🚨We at Citizens for Global Solutions reiterate United Nations Association - UK (UNA-UK) and Marissa's call for the next #UnitedNations #SecretaryGeneral to be a woman. 🇺🇳

👇Check out this Op-Ed from PassBlue regarding this critical topic and how we can enhance #genderequality at the #UN 👇

“The transformative potential of feminism in foreign policy is being diluted by a combination of political expediency and a failure to fundamentally change the status quo.”

Is feminist foreign policy still a good idea? By ⁦Marissa⁩ open.substack.com/pub/marissakco…

Important read by Marissa, who notes that
'historically patriarchal spaces like foreign policy aren’t easily compatible with feminist thinking'. Those of us working on gender + FP & are still cautiously optimistic have some reflecting to do: marissakconway.substack.com/p/is-feminist-…

Is Feminist Foreign Policy Still A Good Idea? by Marissa 'Feminism is not something that can be achieved, or arrived at, but is always a work in progress, requiring continuous self-examination, accountability, and a willingness to evolve.' marissakconway.substack.com/p/is-feminist-… #FFP

Spotlight of our Top 10 books for International Women’s Day 2024:

✨Twelve Feminist Lessons of War by Cynthia Enloe

Read Marissa’s book review here to learn more about the book 👉 doi.org/10.1093/ia/iia…

'After nearly 80 years, the male monopoly of the UN’s highest office must end.' - Marissa CEO United Nations Association - UK (UNA-UK) in PassBlue on a campaign to get member states to nominate only women for the job. InterviewHer interview-her.com/speaker/mariss…

UNA-UK CEO Marissa published an op-ed in PassBlue describing aid cuts, especially those to UNRWA, as violence against women. 

Read the article: passblue.com/2024/02/19/aid…

I can't stop thinking about the cruelty of the UNRWA aid cuts & how gender will shape its impact. I wrote a piece for PassBlue to unpack this & can only conclude that aid cuts should be considered a form of violence against women.

passblue.com/2024/02/19/aid…

It's delightful to be back as a Gender Champion with Gender Champions In Nuclear Policy!

Today COP28 surprisingly swiftly adopted a deal agreeing to “transition away from fossil fuels”. UNA-UK's CEO Marissa reacts to the final agreement.

una.org.uk/news/una-uk-ce…

The time has come, I'm bidding farewell to Twitter. I don't have the energy/willingness to be on so many social platforms, so I'll be sticking with IG and TikTok - find me there! @ marissakconway

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Today in Costa Rica, Latin America and the Caribbean has become the first region of the world to release a joint communiqué calling for a legally binding instrument to establish prohibitions and regulations with regard to autonomy in weapons systems.

Viva a América Latina!

This Friday marks the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of #Ukraine .

The invasion has devastated the lives of millions, with:
🔸7,000 civilians killed in Ukraine
🔸12,000 injured
🔸6 million internally displaced

Find out ways you can help⬇️ news.un.org/en/focus/ukrai…

I have received “a serious threat from National Action London” notifying me of their “intention to kill” me & my family. They name my husband & home address.They don’t consider killing me ‘murder’ they call it an ‘execution’. This letter was through my front door

This is Britain

Always excited to see more from #ShePersisted & Lucina Di Meco! Groundbreaking work on gendered disinformation.

Empathy threatens adherence to harmful power hierarchies & is crucial to building a more equal world, and parenthood has been an incredibly interesting exercise in reshaping my relationship with empathy. Love this article from Ankita Rao.

theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…