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Every 10 minutes, a woman or girl loses her life at the hands of a partner or family member. UN Women’s latest report highlights urgent steps to end femicide, from stronger legislation to global accountability. Let’s act now. #NoExcuse #UNiTE #EndFemicide https://lnkd.in/dB6vXqmv

Violence against #women affects every country. Amber Morley - a City Councillor in Toronto - highlights the importance of early education, workplace accountability, and community wellness in addressing this global crisis.  #NoExcuse #UNiTE

While financial independence can be a protective factor against domestic violence, in societies where patriarchal attitudes prevail, women breadwinners disrupt the traditional household power dynamics and can face a backlash from their husbands, as men use violence to reassert control, writes Negar Mohtashami Khojasteh, Human Rights Watch https://lnkd.in/dqn-kD3k

Sophia Goodfriend, Post-Doctoral Fellow at Harvard University’s Middle East Initiative, explores how #AI technology is reshaping military operations, raising urgent ethical questions about accountability, human rights, and the depersonalization of violence. [CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation]

Violence against women is not just a women’s issue. It is a societal, economic, and security issue. Given the vast majority of perpetrators are men, it is also very clearly a men’s issue, writes Sanam Naraghi Anderlini, International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN) https://lnkd.in/dmgnNzJb

Did you know that hundreds of millions of children are currently suffering from physical, sexual, and psychological violence, including child labour, child marriage, female genital mutilation, gender-based violence, war, trafficking and bullying? https://lnkd.in/duQAXCYf

Rather than lofty ideals, we need simple, actionable goals. Soil is foundational to life: we eat from it, and when we die, we go back to it. Ninety-five percent of life forms depend on it, and over half the human population interacts with it daily. We must invest in soil regeneration, not just technologies to replace oil, says Indian spiritual leader Sadhguru https://lnkd.in/dNr8HfRV

Communities living in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) pay the price of climate change in lives, livelihoods, and stunted sustainable development. Our young people are inheriting a future where they cannot reach their full potential because of climate-related impacts. In some cases, it sets progress back by years, and in others, by decades, says Dr. Colin A. Young, Executive Director of the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) “G7 and G20 countries are responsible for 80 percent of all emissions. Yet, the burden of providing resources, technology transfers, and capacity building falls disproportionately on others—a morally unjust reality we are confronting.” https://lnkd.in/ezjGtdNi

In #Ghana, the Climate and Development Knowledge Network Ghana (CDKN) is breaking barriers by addressing #mentalhealth, empowering #women, and fostering resilience in communities facing climate devastation. Read IPS article. Climate and Development Knowledge Network | #ClimateJustice | #ClimateAction | #COP29 | COP29 Azerbaijan

We want to build houses that are resilient to climate change. We don’t want houses that get washed away the next year. It’s not just about providing a roof over someone’s head—it’s about building a future where communities can thrive in the face of a changing climate, says Puja Sawhney, Habitat for Humanity To achieve this, the organization focuses on sustainable construction practices and innovative designs https://lnkd.in/dBRpRkQU