Intense heatwaves closed schools in Sudan + other African countries in recent weeks. It's a tragic loss of education and for girls can be a devastating fork in the road. Mabel van Oranje shows the connections between girl marriage and climate Project Dandelion projectdandelion.com/child-marriage

Great 'Radical Humanity' interview with impressive social entrepreneur Hilary Cottam on how connection and care can help renew Britain. Working together, we can transform society. UCL Policy Lab UCL

ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/new…

The US, the UN, the EU and the rest of the world agree that we are at the brink of famine in Northern Gaza.

Still, only 159 trucks were allowed into Gaza yesterday and Israel blocks all food convoys from UNRWA to reach North Gaza.

There must be accountability for this.

“For families around the world, the climate crisis is deeply personal.”

Mabel van Oranje of @VowForGirls, Girls First Fund,& Girls Not Brides joined us to tell us why #childmarriage is a climate issue.

Go to projectdandelion.com to learn from Mabel.

percentage of swiss population who trust their govt: 84%
in the usa: 31%

Every January, Eurasia Group identifies the 10 biggest geopolitical risks of the year ahead. Curious what made the cut for #TopRisks2024 ? Check it out: eurasiagroup.net/issues/top-ris…

It was tragic that Israeli troops shot and killed three Israeli hostages while they were shirtless, unarmed and waving a white flag. But it would also have been tragic if they had been Palestinian civilians, and then there'd have been no investigation.

🧵Since Hamas’ brutal terror attack @MoreinCommon_ has been exploring how the British public are thinking & talking about the Israel-Gaza war

70% think those with the loudest most extreme views are drowning out others - warping opinion & threatening community relations

In his Nobel lecture, President Carter said, “We will not learn to live together in peace by killing each other’s children.” His words resonate today more than ever as the Israel-Hamas conflict enters a new and even more dangerous phase.

Full statement: bit.ly/45YVpmG

STATEMENT: Palestinian and Israeli lives must be valued equally in global response to crisis.

Read on The Elders' website: theelders.org/news/palestini…

Click 'Show more' to read the statement in full below.

Palestinian and Israeli lives must be valued equally in global response to

jews and palestinians are the same people. they come from (and have historically been thrown out of) the same land. neither are going anywhere.

now is a time of war. it’s going to get much worse before any chance of getting better.

there’s still no choice but living

By lending his stature to an upstart organisation, he helped give birth to a different kind of institution & had a big impact on our objectives, the values we live by & our way of working. Mark Leonard, Joschka Fischer & Mabel van Oranje on behalf of ECFR:
ecfr.eu/article/martti…

Martti Ahtisaari remembered

It's with great sadness that we've learned of the death of Martti Ahtisaari, co-chair emeritus of ECFR. The European Council on Foreign Relations was blessed to have Martti Ahtisaari as its co-chair from the very beginning in 2007.

Every year, 12 million girls are forced into marriage.💔 Yesterday was our first Community LiveTalk featuring Mabel van Oranje, Founder of VOW for Girls, a movement to end the #childmarriage crisis. Watch the replay here: bitly.ws/XbxC & don't forget to join our Community

This was a good idea

“If we owe a moral responsibility to Israeli children, then we owe the same moral responsibility to Palestinian children. Their lives have equal weight,” writes Nicholas Kristof. nyti.ms/45tigq8

Historically, much of the gender gap in earnings could be explained by differences in education and occupational choices. However, this year’s economic sciences laureate Claudia Goldin has shown that the bulk of this earnings difference is now between men and women in the same

This is insane by any reasonable standards, but with people like this appointed to official positions by 🇷🇺 it has to be taken seriously. And precautions taken.

Exciting news! Join us for our first-ever Online LiveTalk on Oct 11, 2023, at 12:15 PM (CEST) featuring Mabel van Oranje, Founder of VOW for Girls & Chair of Girls Not Brides. Don't miss it! Join our Community for free access: bitly.ws/WyyR

Today, the Governments of Canada and Zambia, together with Child Marriage Monitoring Mechanism and UNFPA-UNICEF Global Programme End Child Marriage, hosted an event at #UNGA78 to strategize what needs to be done to #EndChildMarriage and to accelerate action to achieve SDG 5.3 by 2030.

See outcomes from the event in this thread!