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Laura Parry-Davies retweeted
What can we do to reduce #ViolenceAgainstWomen during Covid19?
@OECD_Centre is holding a live Facebook Q&A session this 🗓️Wednesday (25 Nov) ⏰3-5pm CET - bringing together experts to brainstorm solutions.
📢SHARE YOUR IDEAS to #OrangeTheWorld
➡️facebook.com/OECDDevelopment
We’ve been advised to stay home to be safe from #COVID19, but what if home is where she feels unsafe?
Domestic violence has surged during the pandemic, but we can all help survivors get the support they need. #orangetheworld #16Days
Laura Parry-Davies retweeted
🗨️“#Emigration isn't something that happens when development doesn't. Emigration is an opportunity unlocked by development” - 🗣️@m_clem @CGDev
#DevTalks bit.ly/2IPw3CL
Laura Parry-Davies retweeted
🌍Why is climate-related development planning essential in #Africa?
Blair Trewin, Lead Author of the @WMO 2019 State of the Climate report for Africa, breaks it down in 🆕#DevMatters ⤵️bit.ly/3nHFaEW
#climatechange #ClimateAction
Laura Parry-Davies retweeted
What can we do to reduce #ViolenceAgainstWomen during Covid19?
We are holding a live Facebook Q&A session - bringing together experts to brainstorm solutions.
📅 TOMORROW (25 Nov)
⏰ 3-5pm CET
📢 SHARE YOUR IDEAS to #OrangeTheWorld
facebook.com/OECDDevelopment➡️
Laura Parry-Davies retweeted
For developing countries, guaranteeing #debt sustainability & increasing fiscal space will play a fundamental role in responding to the Covid-19 crisis.
Join our #DevTalks (27 Nov) to hear from experts on priorities in Africa & Latin America 🔜bit.ly/2UGD8bx
Laura Parry-Davies retweeted
🗨️“It is no longer sufficient to describe, however brilliantly, systemic failure. We must have the courage to speak out & work for the alternatives.” - President Michael D Higgins of Ireland @PresidentIRL
Read #DevMatters on #PeoplePower by Ben Phillips bit.ly/3pLSIAU
Laura Parry-Davies retweeted
What can we do to reduce #ViolenceAgainstWomen during Covid19?
@OECD_Centre is holding a live Facebook Q&A session this 🗓️Wednesday (25 Nov)⏰3-5pm CET - bringing together experts to brainstorm solutions.
📢SHARE YOUR IDEAS to #OrangeTheWorld
➡️facebook.com/OECDDevelopment
Laura Parry-Davies retweeted
When people are denied their right to food, they are denied their future.
It is an injustice and a stain on humanity that famine threatens our world today. We MUST do everything in our power to prevent this from happening.
Laura Parry-Davies retweeted
🗨️ "Even once such a #vaccine is discovered, a very large part of the population will need to make use of it for the virus to die out."
@MWHodin emphasizes the importance of a behaviour shift towards adult vaccination in the response to #COVID19 ⤵️ oecd-forum.org/posts/the-bar…
Laura Parry-Davies retweeted
Toilets, along with clean water & good hygiene, are essential for fighting #COVID19 and other diseases. Yet, billions of people around the world live without safe sanitation services.
More on Thursday's #WorldToiletDay 🚽: un.org/en/observances/toilet…
Laura Parry-Davies retweeted
This #16Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, shatter and put an end to victim-blaming.
#orangetheworld #GenerationEquality
Laura Parry-Davies retweeted
African countries represent 80% of LDCs, but have not benefitted from the expansion of the global economy and international trade seen in recent decades🌍
Coherent trade policies can help avoid the risks inherent to global value chain integration!
More▶️ bit.ly/35Ao1H0
Laura Parry-Davies retweeted
Great example of how a local awareness-raising initiative can have a national impact! #selfiewithdaughter
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Laura Parry-Davies retweeted
3⃣ reasons for development orgs to #communicate their results:
✅Demonstrate accountability
✅Share experiences of what did and didn’t work
✅Build public support and trust
More on communicating for development #OECDDevCom
bit.ly/36KDFPf
Laura Parry-Davies retweeted
When we talk about #migration & #development, what narratives prevail? What facts, misconceptions, myths & more impact related #policies?
Experts explore in our next #DevTalks
🗓️23 Nov ⏰13:00 CET
Register to join➡️ bit.ly/2IPw3CL
Laura Parry-Davies retweeted
How can we lead #BetterDigitalLives as #AI develops at breakneck speed?
Join a virtual screening of @iHUMANfilm & a discussion w/ film director @TonjeSchei plus @PaulNemitz, @JulieSBrill, @jackclarkSF & @OECD experts.
🗓️Tues 17 Nov 16:00 CET
✅Register: bit.ly/iHumanOECD
Laura Parry-Davies retweeted
"The challenge for each one of you is to take up these ideals of tolerance and respect for others and put them to practical use in your schools, your communities and throughout your lives" - Nelson Mandela.
#ToleranceDay
Laura Parry-Davies retweeted
The time of fossil fuel subsidies is over.
Coal must be phased out. Carbon should be given a price.
2021 must be the year of a great leap towards carbon neutrality.
Laura Parry-Davies retweeted
Recovering-better demands that we treat the #COVID19 pandemic as an opportunity to identify and address underlying structural barriers.
Richard Kozul-Wright of @UNCTAD outlines changes/steps needed in this #DevMatters bit.ly/3ntKADu