April without supermarkets! Great campaign initiative from @humundi.bsky.social. Background dossier looks at the impact of supermarkets in Senegal, Bolivia and Belgium, and what social movements can do. www.humundi.org/publications... (in French) @margteixeira.bsky.social #AvrilSansSupermarché

"Congo is absolutely central to modern life. It's the engine behind the most pivotal moment in the 20th century."

New episode of our Rights & Wrongs podcast discusses the story of the Democratic Republic of Congo ⤵️
Spotify: spoti.fi/3UmP1BQ
Apple: apple.co/4bghhgA

🚨5 yrs ago, care workers were hailed as heroes. Promises were made better pay, safe staffing, protections.

Today? UNI´s report—with responses from 11,233 workers across 63 countries—exposes a care system in freefall. #CareCantWait

📕Report: bit.ly/3Dtv0oS

www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...

The funder landscape for NGOs is under pressure internationally, not only just because of the USAID funding cuts, but developments in The Netherlands as well.

No joke, the Continent is publishing the best coverage of the DRC right now. And you can have it sent to you for free on WhatsApp and Signal!

Plus this one about the Netherlands from last year as well: www.alliancemagazine.org/blog/netherl...

It's depressing following the news around #USAID & it makes me wonder...with the far-right rising in Europe, will we be seeing a similar situation play out with European aid & development funding, including for European CSOs. E.g. see this news from last year: www.politico.eu/article/fear...

“Create silence”

Albert Camus

I haven't been this excited to read a comms book in a long time 😊 "Curated Stories: The Uses and Misuses of Storytelling" by @sujathaf.bsky.social

É lindíssimo <3

If you are still using TikTok, here's how you can at least support a group of excluded workers 😁

streetnet.org.za/2025/01/14/3...

I am always filled with antecipation, dread and excitement, for this report each year ❤️‍🩹

This reminds me of a Portuguese author I love saying how she usually reads drafts of her books to hear friends to "test the rhythm" of the writing.

Yes, audiobooks are (another type of) reading 🙂
youtu.be/80SCl6n0TEo?...

Remember these when you’re told cuts are unavoidable because there’s no money…

As Davos begins, shocking data revealed in Oxfam’s report:

💰Billionaire wealth is growing 3 times faster than it was just a year ago.

💰Billionaire wealth is growing by $5.7 billion every 𝙙𝙖𝙮.

Please don't move to Portugal just to escape Trump. There's enough problems here.

slate.com/life/2025/01...

A surprisingly fun exercise: I went on Chat GPT to test the results on street vendors & food sovereignty, to try to understand what might come up and if it supported our views. The results were...actually kinda great? Which means there is enough content out there about this to feed the algorithm

Passenger Palava
A story about commuting shenanigans in Lagos — from Damilola Olaniyi

Cyclone #Dikeledi has left 5 dead and has impacted almost 40,000 people in #Mozambique's Nampula province. The National Institute for Disaster Management reports 6000+ houses have been damaged or destroyed, as well as 3 health facilities & 35 schools, affecting 2,562 students.

“Freelance journalists are easy targets for disinformation campaigns, derision and threats, and without the backing of a strong organisation, they face these battles virtually alone,” warns Ghasan Moukheiber of Lebanon’s Alternative Press Syndicate (APS).

www.equaltimes.org/war-journali...

Under Staffing Kills: our survey of 2000+ health workers in 50+ countries shows urgent need for public investment in training & employment.

That's why we're working with @who.int to expose workforce shortages & push governments to act.

Learn more: publicservices.international/resources/ne...

Re the deal, UN secgen focuses on the humanitarian "catastrophe" aspect in Gaza as Biden glossed over it in his speech as if skating across a frozen pond

East Doc Platform, the largest co-production, funding, & distribution platform for Central & East European documentaries, returns to Prague March 13-19:

For anyone interested in spotlighting street vendors, we're always up to discuss ideas to feature our members :)

dokweb.net/articles/det...

It is a relief to know that our ancestors were worriers — awake in the darkness with crowded minds. Their worry is why we’re here.

When I try to think of a good investigative article on street vendors' struggle for labour rights, @equaltimes.bsky.social article by Anne Pinto-Rodrigues is always the 1st example on my mind. It's one of those articles I feel proud to have contributed in some way
www.equaltimes.org/kathmandu-s-...