Pediatrician working in PEM @iwkhealthcenter | Director, Child and Youth Advocacy, Dept of Peds @dalmedschool 🏳️🌈
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Laura Stymiest, MD (She/Her) retweeted
New 2024 NS Child & Family Poverty Report Card records a historic single-year increase in child poverty, explores intersectional factors correlated with child poverty rates, & provides recommendations to address this troubling trend: policyalternatives.ca/news-r…
#NSpoli #childpoverty
ALT NEW RELEASE! 2024 REPORT CARD ON CHILD AND FAMILY POVERTY IN NOVA SCOTIA Swift Action is Needed for Child and Family Wellbeing New report records the highest single-year increase in child poverty in the 35 years since the federal promise to eradicate child poverty. policyalternatives.ca/2024NSreportcard All overlayed on a silhouette of a young boy
Laura Stymiest, MD (She/Her) retweeted
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child #UNCRC delivers its strongest statement. Gaza: Halt the war now to save children from dying of imminent famine. #childrensrights @lexpsy
Thrilled that @nsgov has moved to establish an office dedicated to children and youth! 👏🏻 The findings from public engagements and the work of a cross sectoral steering committee will be an excellent guide for next steps: 0-nsleg--edeposit-gov-ns-ca.…
A win for children’s rights!
Laura Stymiest, MD (She/Her) retweeted
🎉 Big news in child & youth welfare! Legislation for a new Office for Children and Youth has been passed, laying the groundwork for an advocacy office. 🚀 It's a massive victory for advocates who've fought for this for years. #ChildYouthAdvocacy #NewBeginnings #Nspoli
Laura Stymiest, MD (She/Her) retweeted
As paediatricians and allied children’s health care providers, we mourn the ongoing devastation and loss of life and security in Gaza, where thousands have died and approximately 1 million children are internally displaced and face imminent starvation and an uncertain future. 1/2
Laura Stymiest, MD (She/Her) retweeted
So far today we've had anxious call from 7 families with a total of 17 children who are facing eviction or the end of a fixed lease on Thursday. What happens after the 29th?
It's very disheartening.
Staff answering the phone: "Makes you want to throw up every time you say 'no'."
Laura Stymiest, MD (She/Her) retweeted
Children & youth have rights. Adults have duties to protect your rights.
Your rights are non-negotiable & protected under law, including to a name & identity, a safe & nurturing family, protection from abuse & neglect, medical care, education + more.
We stand with you 💜💙 💓
Laura Stymiest, MD (She/Her) retweeted
All children and youth deserve acceptance, understanding, and supportive care. @ChildHealthCan and @PedChairsCan remain steadfast advocates for Canada’s youth, including those who are transgender and gender diverse. bit.ly/3vYdFQN
The cruel ways that poverty deprives children of the usual joys of childhood- Young people in Nova Scotia shouldn’t have to put food on their Christmas list!
We desperately need meaningful political leadership on this issue.
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Laura Stymiest, MD (She/Her) retweeted
Emergency medical teams stand ready along with trucks of medical supplies to enter #Gaza and scale up humanitarian assistance as soon as possible. We must be able to assure their safety. Thousands of patients and our exhausted colleagues in Gaza desperately need their support.
Laura Stymiest, MD (She/Her) retweeted
"In Al-Shifa hospital today, since this morning, there is no electricity, actually there is no water, there is no food. Our team is exhausted. We have two neonate patients who died, because the incubator is not working, because there is no electricity." #Gaza
Laura Stymiest, MD (She/Her) retweeted
The situation for children in the Middle East is catastrophic.
UNICEF is responding to the critical needs of children across the Gaza Strip, but access is increasingly difficult and dangerous.
We need an immediate humanitarian pause to reach children in need.
Laura Stymiest, MD (She/Her) retweeted
“Nothing justifies the killing, maiming or abducting of children – grave rights violations which UNICEF wholeheartedly condemns.”
Full statement by @unicefchief on the deteriorating situation for children in Israel and the State of Palestine.
unicef.org/press-releases/st…
Laura Stymiest, MD (She/Her) retweeted
Kids need people who love them. Kids need structure and high expectations. Kids need restorative conversations, not suspensions. Kids need more recess. Kids need culturally relevant curriculum. Kids need grace.
Laura Stymiest, MD (She/Her) retweeted
UPDATE 🚨 #Syria & #Türkiye (#Turkey) #earthquakes
According to latest estimates, the earthquakes have killed over 35,000 people.
MSF hospitals are overwhelmed with patients. We are relying on #emergency stock.
Read our full update 👉 bit.ly/3XxldSP
Laura Stymiest, MD (She/Her) retweeted
More than a week after devastating earthquakes hit Syria and Türkiye, the needs of children and families impacted by this crisis are mounting.
As UNICEF reaches them with life-saving support, you can help by donating today. uni.cf/3DKMud8
Laura Stymiest, MD (She/Her) retweeted
"Those struggling to afford those products, even before the price increase, are going to be facing some pretty difficult scenarios." @FranklyLess discussing infant formula price concerns. #NsPoli #CanPoli
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Laura Stymiest, MD (She/Her) retweeted
🚀 Today @DalHPI launches a new #whiteboard video that summarizes the @onechancens
#OneChanceToBeAChild report, just ahead of #NationalChildDay on Sunday. Check it out here!👇 youtu.be/67ZCpY9JlPQ
@sflkirk @LauraStymiest @andrewlynk @DalHealth @Dal_HAHP
Laura Stymiest, MD (She/Her) retweeted
Jon interviewed Leslie Rutledge, Arkansas Attorney General, about why her state banned gender-affirming care for minors - ignoring the guidelines of major medical organizations and taking the decision out of parents’ hands. Watch the full interview on @AppleTVPlus
Laura Stymiest, MD (She/Her) retweeted
Nova Scotians are invited to share their thoughts and ideas on the creation of an independent Child and Youth Commission. 1/5
novascotia.ca/Child-and-Yout…
