, which increase health risks and result in millions of hospitalizations each year. More from World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday's #InternationalSafeAbortionDay: who.int/health-topics/…

Today, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, I’m thinking about my sons. Because this is about men’s violence, about the fact that society needs to stop accepting it, and about how we all raise our boys. #16Days

Lots of work to do still, to ensure that development co-operation supports gender equality and women’s rights: today only 43% of ODA has gender equality objectives. I was happy to be the spokesperson this year for our important data and findings - stay tuned for more to come!