Profile avatar
susansopine.bsky.social
Gender and security, international justice, humanitarian assistance, disability, gender equality, social justice. PhD Candidate, ANU Executive Director, Azadi-e Zan Campaign Architect, Prosecute; Don't Perpetrate
5 posts 32 followers 30 following
Regular Contributor

It's been 1252 days since the #Taliban #GirlsEducationBan. They cannot be forgotten. We must fund clandestine education efforts. #StandWithAfghanWomen @behishta.bsky.social

Great to be featured in this ABCNews In-Depth video on 'Why France won't give up its Pacific island paradise, New Caledonia'. youtube.com/watch?v=MEh_... @anubellschool.bsky.social

Trump notably redefined US #gender policy. It is difficult not to think this will mean an end to US implementation of the Women, Peace & Security agenda, which is 25+ yrs old this year. Writes Susan Hutchison in The Interpreter @lowyinstitute.bsky.social READ: www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...

My latest for @lowyinstitute.bsky.social, responding to comments in Trump's inauguration speech and what it might mean for #UNSCR1325 www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...

AOC: “Oh, I don’t think we’re witnessing the START of an oligarchy. I think we are fully here.” 🇺🇸

“The West must be willing once again to view the terrorism fight as worthy of time and resources, starting with an admission that countering terrorism cannot be done well from a great distance,” write Ahmad Zia Saraj and Jennifer A. Counter.

It has been 1184 days since the #Taliban's #GirlsEducationBan in #Afghanistan. A humanitarian exemption that allowed some to study nursing and midwifery has been removed bringing forward the skills shortage for #women #health workers & destroying the hopes of the few women who had been able to study

"Even in provinces where more sympathetic Taliban commanders looked the other way, allowing underground schools to continue [..] women's freedom is still dependent on the decisions & whims of men in power." @melissacrt.bsky.social on erasure of Afghanistan's women www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Afghan blast kills key minister, shocking Taliban wapo.st/3Zt2ydP

“Female students were reportedly told not to return to their schools on Wednesday, crippling one of the last avenues for girls to obtain higher education in Afghanistan.” They are erasing Women and girls from public life in Afghanistan. So sad. ❤️‍🩹

Afghanistan: UN experts reject ‘totally unjustifiable’ ban on medical training for women: "If implemented, the new ban will undoubtedly lead to unnecessary suffering, illness & possibly deaths of Afghan women & children, now & in future generations" t.co/OzlQXYSr9I

#Afghanistan punish #homosexual acts by death

Blinken defends Afghanistan withdrawal at contentious House hearing Washington — Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday defended President Biden's decision to withdraw from Afghanistan while appearing before the Republican-led House Foreign Affairs Committee, which has long sought to…

#Afghanistan #ShamsiaHassani Girls of the new generation who represent our country, are not allowed to study. With their ideals and dreams, they are sinking deeper each day into the swamp created by the #Taliban.

📍 Syria | We call on all parties to urgently enable safe and unhindered access for medical and humanitarian workers to reach those in need. Stephan Sakalian, ICRC head of delegation in Syria shares 👇🏽

Always, no matter what.

Afghanistan 'multiple reports of rape & torture of women arrested under anti-begging laws, former detainees witnessed the abuse of young children in prison with one woman alleging 2 children were beaten to death' #NoExcuse #16DaysOfActivism @unsrvaw.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Evidence shows that violence against women & girls increases in disaster settings, & more women die from disaster events than men. #16Days #16Actions #RespectWomen Choose an armchair action & take inspiration from our #16DaysOfActivism brightonsisters.wordpress.com/action-nine-...