Emily Myers
@emilia-romagna-19.bsky.social
Hold fast and hold dear!
A lil’ knotty over here 🧶&🧵
A lil’ knotty over here 🧶&🧵
Please check out my latest blog about the WEMNS tool - I believe this tool will be critical in continuing global efforts to monitor advances in gender equality, globally! 🌍💪🏻
🆕 #Blog: Applying the Women’s Empowerment Metric in National Statistical Systems (WEMNS) to build gender equity
🖋️ By Emily Myers, Jessica Heckert, Hazel Malapit, Agnes Quisumbing, Flor Paz, Chiara Brunelli, and Chiara Gnetti.
🖱️ Read the full story here: on.cgiar.org/4d6Sptu
@cgiar.org
🖋️ By Emily Myers, Jessica Heckert, Hazel Malapit, Agnes Quisumbing, Flor Paz, Chiara Brunelli, and Chiara Gnetti.
🖱️ Read the full story here: on.cgiar.org/4d6Sptu
@cgiar.org
Applying the Women's Empowerment Metric in National Statistical Systems (WEMNS) to build gender equity
A tool to collect key data sometimes missing from household surveys.
on.cgiar.org
May 12, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Please check out my latest blog about the WEMNS tool - I believe this tool will be critical in continuing global efforts to monitor advances in gender equality, globally! 🌍💪🏻
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🎉 @cgiar-emd.bsky.social has been named on the 2025 #TIME100 list of the world’s most influential people.
A powerful recognition of her visionary leadership and CGIAR work in transforming food systems.
Read more 👉 on.cgiar.org/3Epu6Kw
#WithScienceWeCan on.cgiar.org/3Go0Jc1
A powerful recognition of her visionary leadership and CGIAR work in transforming food systems.
Read more 👉 on.cgiar.org/3Epu6Kw
#WithScienceWeCan on.cgiar.org/3Go0Jc1
Ismahane Elouafi on TIME100 list of the most influential people in the world
CGIAR is delighted to announce that CGIAR Executive Managing Director, Ismahane Elouafi has been named on the 2025 TIME100 list of the worlds 100 most influential people. Each year TIME100 celebrates...
on.cgiar.org
April 16, 2025 at 2:12 PM
🎉 @cgiar-emd.bsky.social has been named on the 2025 #TIME100 list of the world’s most influential people.
A powerful recognition of her visionary leadership and CGIAR work in transforming food systems.
Read more 👉 on.cgiar.org/3Epu6Kw
#WithScienceWeCan on.cgiar.org/3Go0Jc1
A powerful recognition of her visionary leadership and CGIAR work in transforming food systems.
Read more 👉 on.cgiar.org/3Epu6Kw
#WithScienceWeCan on.cgiar.org/3Go0Jc1
Reposted by Emily Myers
🚨Attention Members of the DC Bar🚨
Ballots went out today for key positions in the DC bar. Please vote for:
Diane Seltzer for President
Amanda Molina for Treasurer
Note: Seltzer is running against Pam Bondi's brother.
Get your ballot and vote ASAP.
Ballots went out today for key positions in the DC bar. Please vote for:
Diane Seltzer for President
Amanda Molina for Treasurer
Note: Seltzer is running against Pam Bondi's brother.
Get your ballot and vote ASAP.
April 16, 2025 at 12:22 AM
🚨Attention Members of the DC Bar🚨
Ballots went out today for key positions in the DC bar. Please vote for:
Diane Seltzer for President
Amanda Molina for Treasurer
Note: Seltzer is running against Pam Bondi's brother.
Get your ballot and vote ASAP.
Ballots went out today for key positions in the DC bar. Please vote for:
Diane Seltzer for President
Amanda Molina for Treasurer
Note: Seltzer is running against Pam Bondi's brother.
Get your ballot and vote ASAP.
Reposted by Emily Myers
Many products sold in the U.S. are made in El Salvador. In response to the El Salvador president’s statements today, we’re calling for an immediate boycott of all Salvadoran-made goods. Please help by listing any products or brands made in El Salvador in the comments below.
April 14, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Many products sold in the U.S. are made in El Salvador. In response to the El Salvador president’s statements today, we’re calling for an immediate boycott of all Salvadoran-made goods. Please help by listing any products or brands made in El Salvador in the comments below.
Reposted by Emily Myers
When students have concerns about discrimination in schools, where will they turn?
More than half of the Education Department’s civil rights locations are being shuttered, @propublica.org has learned.
Chicago. Boston. Cleveland. Dallas. NY. Phila. San Fran.
www.propublica.org/article/educ...
More than half of the Education Department’s civil rights locations are being shuttered, @propublica.org has learned.
Chicago. Boston. Cleveland. Dallas. NY. Phila. San Fran.
www.propublica.org/article/educ...
Massive Layoffs at the Department of Education Erode Its Civil Rights Division
Only five of the agency’s civil rights offices remain nationwide. Those who are still with the department say it will now be “virtually impossible” to resolve discrimination complaints.
www.propublica.org
March 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM
When students have concerns about discrimination in schools, where will they turn?
More than half of the Education Department’s civil rights locations are being shuttered, @propublica.org has learned.
Chicago. Boston. Cleveland. Dallas. NY. Phila. San Fran.
www.propublica.org/article/educ...
More than half of the Education Department’s civil rights locations are being shuttered, @propublica.org has learned.
Chicago. Boston. Cleveland. Dallas. NY. Phila. San Fran.
www.propublica.org/article/educ...
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New: We spoke to government IT employees/contractors about DOGE. Their warnings were dire. The people who maintain the systems that keep the country working are terrified. "This is the largest data breach and the largest IT security breach in our country’s history—at least that’s publicly known."
The Government’s Computing Experts Say They Are Terrified
Four IT professionals lay out just how destructive Elon Musk’s incursion into the U.S. government could be.
www.theatlantic.com
February 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
New: We spoke to government IT employees/contractors about DOGE. Their warnings were dire. The people who maintain the systems that keep the country working are terrified. "This is the largest data breach and the largest IT security breach in our country’s history—at least that’s publicly known."
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A brand new pattern is out in the world today! Thru Lines is available on my website and Ravelry shop 🥳
#dreareneeknits #knitting
#dreareneeknits #knitting
February 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM
A brand new pattern is out in the world today! Thru Lines is available on my website and Ravelry shop 🥳
#dreareneeknits #knitting
#dreareneeknits #knitting
Not a care in the world. Aspirational 😭
At the Smithsonian National Zoo
At the Smithsonian National Zoo
February 1, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Not a care in the world. Aspirational 😭
At the Smithsonian National Zoo
At the Smithsonian National Zoo
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I wish I had better news for you today.
In what appears to be the first time an abortion provider has been criminally charged since Roe was overturned, a Louisiana grand jury has indicted a New York doctor for shipping abortion medication to a teen patient.
In what appears to be the first time an abortion provider has been criminally charged since Roe was overturned, a Louisiana grand jury has indicted a New York doctor for shipping abortion medication to a teen patient.
Louisiana Indicts New York Abortion Provider, Arrests Mother
These are the first post-Roe criminal charges brought against a doctor.
jessica.substack.com
February 1, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I wish I had better news for you today.
In what appears to be the first time an abortion provider has been criminally charged since Roe was overturned, a Louisiana grand jury has indicted a New York doctor for shipping abortion medication to a teen patient.
In what appears to be the first time an abortion provider has been criminally charged since Roe was overturned, a Louisiana grand jury has indicted a New York doctor for shipping abortion medication to a teen patient.
Reposted by Emily Myers
The Trump administration has ordered agencies to shut down initiatives that “promote or reflect gender ideology,” and that employees who work on them be placed on administrative leave, in the latest action to execute the president’s charge to root out “woke” ideology from the federal government.
Federal Agencies Ordered to End Initiatives That Support ‘Gender Ideology’
The directive was another step in the Trump administration’s campaign to root out “woke” ideology from the federal government.
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2025 at 7:35 AM
The Trump administration has ordered agencies to shut down initiatives that “promote or reflect gender ideology,” and that employees who work on them be placed on administrative leave, in the latest action to execute the president’s charge to root out “woke” ideology from the federal government.