Have your say! UN Special Rapporteur Mama Fatima Singhateh wants your input. Send your contribution for her upcoming report on existing and emerging sexually exploitative practices against children in the #digital environment including #AI .

Deadline: 15 May
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⚠️Reem Alsalem UNSR Violence Against Women and Girls, UN WG on discrimination against women and girls, Mama Fatima Singhateh & Alice J Edwards UN Special Rapporteur Torture urge the Gov't of the #Gambia 🇬🇲 to uphold the ban on female genital mutilation - one of the most harmful forms of violence against women & girls with devastating physical & mental effects.

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International Humanitarian Law is clear: Civilians and civilian objects must be spared.

Even wars have limits.

Together with Alice J Edwards UN Special Rapporteur Torture Mama Fatima Singhateh Dorothy Estrada Tanck I have recently sent a letter to the Government of the #Gambia in which we comment on the Women’s (Amendment) Bill 2023 which intends to repeal the Women’s (Amendment) Act 2015, including a ban on #FGM . It can be…

'Life is hard without a mother.'

This 11-year-old Palestinian girl has become the sole carer for her infant brother after their mother was killed in an Israeli attack in Gaza ⤵️

Gambia's parliament must uphold its commitment to human rights and vote against the bill to reverse the ban on FGM. Let's stand with activists fighting for the rights and wellbeing of girls and women. Retweet this to call on Gambia’s parliament to #SayNoToFGM . #WomensRights

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Independent UN Human Rights expert Mama Fatima Singhateh Singateh exposes widespread sexual abuse of children in the entertainment business & outlines how to stop it now.
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“The sexual abuse and the exploitation of children within the entertainment industry resulting from unethical systems, structures, practices or abuse of power and authority, is widespread.

It must stop immediately.' - Mama Fatima Singhateh

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In #DRCongo , armed clashes around Sake continue to lead to massive displacements towards #Goma .

Here are 4 things to know about the current situation 👇🏾

At the #HRC55 dialogue on Mama Fatima Singhateh's report on child sexual abuse in the entertainment sector, #Luxembourg 🇱🇺 stressed the need for more data to inform targeted measures in a sector plagued by abusive power structures. New 🇱🇺 legislation helps fight impunity for child abuse.

Sexual abuse & exploitation of children in the entertainment industry must stop immediately, Mama Fatima Singhateh told the United Nations Human Rights Council.

She underscored the need to create an 'environment in which victims feel empowered to break the cycle of silence & seek justice.'

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Urgent action is needed to combat the widespread sexual abuse and exploitation of children in the entertainment industry, -
UN expert Mama Fatima Singhateh calls for improved protection for children and young people in the sector.

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“Hospitals, shelters, water and sanitation services are at a breaking point.”

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Liam Neeson on the five things children in Gaza need most.

“Every human being is born equal.
All victims are equally deserving of justice.
No-one can be left behind.
And nobody is above the law.”

- Volker Türk, @unhumanrights Chief

BREAKING: Gaza’s Health Ministry says at least 70 people were killed and 280 were wounded in a strike on a crowd of Palestinians waiting for humanitarian aid. apnews.com/article/israel…

UN experts call on #Israel to immediately implement a #Ceasefire and concrete humanitarian measures that prioritise the needs of Palestinian women and girls in #Gaza and the #WestBank in accordance with the CIJ_ICJ’s ruling of 26 January 2024.

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Our mission comes from the Geneva Conventions, universal laws that preserve a degree of humanity, even in war. Today, 161 years since our founding, neutrality remains as crucial as ever.