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The Grandmothers Advocacy Network (GRAN) is a Canada-wide network of volunteers who advocate at the local, national and international levels for a world where the human rights of older women, children, youth, and gender-diverse people are respected.

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GRAN @granadvocates.bsky.social · Mar 14

This is what we're all about.
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Advocacy GRAN Style

YouTube video by Grandmothers Advocacy Network

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Fridays For Future Ottawa @ottawaclimate.bsky.social · 12d

Let's try not to hit tipping points
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Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’

Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns

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GRAN @granadvocates.bsky.social · 22d

Thank you, Jane. #SheLeads

CARE Canada @carecanada.bsky.social · 22d

We honour the wisdom and leadership of Dr. Jane Goodall, a trailblazer who has shown the world how one woman's voice, one choice, or one action, can spark lasting change. One woman can inspire generations.

Thank you, Jane. 🧡

#InvestInWomen #SheLeads #GenderEquality

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ClimateActionNetwork @canclimateaction.bsky.social · 23d

CAN condemns the illegal Israeli aggression against the #GlobalSumudFlotilla and its activists.

International law is clear. Israel is in violation.

We call for the immediate and safe release of those illegally abducted by Israel.

Full statement: climatenetwork.org/2025/10/02/c...

#FreePalestine

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Climate Action Network Canada @canrac.bsky.social · Sep 24

At the UN Climate Summit today, many of Canada's allies will reaffirm & strengthen their commitment to climate action—but PM Carney will be notably absent.

Amid increasing uncertainty over this government's climate approach, we need to know: is Canada in, or out?

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Canada’s absence from UN high-level climate summit sows confusion and uncertainty - Climate Action Network Canada (CAN-Rac)

Prime Minister Carney’s last-minute withdrawal from the United Nations Secretary-General’s Climate Summit today sends an embarrassing signal.

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Citizens’ Climate Lobby Canada @citizenslobbyca.bsky.social · Sep 15

Today Parliament returns and in Canada’s national newspaper, the Globe and Mail, our national Director got a letter to the editor.

www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/lett...

Canada cannot afford to follow the USA with delays and denial on climate risks!

A picture of a letter to the editor published today in the global mail titled Come Clean

It is imperative that Canada fully implement the Canadian Sustainability Standards Board (CSSB) rules. Please let me add two more layers of information.

In August 2023, the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries at the University of Exeter published a critical actuarial analysis, The Emperor’s New Climate Scenarios, highlighting the financial risks of climate change. The message was clear: current climate-scenario models are flawed and fail to accurately predict the future or its financial ramifications.

Europe has strong disclosure guidelines, but the United States does not. Just last week the Dutch pension fund PFZW stopped investing in stock funds managed by BlackRock, in part due to concerns over the U.S. firm’s voting record on sustainability issues.

Canada should take note. We cannot afford to follow the United States or the "emperor" south of the border into delay and denial. Our future prosperity depends on leadership, not imitation. Cathy Orlando National Director of Citizens' Climate Lobby Canada Sudbury, Ontario

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Fridays For Future Ottawa @ottawaclimate.bsky.social · Sep 14

There are many miles to go, but experience tells us, we shouldn't give up hope 👍🫶
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...

‘We’ve done it before’: how not to lose hope in the fight against ecological disaster

Some days it can feel as if climate catastrophe is inevitable. But history is full of cases – such as the banning of whaling and CFCs – that show humanity can come together to avert disaster

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Climate Action Network Canada @canrac.bsky.social · Jul 22

Communities across the country are mobilizing on September 20th to demand that Prime Minister Carney and Canada’s governments pick a side: injustice, violence, & climate destruction—or a just & safe future for all of us.

Sign up to join a #DrawTheLine action near you: drawtheline.world

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UNAIDS Global @unaids.org · May 12

Ecuador’s HIV response is also facing severe impact of the sudden US funding cut – frontline workers are losing their jobs, and organizations are struggling to stay open.

Fundación Ecuatoriana Equidad and Dialogo Diverso share how crucial this funding is for sustaining HIV programmes.

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Rep. Dave Min @congressmin.bsky.social · May 6

We have a moral imperative to address climate change, which will have enormous impacts on the future we leave behind for our kids and beyond.

Today, at the @naturalresources.bsky.social hearing, I spoke out on the GOP's giveaway to Big Oil, the most sweeping attack on our environment in history.

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UNAIDS Global @unaids.org · May 8

In South Africa 🇿🇦, sudden funding cuts have forced the closure of mental health services for people living with HIV - services that help them stay on treatment, overcome self-stigma, and find the resilience to carry on.

Hear from Dr. Gloria Maimela about these challenges:

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The Lifeboat Academy @lifeboatacademy.bsky.social · May 6

#katharinehayhoe #climatechange #communityorganizing #apocaloptimism #metacrisis

A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: We have to fix climate change with the people we have right now, and to a large extent with the perspectives we have right now as well. - Katharine Hayhoe

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UNAIDS Global @unaids.org · May 7

10 000 children in Asia and the Pacific acquired HIV — that’s nearly 30 children every day.

This is preventable.

UNAIDS, @unicef.org and @who.int are joining forces to end vertical transmission of HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B across the region.

Read: www.unaids.org/en/resources...

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Aid Works 🍁🌏 @btobcanada.bsky.social · May 6

Foreign aid saves lives...and we have real results to prove it. 👏

From a few thousand people accessing HIV treatment to over 20 million today, aid has turned the tide on global health.

#AidWorks

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Oxfam International @oxfaminternational.bsky.social · May 5

"We've seen #starvation used as a weapon of war, not only not allowing the aid into the #Gaza strip but also destroying agriculture and anyway for Palestinians trying to produce their own food." Oxfam's Ghada Alhaddad shares.

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UNAIDS Global @unaids.org · May 5

Eswatini has spent decades turning its HIV response from a crisis into a model of resilience and opportunity. But the sudden US funding cuts now threaten to undo that progress.

Read our interview with Nuha Ceesay, UNAIDS Eswatini Country Director: www.linkedin.com/pulse/we-can...

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Aid Works 🍁🌏 @btobcanada.bsky.social · May 5

Canada DOES have a role to play in the world. That includes supporting other countries to build their economies and democracies through foreign aid.

#AidWorks

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GRAN @granadvocates.bsky.social · Apr 27

Such a critical combination to combat child mortality. #EndChildHunger #VaccinesWork

Results Canada @resultscanada.bsky.social · Apr 27

It’s time to invest in what works:💉+ 🍲

Infectious diseases and malnutrition are among the main causes of child mortality worldwide. And one often has an impact on the other, often increasing risk of death.

But by addressing both at the same time, however, there is great potential for success.

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Apr 24

Israeli forces have now dropped more explosives in Gaza than fell on London, Dresden, and Hamburg during the Second World War. The region’s hospitals have not been spared; most are no longer functional. Clayton Dalton writes about the devastation.

The Last Hospitals in Gaza

In the ruins of a health-care system, many medical facilities have become graveyards. Doctors continue to deliver lifesaving care—but they risk their own lives in the process.

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Results Canada @resultscanada.bsky.social · Apr 24

The federal election wraps up in just THREE DAYS and the time for our voices to be heard is NOW ‼️

Jump right into action – everything you need is in our handy election toolkit 👇
resultscanada.ca/election2025

#elxn45 #elxn2025 #cdnpoli

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Climate Action Network Canada @canrac.bsky.social · Apr 24

With so much at stake for our communities, our environment & our sovereignty, we cannot afford to stay home on election day.

✨ Bring your friends
💚 Vote your values
📸 Share a selfie with the hashtag #ShowUp4Climate

Let’s show up for climate & vote for a brighter, safer, more affordable future. ✊

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The Lancet @thelancet.com · Apr 7

The Commission advocates:
💰 Establishing innovative ways to finance gender justice in global health
💻 Creating a platform that collects monitoring data about gender justice in global health
✍️ Determining the need for an intl. legal definition of gender to create a guardrail that protects gender

An infographic outlining key recommendations from the Lancet Commission on gender and global health. In the corner, a statue representing justice is being built up by a community, block by block.

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Oxfam International @oxfaminternational.bsky.social · Apr 23

As Gaza enters the eighth week of an Israel-imposed siege, blocking aid, vital supplies and commercial goods, Oxfam staff are describing conditions as the “stuff of nightmares”, with Israel’s mass forced displacement orders spreading terror.

More: www.oxfam.org/en/press-rel...

#OpenUpGaza

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GRAN @granadvocates.bsky.social · Apr 15

We certainly think foreign aid is important #AidWorks

Aid Works 🍁🌏 @btobcanada.bsky.social · Apr 15

Ignoring external challenges like global health & inequality won’t protect us— That's why foreign aid matters so much.

2% of Canada’s federal budget is spent on aid—just 2 cents for every tax $. #AidWorks

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GRAN @granadvocates.bsky.social · Apr 15

A great learning experience. A number of @granadvocates.bsky.social took the the original course.

Oxfam Policy & Practice @oxfamgbpolicy.bsky.social · Apr 15

#MakeChangeHappen is back! The online course from @oxfaminternational.bsky.social and @openuniversity.bsky.social is revised, updated and now available in French, Spanish, and Arabic. Interested in learning about creating change? Register here: bit.ly/OLCMakeChang...
Illustration: Chizi Katama

Illustration of a diverse group of activists protesting. A woman in green and a man with vitiligo hold protest signs in the back. In front, a woman in a green hijab carries a red and purple flag. Next to her, a woman in blue with a face mask raises a crutch. Behind her, a person with a blonde afro and gold hoops speaks through a megaphone. A person in a yellow sweatshirt and glasses looks down while raising a glowing phone in the air.

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GRAN @granadvocates.bsky.social · Apr 15

People are suffering because of these inhumane and short-sighted cuts to HIV programs! Thanks for your work @unaids.org

UNAIDS Global @unaids.org · Apr 15

In Côte d'Ivoire, community members share how HIV programmes had to stop, health facilities are now closed, and healthcare workers have been laid off due to the sudden US funding cuts.

🎥 Watch the full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHln...

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