Oxfam International
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Oxfam is a world-wide development organization that mobilizes the power of people against poverty. #TheFutureisEqual
Joined December 2007
204 new billionaires were minted in 2024, and billionaire wealth surged by $2 trillion. When the math of inequality is this absurd, change isn't just possible – it's inevitable. Learn what that could look like in our latest report #TakersNotMakers #FightInequality
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#Haiti We must provide safe water & hygiene items quickly to avoid spread of disease. You CAN help #HurricaneMatthew
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Urgent help needed in Turkey & Syria after devastating earthquake. Oxfam teams are providing shelter, food, water, & more. Details: #TurkeyEarthquake
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Report: Taxing the World’s Richest Would Raise US $2.52 Trillion a Year - via @inequalityorg
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Our new report tells a story of a food system built upon inequality. Major supermarket chains paid out nearly all (an average of 98%) of their net profits to owners and shareholders. In contrast, most workers in this system don't earn a living wage.
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The existence of billionaires is evidence our economies are failing most people – especially women. .When we #TaxTheRich, we decrease economic, racial, gender, and colonial imbalances. This is how we can #FightInequality.More:
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To reduce inequality we must tax the richest by: .1. Creating a one-off solidarity and windfall taxes of 50-90%. 2. Permanently increase taxes on their income from labour and capital. 3. Use the revenues from these taxes to fight inequality. More:
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Imagine having to grow vegetables in temperatures approaching 50°C with recurrent droughts. This is no small task. In Burkina Faso, it is a matter of survival. Suport Alizeta Sawadogo, a Burkinabé farmer, by joining us here:
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Extreme wealth and extreme poverty have increased simultaneously for the first time in 25 years. Billionaire wealth is booming, while millions struggle to survive. Let’s end this era of #SurvivalOfTheRichest. It’s time to #TaxTheRich to #FightInequality.
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Around the world, worker wages are being outpaced by inflation, resulting in a real-terms pay-cut due to the increased cost of basics. Workers didn't cause the cost-of-living crisis & shouldn't have to pay for it. More:
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The richest 1% are using way more than their fair share of the planet's carbon budget. Tackling inequality and emissions together is the only way to keep 1.5°C alive.
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There is no shortage of money. There is only a shortage of courage and imagination needed to break free from the failed, deadly straitjacket of extreme neoliberalism. More: .#TaxTheRich #FightInequality #InequalityKills
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We only have nine years left to turn the tides, in order to prevent a catastrophic global temperature rise. World leaders have a huge opportunity to do what it takes while they meet in Glasgow. Show world leaders you are watching them, here:
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How rich is billionaire rich? . So imagine you saved $10,000 every single day since the building of the pyramids. Today you'd still only own 20% of the wealth of 1 of the 5 richest billionaires. Does anybody need to be that rich?
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“I think about what to eat, where to get water, even 20 litres.” – Ahmed, a pastoralist from the drought-impacted East African region shared with us. We can't let this be the rest of his reality. Donate below to help meet this urgent need. #HungerCrisis.
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Inequality contributes to a death every 4 seconds. It's not by chance but by choice: our economies are the violent consequence of choices made for and by the richest. #InequalityKills We can change this. Demand a more equal future for all #FightInequality
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ICYMI: We are all connected globally in our fight for climate justice and we are demanding immediate action from our leaders. Join us in the World Climate March by pledging to march 2000 steps (=1.5km) for climate justice.Find out more here:
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BREAKING: Fifty of the world’s richest billionaires produce more carbon pollution in 90 minutes than the average person does in their lifetime. Their emissions are pushing us closer to global catastrophe. 🌍🔥#MakeRichPollutersPay. #PayUp. Read more:
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73% of people in wealthy countries are fully vaccinated, but only 6% of people in poor countries are. Do the right thing @pfizer& @moderna_tx. Share the vaccine science, tech, & know-how to boost production globally. #OneWordForPharma .
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The emissions of the richest 1% have caused devastating crop losses that could have fed 14.5 million people annually since 1990. 🌾 We must demand climate justice NOW. #MakeRichPollutersPay. Read more:
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For every one billionaire minted since the pandemic began, 1M more people could be pushed into extreme poverty in 2022. While the world is reeling from multiple crises, the world’s wealthiest are unashamedly #ProfitingFromPain of ordinary people🧑🏭More.
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PUBLIC CALL: How much do you spend on your weekly groceries now vs 3 months ago? Globally, households are readjusting the food expenditure to adopt the harsh #CostOfLivingCrisis, tell us about your personal experience below. Videos and pictures of receipts are also welcome.
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Economic policies that harm women & girls are #AlsoViolence. On this Intl Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls & start of the #16Days, we call on govts to end ALL forms of #GBV – whether from a fist or a pen. Join us & share this message!
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“I grew up on a remote island in the Solomon Islands. Climate change is threatening our way of life, and we pay the price for a crisis we didn’t create.” Join Cynthia in demand climate justice. #MakeRichPollutersPay #PayUp. Sign the petition:
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The scale of the East African Drought crisis is crippling people’s coping mechanisms. Oxfam and its partners are currently ramping up efforts and to provide people with lifesaving aid but we urgently need your support. Donate today.
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Our world is in crisis. We must connect globally in our fight for climate justice & we are demanding immediate and drastic action from our leaders.Join us in the World Climate March by pledging to march 2000 steps (=1.5km) for climate justice. More here:
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This year marks 4 years of championing food workers' rights around the globe. The effort of holding supermarkets accountable for the human rights violations would not have been possible without you! Here is a BTS look of how it all came together!
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It takes 20 million steps to go around the world. We are pledging to take 2000 steps for climate in our fight for a better planet. Would you join us?.#WorldClimateMarch. Find out how:
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Did it hurt when you found out we only have nine years left to turn around the climate crisis and prevent a catastrophic global temperature rise?.
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The super-rich are dining out on the planet-emitting more carbon in just 90 minutes than the average person does in a lifetime. The rest of us are paying the price. Share this film and sign the petition #MakeRichPollutersPay.
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Our report indicates that New Assam tea plantation workers in India suffer from bad living conditions & lack of basic facilities in the workplace. Demand supermarkets help end workers’ rights violations in.food supply. Sign the petition #BehindThePrice
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1/7) Ten years ago, Oxfam first sounded the alarm at the World Economic Forum about rising inequality.#SurvivalOfTheRichest .🧵 (THREAD).
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PUBLIC CALL: In your country, how much was a litre of fuel in December 2021 and how much a litre of fuel of litre today? We are all navigating the #CostOfLivingCrisis and we are calling for submissions of videos and pictures capturing the above.
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1/6) To better understand the rise in energy and food prices, we need to look beyond the presumed logic of supply and demand. #SurvivalOfTheRichest 🧵(THREAD).
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Some 573 people have joined the billionaire ranks since 2020, bringing the worldwide total to 2,668, according to an analysis released by Oxfam on Sunday. That means a new billionaire was minted about every 30 hours, on average, so far during the pandemic.
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73% of people in wealthy countries are fully vaccinated, but only 6% of people in poor countries are. Do the right thing @pfizer & @moderna_tx. Share the vaccine science, tech, & know-how to boost production globally. #OneWordForPharma
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Millionaires say they want to pay more tax. A group of more than 100 of the world's richest people have called on governments to make them pay more tax.
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PUBLIC CALL: Have you experienced a drastic change in your energy bills? Have you been able to afford the current prices over the last 3 months? The ugly truth of the #CostOfLivingCrisis is that basic utilities are now a luxury, Please share your personal experiences below.
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Superyachts and private jets aren’t just toys for the super-rich—they're fueling crop failures, hunger, and heat-related deaths worldwide. The extreme consumption of the 1% is costing lives. 🌍💥 #MakeRichPollutersPay #PayUp. Read more:
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Rich countries fail on climate finance promises while the Global South faces daily devastation. Heading into #COP29, climate activists demand $5 trillion a year to address the climate debt owed by the Global North. #MakeRichPollutersPay.Sign the petition:
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Umm stepped in when women’s needs in her local community were neglected. There are millions of women changemakers like Umm filling the harmful void left by governments & policymakers – this is #AlsoViolence . For #16Days we must call to end all forms of #GBV – from a fist & a pen
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New map: See how countries are facing devastating impacts of #climatechange-fueled #ElNino:
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“Living free from the pressure of gender stereotypes means having a choice –irrespectively of what gender you identify as.” - says Denilson, an activist at ACTUA Bolivia. #QueerJoy is to know that no one but you can make decisions that affect your body & life.
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"You come to us young people for hope. If you choose to fail us, I say we will never forgive you. We will not let you get away with this.". Thank you, @GretaThunberg, for your ❤️ 🔥 !!.#ClimateActionSummit #FridaysForFuture #UNGA #HowDareYou
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It's estimated that 263 million people could be pushed into extreme levels of poverty in 2022 because of the pandemic, growing global inequality and rising food prices #ProfitingFromPain
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LATEST: 50m people in seven countries face crisis-level hunger yet @UN's $10bn humanitarian COVID appeal is dangerously under-funded. all while billionaires’ wealth increased by more than *$10 TRILLION* in just the past three months. #ZeroCases #ZeroHunger
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OUT NOW: opinion piece published in @AJEnglish by lead author of @Oxfam's "Inequality Kills" report @NabsIMA. "The unprecedented nature of today’s crisis demands extraordinary, systemic action & a shift in imagination of the politics of the possible.".
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The carbon emissions of the richest 1% of the world are more than *double* the emissions of the poorest half of humanity. Over-consumption of the elites is fueling #ClimateCrisis yet it's poor communities & young people who pay the price.
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Our #InequalityVirus report found:. 📈 The pandemic could cause an inequality increase in almost every country at once. ✊🏾 Transformative policies that seemed unthinkable before the crisis have suddenly been shown to be possible. Read here: #DavosAgenda
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Just last week, we launched our annual inequality recap. We shared how extreme wealth and extreme poverty have increased simultaneously for the first time in 25 years. Do you want to #FightInequality too? Check out the link below. .
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🚨BREAKING: New Oxfam report shows Israel continues to block aid in #Gaza despite ICJ #genocide court ruling. Rejected aid, including Oxfam water and sanitation gear, is now stockpiling in a warehouse at Al Arish. Here is our release👉 #CeasefireNow
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Moderna received $10 billion in government funding & has turned it into $10 billion in profits. @moderna_txis profiting off the pandemic while refusing to release the tech that could save lives. This is greed at its worst. Tell Big Pharma how you feel .
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It’s #alsoviolence. We want people-centered, feminist alternatives instead: . 💰 Tax the rich & implement feminist budgeting! .🏡 Invest in quality public services for all and stop privatization! .✊🏾 Shift power: support & fund feminist organizing!
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The emissions of the richest 1% have caused devastating crop losses that could have fed 14.5 million people annually since 1990. 🌾 We must demand climate justice NOW. #MakeRichPollutersPay. Read more:
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Rich governments, corporations, and individuals most responsible for causing the climate crisis must urgently take responsibility for their actions.#TaxTheRich.Read more:
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Save the world? #TaxTheRich! Emissions from the investments of the super-rich are leaving the world in dire straits but curbing them is a question of will. Read more:
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This week we give it up for @IMatterCampaign to share why LGBTQIA+ representation in leadership roles is pure #QueerJoy! #IMatter is a worldwide campaign that connects women, girls, LGBTQI+ people, & gender non-conforming leaders who are living through and after a crisis.
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The gap between rich and poor today is the biggest in living memory. Watch Dana Abed, Influencing Lead at Oxfam in Lebanon, discuss this urgent matter in the context of last week's Davos Summit, here #InequalityKills.
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The #HungerPandemic can be solved. If we stop conflict now. If we fund life saving food programmes. If we listen to women like Fozah and aid her determination to keep her family fed. #TheFutureIsEqual. Donate today:
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Many Ecuadorian women work from 6am to 7pm on banana farms for just $15 to $20 a day to supply supermarkets. While supermarket executives take home generous bonuses, the single mothers in the supply chain can't afford care for their kids. This must change! #BehindThePrice
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Join the people across the world.marching virtually for climate justice now!.Find out more:
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📢📢BREAKING📢📢.At #COP29, activists unveil a giant "PAY UP!" banner at Baku’s #COP29stadium to demand real climate action from rich countries! .It’s time for world leaders to deliver on #ClimateFinance and secure a livable future for all. #PayUp 🌎. 📸: Bianka Csenki / The
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Change is possible! Through your passion and support, we have been able to hold accountable supermarkets that have banana supply chains in Latin America, to make commitments on ensuring food workers earn a living wage. Learn more .#BehindThePrice
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#Billionaires have much to celebrate. During the pandemic their wealth has increased. As the cost of essential goods rises faster than it has in decades, billionaires in food & energy are increasing their fortunes by $1B every 2 days. #ProfitingFromPain:
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World’s 10 richest men doubled wealth during COVID-19, Oxfam report says #FightInequality #InequalityKills.
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It is disturbing that Whole Food's employees donate sick leave days to one another but their parent company's former CEO blew $5.5B on a 10 minute space trip #InequalityKills. More here:
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While the world watches Ukraine, East Africa’s hunger crisis seems to have been put on the back burner. Only 3% of the current UN appeal for East Africa is funded. Nearly 45M people, battered by the worst drought in 40 years, need help too #HungerCrisis.
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Our #InequalityVirus report found:. 📈 The pandemic could cause an increase in inequality in almost every country at once. ✊🏾 Transformative policies that seemed unthinkable before the crisis have suddenly been shown to be possible. #DavosAgenda #WEF21
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But counseling families during the pandemic has been challenging. We find other residents of Mathare who are very bitter because they feel COVID-19 has put a stop to their businesses. Read more by @cghrdkenya: #IWD2021 . #IWD
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Corporate greed is killing us. Join Max Lawson, Co-Chair, People's Vaccine Alliance, to demand and share the COVID-19 vaccine recipe . Share your #OneWordForPharma here:
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As the ground & air offensive intensifies, #Gaza has lost contact with the outside world. Oxfam is extremely alarmed about the escalation and the total loss of communication with Gaza. Wars have rules. We demand a #CeasefireNOW to protect innocent lives.
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The new Oxfam report, Climate Equality, shows that in 2019, the super-rich 1% were responsible for the same carbon pollution as the poorest two thirds of humanity - 5 billion people. Read the full report: #MakeRichPollutersPay
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5 people driven to extremes by hunger. but who are pushing back. 💚. #WorldFoodDay.#ZeroHunger. 👉🏾
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Over 30 million people in 4 countries are facing severe hunger. This is the largest hunger emergency in the world:
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"As #COP29 kicks off today in Baku, Azerbaijan, we know that there is no more time to lose as we are experiencing the devastating impacts of the climate crisis throughout the world, especially in the global south. We are therefore here to push for an ambitious outcome,
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BREAKING: The world’s billionaires have more wealth now than 4.6 billion people. Now, more than ever we must #FightInequality to #BeatPoverty!. Our new inequality report is out today ahead of #WEF20. 👇🏿👇🏾👇🏽👇🏼👇🏻.👆🏻👆🏼👆🏽👆🏾👆🏿
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We have removed the post because of concerns raised with us. We will re-post shortly #ProtectThePride.
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Want to show the world your march?.Then upload your photo or video to our website. This way we can display your march on mobile billboards in the streets of Glasgow during the COP. Find out more:
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Are billionaires good for society? Join the @Oxfam twitter space as we unpack the surging billionaire wealth amid a cost of living crisis with @NabsIMA @NgalaParvin @Alex_Maitland1 & @Danaabed_ Follow the conversation on #ProfitingFromPain
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Billionaires in the food & energy sectors have seen their fortunes increase by $1B every 2 days while 263M people could be pushed into extreme poverty in 2022 due to the pandemic, inequality & rising food prices. #ProfitingFromPain . Full Oxfam Report:
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For some reason, I haven't been invited to Davos this year. Was it something I said? 🤔.
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#ItStartsWith supporting feminist movements!.This Women Human Rights Defenders Day we echo the words of Vivian Ouya and other feminist advocates for the rights of the most marginalized. More inspiration here:
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Together we mark four years of advocating for food worker rights & holding supermarkets accountable. Though commitments have been made to ensure workers in the supermarket supply chains earn a living wage, they still have a long way to go. #BehindThePrice.
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🌏 *Staggering* 700% increase: The number of people impacted by climate disasters in the Pacific has soared over the past decade, compared to the previous one. New analysis from Oxfam Australia, released as COP29 kicks off in Baku, highlights the urgent need to fund climate loss
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URGENT ACTION! .Join us and the @peoplesvaccine #AskTheCEO ‘s of big pharma if they intend to put people before profit. They must suspend patents, and share the tech & know-how of #COVID19 vaccines to keep us all safe. Take action here:
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Neoliberal economic policies have been successful in sustaining social and economic hierarchy. This has been enabled by a false narrative that prioritizes individual agency over structural barriers and pits groups against one another for relative status privilege. #DavosAgenda
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ICYMI: 155M people on Earth are dying from hunger. That is 20M more than last year. Almost entire NYC's population!.Find out more in our report here: ..#HungerVirus #TheFutureIsEqual.
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Did you know? 252 men have more wealth than all 1 billion women and girls in Africa + Latin America + the Caribbean combined. Our economies are sexist, and the pandemic turbo-charges this. Demand a more equal future #FightInequality #InequalityKills
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Did u know? During lockdowns, 85% of govts shut services for survivors of #GenderBasedViolence to save money, but calls to survivor hotlines were increasing! Ignoring the needs of women, girls & non-binary people and depriving them of support is #AlsoViolence.
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Children shouldn’t have to contribute to the family bill. They shouldn’t have to worry about where the next meal should come from. Help end the #HungerVirus for Tantanon, her kids, and others like them, everywhere, today.
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During the pandemic women were disproportionately pushed out of employment, especially as lockdowns & social distancing affected feminized workforces in the service sectors. Increased unpaid work has barred millions of women from rejoining work. #ProfitingFromPain - @Gabucher
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ACT NOW: Joining @peoplesvaccine to #AskTheCEO ‘s of big pharma if they’ll suspend their patents, share the tech & know-how of the #COVID19 vaccines. Only a #PeoplesVaccine not a profit vaccine can keep everyone, everywhere safe. Take Action Here:
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"No matter how high our vaccination rate may be, no matter what restrictions we place on travel, we will not be safe from #COVID19 until we have suppressed the virus across the globe.". We need a #PeoplesVaccine 💉👇🏾.
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