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One of our most memorable nights in London - RIP
#donaldsutherland
and thank you x
I’m very sad to read that Donald Sutherland has died at the age of 88. I don’t have many celebrity stories, but I do treasure my spectacular interactions with Donald in the summer of 2015. Please do read on. (1/16)
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I gave birth in a hospital with safe
#water
. Millions cannot.
@wateraiduk
#firstbabyselfie
#DeliverLife
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Powerful testimony from Venezuelan journalist
@LuzMelyReyes
and now from Ghanaian journalist Anas, for whom journalism can be life and death.
#DefendMediaFreedom
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Our
@OpenJirga
team working to dispel potentially dangerous rumours about
#COVID19
in Afghanistan - piece by
@shoaibsharifi1
Reaching over 6 million people, our national TV discussion show in Afghanistan
@OpenJirga
is providing audiences with accurate and trusted information about
#COVID19
and a platform to virtually question their leaders. Find out more:
#mediaforgood
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Very proud of
@markmackinnon
today! He is all of those things …
Congratulations
@markmackinnon
on your award! So well deserved. Smart, kind, fun and insightful.
@ppforumca
#testimonialdinner
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It’s World Toilet Day tomorrow...more important than you might realise.
#WorldToiletDay
might sound funny, but
@carwheeler
's powerful post shows us how seriously important
#sanitation
is to safety and opportunity for
#women
.
#womensrights
#womenshealth
@WaterAidUK
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So proud of my other half - the result of many sleepless nights, hours of calls and endless rounds of documents…
No Canadian or US troops would go outside Kabul airport to rescue a group of stranded translators and their families. So I asked Ukraine. “The Ukrainian soldiers were angels for us.”
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Two years on….
#Ukraine
Two years on from the full-scale invasion of
#Ukraine
we are still working with local media partners, ensuring they remain on air and online so audiences have trusted information.
Roman and Maria told us how radio has been a lifeline - watch below:
#UkraineRussiawar
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Shoaib is an incredible journalist, leader and colleague
@bbcmediaaction
- this podcast is gripping:
One of Afghanistan’s greatest journalists &
@BAFTA
-nomed doc maker
@shoaibsharifi1
recounts being kidnapped & about to be executed. We explore how that & his work have changed his outlook on life in the latest ep of The Line of Fire podcast, listen here:
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I’m watching our
@bbcmediaaction
#COP26
event -
@priydee
speaking about how
#media
can work creatively to reach audiences quickly, to help them cope and adapt to the impacts of
#climatechange
- it’s also about ensuring voices are heard and can hold leaders to account
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Important piece in
@nytimes
by
@gettleman
w haunting pix by the amazing
@taratw
- proud of my
@WaterAidNepal
colleagues who work to end this awful practice
@WaterAidUK
@WaterAidPress
@pragyalamsal
Deep in the Himalayas, women are banished from their homes every month when they get their period. They are considered polluted, even toxic, and an oppressive regime has evolved around this taboo.
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The
@WaterAidUK
#tobeagirl
campaign continues - pix by talented
@poulomibasu
in
@marieclaireuk
http://t.co/4rBmQrKwMo
http://t.co/UkgLqVkkhz
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It’s been a challenging couple of weeks - v proud of my
@bbcmediaaction
team for their dedication
@gerald1ne_s
@beccacole
@marklevermore
For over 20 years we've delivered trusted health information in some of the world’s poorest and most fragile communities – and we are there for the long haul, helping people cope and survive. Support our
#COVID19
response here:
#mediaforgood
#factsnotfear
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How media can fight an epidemic....
@bbcmediaaction
‘s top tips for dispelling rumours and delivering news people can use ...
NEW BLOG: Top 10 tips for media in the COVID-19 ‘info-demic’ by our Senior Health Advisor
@genevieveh77
. Read it here:
#COVID_19
#COVID19
#InfoisAid
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A must-read about a place not far fr my hometown - Refugees are helping a prairie town grow /via
@globeandmail
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Fourteen years ago I covered the assassination attempt on Lebanese journalist May Chidiac - so moving today hearing her speak
#DefendFreedomMedia
#brave
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I can’t stop watching this...glad it’s Friday....
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Our
@ElkulLibya
team pushed through a power cut in Tripoli to produce this piece about their work ....
#Mediafreedom
“In Libya, increased political polarisation and high internet usage has made social media another battlefield.” On
#WorldPressFreedomDay
, watch how our El Kul team are promoting diversity, gender equality and building tolerance amid the conflict.
#WPFD2021
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I really love this little film...from
@bbcmediaaction
work in South Sudan funded by UK and Canadian aid.
@CanadianUK
Educate a girl and anything is possible! Our popular radio show, Our School, returns to the airwaves in South Sudan this summer with a brand new series about the importance of girls’ education:
#EducationDay
@GirlsEdSS
@CanadaDev
@DFID_UK
@MAFfilmsforlife
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READ: On
#GlobalHandwashingDay
we are working in
#Afghanistan
& around the world to help stop the spread of
#COVID19
. Our
@MursalAbrar
reflects on the role of behaviour change in
#hygiene
:
#WashVirusesAway
#HisforHandwashing
#UKAid
@UKinAfghanistan
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So many brave stories @
#DefendMediaFreedom
conference. What isn’t being discussed (yet!) is that
#freemedia
also need to be financially viable - that is an increasing problem amid
#COVID19
.
@bbcmediaaction
is working w partners to find answers:
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Proud to be part of this today...
Today is the day! We’re at the
#DefendMediaFreedom
conference in London joining calls for commitments and funding to protect independent media around the world. Media freedom is at the very core of effective democracies and inclusive societies. Read more:
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Some of the bravest women in the world were in this room.
#mediafreedom
#Afghanistan
is one of the most dangerous countries in the world to be a journalist. Find out how we support women in independent media across the country through our project Her Voice, Her Rights w/
@CanadaDev
#MediaFreedom
#WomensEmpowerment
#Journalism
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Really looking forward to this tomorrow - with
@bbcmediaaction
@deenjeru
among the fantastic lineup!
How do we – creatives, technologists, journalists, communicators – how *do* we talk about, and mitigate against, climate change?
It's a planet-changing issue – the story of our time.
📍
#CCFestival
🌟 Learn from the best and brightest
🗓 Tomorrow
🎥 Live
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Really proud esp on
#WorldPressFreedomDay
of the amazing work
@bbcmediaaction
is doing around the world....
It’s
#WorldPressFreedomDay
! Hear from
@boydkaimbi
about our vibrant mentoring projects, Radio Waves and Zambia Speaks! You can learn more about our work to support independent journalism around the world here:
#WPFD2019
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Happy
#BAFTA
@shoaibsharifi1
!
Happy
#BAFTA
to you! Celebrating with
@shoaibsharifi1
after his win for ‘My Childhood My Country’ - learn more about his work with our
#Afghanistan
team here:
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These women are among the countless reasons I am proud to work for the BBC’s international charity - happy World Radio Day!
“Despite everything we have fought our way to the front... In Helmand we may not always be secure, but we are capable.” For
#WorldRadioDay
we're celebrating providing a platform for women to tell their own stories in
#Afghanistan
through Her Voice, Her Rights.
📻🌏
@CanadaDev
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So pleased to see this important special report out...
SPECIAL REPORT: 'Groundwater is helping to feed the world, but it is dangerously depleted.'
@WaterAid
speaks to
@TheEconomist
's int. editor
@simonlong55
about how climate change, population growth & poor management threatens the world's water supply.
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This. And not the only Afghan refugee facing this…
I met an absolutely devastated Jawed Haqmal on Maidan this morning, hours after the Russian attack on Ukraine began. He has fled from one war to another, and now he and his family have been left here by Canada, the country he served in Afghanistan…
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Good morning New York!
@WaterAidPress
is here w
@barbarafrost
@SPrabasi
for
#GlobalGoals
UN summit and
#LightTheWay
http://t.co/gpBiGgRUvu
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Beautiful site explaining the
#righttowater
-
http://t.co/0cjCaATTHx
- launched today! w
@CatarinadeAlbuq
@WaterAidUK
@wateraid
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Very proud of all of my Afghan colleagues - they are truly remarkable.
We’re so proud that our
#Afghanistan
country director
@shoaibsharifi1
was named
@BBCNews
Leader of the Year! In this powerful blog, read his reflections on our work with
@WHO
and other agencies to support the
#aid
response.
@bbcworldservice
#humanitarian
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@reenaninan
am in
@WaterAidUK
office watching the
#ifmenhadperiods
segment with delight - thank you for picking up!
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This is what media for good looks like - fighting an outbreak with trusted information:
NEW: Find out how we’re fighting the COVID-19 ‘info-demic’ with facts in our new multi country and multi-language response to coronavirus:
#communicationisaid
#infodemic
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Best interview ever about Brexit...
"I think you would mess it all up for us, the way you have messed it all up for yourselves."
Heidi Nordby Lunde, president of Norway's European Movement, is sceptical about calls for the UK to strike a Norway-style deal with the EU.
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I’m very excited about this podcast - coming soon! First episode will feature
@peterpomeranzev
and
@KSergatskova
and it’s really powerful - listen to the trailer with my colleague
@Maha_Taki
.
Amid conflict, political pressure and economic hardship, public interest media are still working to support democracy & development - meet them in our new podcast, Brave New Media. Hosted by our own
@Maha_Taki
- check out the trailer:
#WorldPressFreedomDay
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An important read ...
A decade ago, I drove through the Kurdish regions of Iraq and Turkey and encountered a people full of hope. Retracing that journey last month - as the US withdrew and Syrian Kurds fled - the mood was of betrayal and defeat. Photos by
@andreadicenzo
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Another one for
@markmackinnon
❤️ - he sent this one home with Sharif who is now safely outside of Toronto (side benefit: our shelves are pretty full after this year!) - read the harrowing piece here:
The CJF Jackman Award for Excellence in Journalism (Large Media Category) goes to the
@globeandmail
for ‘Escape from Afghanistan’, a story documenting
@markmackinnon
’s courageous work on the efforts to evacuate Afghan Nationals following the fall of Afghanistan.
#CJFAwards
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It's
#WorldRefugeeDay
- and our
#Ethiopia
team has been speaking to refugees about their daily lives.
Habiba is a community leader in Aw-Barre refugee camp: ‘I am not only a mother to my own children, but to all the other children'. Learn more:
@UNHCR
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So proud of my incredible colleagues in Afghanistan for their work supporting these critical voices
On
#WorldRadioDay
hear the story of Nasira and Nadia - brave radio journalists keeping women’s voices on air in Afghanistan, amid dramatic changes to women’s lives.
Learn more here:
@FCDOGovUK
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Hurrah!
The winner of the FPA Members Story of the Year is
@markmackinnon
with 'Graffiti Kids'. Congratulations Mark.
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Had the pleasure of working with
@Shazia_Haya
on this piece about our
#Afghanistan
team’s journeys to Herat & Kandahar - read to be as inspired as I am by their work and incredible impact.
‘Despite the hardship and the risk, these women wanted to be heard’ – our
#OpenJirga
presenter
@Shazia_Haya
led unprecedented, all-women sessions of our debate shows in
#Afghanistan
– and women risked their lives to join. Read more:
#AfghanPeaceProcess
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My colleagues in Kenya made a podcast! Check it out
OUT NOW! Listen to new podcast ‘Living Climate Change Africa’ here:
#COP27
#LivingClimateChangeAfrica
#RaceToResilience
#ClimateAction
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Lovely new film from
@bbcmediaaction
....
It’s
#InternationalYouthDay
! We’re celebrating our exciting work with young people around the world on issues that matter - from
#jobs
to
#health
to
#climate
action -- check out our new film!
#YouthDay2020
#Youth4GlobalAction
#SDG16
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This was an inspiring piece to work on, about a little news website trying to stay impartial under really challenging circumstances…
NEW BLOG: ‘Journalism has become a dangerous profession’ says the editor of online news portal Netgazeti, in
#Georgia
. Our work supports local news orgs to remain independent and impartial – read more:
@FCDOgovUK
#mediadev
#DefendMediaFreedom
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RT
@rossb82
: .
@wateraiduk
launch new fundraising drive. Here's my answer of what
#tobeagirl
means for far too many
http://t.co/nQFHVab1IB
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Loving the creativity while highlighting the need to end diseases affecting more than a billion people around the world - congrats to the winners!
Happy World NTD Day! Thank you to all the children who took part in our poster competition and helped us
#ShineALight
on
#NTDs
, and huge congratulations to the winners 🏆 🎨
#BeatNTDs
#WorldNTDDay
#UniteActEliminate
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A piece that remembers an eventful Valentine’s Day in Beirut 15 years ago... we did eventually get a pizza that night...
From Rafik Hariri to Qassem Soleimani, assassinations are “the curse words in the language that hostile entities use to speak to each other across the Middle East.” But do they work? My report on 15 years of reporting on murder as an act of war...
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We can all do more - thank you
@Lady_karimot
for lending us your voice on
#WomensDay
I can do more ✋🏽
I
#ChooseToChallenge
low representation of female in politics.
Women can do more than wearing aso ebi and singing the praises of ...
@bbcmediaaction
@instablog9ja
@bellanaija
@diaryofa9jagirl
@femigbaja
@obyezeks
@AishaYesufu
#InternationalWomensDay
#IWD2021
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This is such a great listen
'We need to ensure that these people's voices are heard'
In this episode of
#BraveNewMedia
, our host
@Maha_Taki
speaks to Jacqueline Lawrence of Highlands FM about holding power to account in
#Tanzania
.
Listen here 📲
#podcast
#mediadev
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Because media can do good...
Connecting climate scientists with journalists is helping communicate the weather to farmers, fisherman and pastoralists in East Africa, enabling them to make informed decisions about their livelihoods. Learn more here:
#WorldRadioDay
@MetOfficeww
@DFID_UK
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The latest from my brilliant team on an important issue - with the powerful voice of
@Maha_Taki
🙏
More than 100 million people are displaced worldwide right now by persecution, conflict, disasters and extreme weather. This is the highest number recorded in history.
Find out how communication saves lives and support our mission here
#RefugeeDay
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“The best person to advocate for a girl is the girl herself,” says 16-year-old Tamu. Today for
#InternationalWomensDay
read how our young radio co-hosts are pushing for gender equality in Sierra Leone:
#ChooseToChallenge
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@JulieTruelove
@GumptionAndCo
@ChrisJLarocque
@danrodmanjones
@WaterAidCanada
My daughter keeps calling it an ‘English’ blizzard...🤣
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Canada is hosting the
#DefendMediaFreedom
(online) conference on Monday. This story helps illustrate why that remains so important.
In
#Afghanistan
, we're training female journalists so that they can seek out the underrepresented stories that matter to them, and deliver information that is reliable and impartial. Learn more here:
#DefendMediaFreedom
#mediadev
@CanadaDev
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bad hashtag, great speaker -- today at 3PM GST
@WaterAidUK
's
@GirishMenonWA
opens UN debate with call to act on
#sanitation
#UNPGA68WSSE
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What I fear for Nepal: Will the world remember to help?
@carwheeler
on
#Nepal
@wateraid
http://t.co/Kp6RaZSxQv
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love...
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Our podcast has dropped! Please listen!
NOW LIVE! From Beirut to Kyiv to Asuncion and beyond, independent media face enormous challenges – our new podcast, Brave New Media, explores their setbacks and breakthroughs in powerful, first-hand accounts. Check out episode 1!
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Our remarkable
#Afghanistan
team rising to the challenge again in really difficult circumstances
An earthquake in
#Afghanistan
has killed over 1,000 people, with thousands more injured, homeless and facing the risk of cholera.
Our team is responding with Lifeline programming, supporting local radio and providing life-saving information.
Support us: .
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Come work with us! If you are an experienced journalism trainer, please get in touch via the link - it’s a great team and rewarding work.
FREELANCE OPPORTUNITIES: We’re seeking experienced trainers to deliver remote media development training to partners in Eastern Europe. Multiple opportunities available covering everything from mobile journalism to marketing. Find out more:
#devjob
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Good morning from New York!
@WaterAidPress
is here w
@barbarafrost
@SPrabasi
ahead of
#globalgoals
summit
http://t.co/dpV5n8XJst
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Stop and listen to this interview today - inspiring and heart-breaking in turns - with
@bbcworldservice
@BBCSounds
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This is exciting…
Trusted independent media are needed more than ever – and today,
@secblinken
has signalled US support for
#IFPIM
– the media support fund co-founded by our Head of Policy
@JamesMDeane
. Read more about the fund here:
#SummitforDemocracy
#mediafreedom
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What it's like to be on your period and in a disaster zone
@LucyMangan
http://t.co/l8sVdCw63k
http://t.co/fnUrsuHTeK
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Bc we all need this today...
Dozy dormouse gets stuck in garden bird feeder on the Isle of Wight
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This is a remarkable story and worth a listen - perhaps especially today:
NOW LIVE: How does an independent media start-up cope when there is war at home? Listen to the next episode in our podcast
#BraveNewMedia
to find out how
@zaborona_media
has adapted to their new reality - w/
@rmnua
@KSergatskova
+ host
@Maha_Taki
:
#Ukraine
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MT fr
@gallagher_photo
- so important - Meet the
@PulitzerCenter
journalist
http://t.co/8J7OHvdDSG
Bgd into my work on pollution in India.
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Thank you
@FightPoverty
for having me - the forum continues today and tomorrow!
Over the next three days, incl. on
#WYSD2021
we’ll be tweeting LIVE from the
@StanChart
Futuremakers Forum.
Follow the conversation online for insights from young people, tips from business leaders, and practical ways forward. Use
#FuturemakersForum21
to engage.
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The latest from our brilliant research team - how war is affecting women and girls in Ukraine.
🗣️ “Conflict always affects women and girls disproportionately"
🇺🇦 Sally Gowland speaks on the gender equality gap in
#Ukraine
during wartime, following our largest-ever study in the country.
Read more:
📲
#GenderEquality
#UkraineWar
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Editor's pick on
@HuffPostUK
blogs is
@wateraid
on why women in India's urban slums must risk rape to reach a toilet:
http://t.co/xtSTlW33QZ
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This is remarkable.
What an absolute hero. She's shouting "Stop the war! No to war!" The sign says "Don't believe the propaganda." Can't help but worry what will happen to her.
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My
@wateraid
colleagues at work...
These Nepali girls have to go into hiding when they're on their periods because they're “impure.”
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Some reflections on a year of working through
#COVID19
in Nigeria by my colleague
@KaleemKhan84
Our team in Nigeria turned a minibus into a mobile recording studio during the pandemic – read more about how we’re using radio to tackle misinformation and disinformation in our latest blog:
#WorldRadioDay2021
#COVAX
#COVID19
#healthcomms
#WorldRadioDay
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Just
#stayhome
... from my brilliant
@bbcmediaaction
colleagues trying to slow
#COVID
ー19 transmission in vulnerable communities.
Did you know one can lower the risk of contracting
#Coronavirus
by limiting or minimizing interaction with others?
#StayHome
#StayAtHomeSaveLives
#StayAwareStaySafe
#Covid19India
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Please watch a remarkable film by my remarkable colleagues
@catfeltham
et al
@WaterAidUK
for
#DeliverLife
appeal.
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Is it true? Is it kind? Is it helpful? Words to remember when there is so much false information swirling....
In our
#COVID19
response, we’re working with partners across Asia to address mis- and disinformation, with cross-cultural content that reminds younger audiences on social media to think critically and fact-check before sharing online.
#WorldHealthDay
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I’m excited about this podcast, presented by the brilliant
@Maha_Taki
- worth a listen!
COMING 7 SEPT - Independent media all over the world are facing enormous challenges. From Beirut to Kyiv to Asuncion, hear their stories of setbacks and breakthroughs in delivering trustworthy information.
Listen to our new podcast, Brave New Media.
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I don’t know how much a tank costs but I’m guessing quite a lot...
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Watch and weep.
This is really, really good.
Fox News vs North Korean State TV.
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