South Asian women interested in social justice, gender, human rights issues & want to pursue a graduate degree in the field — apply for the Falak Sufi fellowship & earn your MA at NYU Kevorkian Center, New York University on a full scholarship. Apply by Jan 16 bit.ly/Falak-Sufi-Fel….

the damage due to floods in Pakistan is now estimated at $14.9b, equivalent to 4.8pc of the gdp. as a direct consequence of the floods, around 9 million people have likely been pushed into poverty. thedocs.worldbank.org/en/doc/4a0114e…

This is getting very little attention in local media back home, but for two weeks at COP27 in Egypt, Pakistan has led the G77 states in difficult talks w/developed states on implementing a loss and damage policy (on agenda for 1st time). Today there appears to be a breakthrough.

At COP27, negotiators, led by Pakistan as chair of G77, produced an accord to set up a fund for loss and damage-remarkable given how controversial the issue is and it had never been on a formal agenda at a COP summit until this year. Big foreign policy achievement for Islamabad.

As cries of "Azaadi, Azaadi" echoed across Frere Hall in Karachi, reverberated across the rest of Sindh, and Pakistan; it stands clear that the long silenced voices trans and khawaja sira voices can no longer be suppressed Jaagi Jaagi, Moorat Jaagi 🏳️‍⚧️ #SMM2022

Creating alt text for the first time for pictures, maps, graphs and infographics with Catherine D'Ignazio @kanarinka.bsky.social for Counting Feminicides was an iterative, generative and overall wholesome process. Excited to continue learning and improving!

Join us on Monday, Jan 9th 3:00 PM at Cambridge City Hall to support the Bangladeshi Association of New England (BANE) and his family in protesting his unjust killing by CPD. More actions and demands to follow in the upcoming days.

A team led by #dusp's mqqt + Stephen Walter, Sabrina Dorsainvil, & George Halfkenny aims to counter 'Mass & Cass'’s crisis narrative while centering the communities’ civic agency & creativity + encourage experimentation with healing & just architectures. bit.ly/seeYouInTheFut…

🚨 ATTENTION: Lawyer & activist Jibran Nasir has been abducted by na maloom afraad from inside his car. We strongly condemn his abduction (which is a clear violation of citizen rights) & urge the govt & LEAs to ensure his immediate + unconditional safe release. #FreeJibranNasir

Thousands in Balochistan march against the extrajudicial killing of enforced disappeared Balach Baloch. To the rest of the world: Do our voices matter to you? #StopBalochGenocide Akhtar Mengal Hamid Mir حامد میر Afrasiab Khattak Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir Asma Shirazi Ahmad Waqass Goraya Baloch 🇵🇸 Munizae Jahangir Aishah Masood

In protest, returning my Sitara e Imtiaz, given to me by a state that continues to abduct and torture Baloch citizens. Journalists of my generation have seen Sammi Deen Baloch and Mahrang Baloch grow up in protest camps. Ashamed to witness a new generation being denied basic dignity.

In 1987, the MIT Coalition Against Apartheid protested against MIT's ties to apartheid South Africa by erecting a shantytown. Today, in the same location, students are protesting MIT's ties to genocide & apartheid in Palestine via the Scientists Against Genocide encampment. 🇵🇸

What does it mean to be a “progressive” or “radical” planner? And what kind of power do planners have to enact change? The #PlannersNetwork Disorientation Guide attempts to orient folks new to the field of urban and regional planning to ideas, concepts, and practices linked to