@MegEmpower

Senior Expert Trade, Gender and SDGs

Joined April 2016
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A powerful piece by @WHO's @DrTedros. He explains that vaccine equity isn't just a slogan. It protects all of us, because unchecked spread of the virus spawns variants that can circumvent the vaccine. We really aren't safe until we all are. foreignpolicy.com/2021/02/02…

Vaccine Nationalism Harms Everyone and Protects No One

The World Health Organization’s chief argues that hoarding vaccines isn’t just immoral—it’s medically self-defeating.

foreignpolicy.com
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Many thanks to @WEConnection member buyers @Ford @IBM @Intel @Merck @ProcterGamble for sharing why and how you source from #WomenOwned suppliers, track and report on progress and encourage your prime suppliers to source more from diverse suppliers as a strategy for success!
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Evidence shows that younger children rarely get seriously ill from #COVID19, and their transmission rates are low, but the costs of closing schools are enormous, not only because of lost education but also due to the other harms that then befall children. nytimes.com/2020/09/27/world…

As Covid-19 Closes Schools, the World’s Children Go to Work (Published 2020)

Former students are taking illegal and often dangerous jobs in India and other developing countries, potentially rolling back years of progress in social mobility and public health.

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We have lost a global feminist icon in Helen Reddy. For decades her song ‘I am Woman’ has given full-throated voice to our fight for gender equality. Every word still relevant, no message dated, including we have ‘a long, long way to go’. Her legacy will endure. Hear us roar.
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In 1995 today in Beijing the conference ended was having adopted the most comprehensive declaration ever adopted on gender equality.
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On 5⃣ October teachers everywhere are taking the lead to effect real change in their schools, communities and the world. ✊ #WorldTeachersDay Join us for a 24-hour online celebration around the 🌎 #5octLive Register today! ➡️ 5oct.org ⬅️ @daveswords
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When work is fun! With my friend and media maven @ITCnews @JarleHetland Thank you @CNNMoneyCH @kmjefford for inviting me to discuss women and trade, our new tool #SheTrades Outlook (shetrades.com/outlook), impact of covid19 & much more. Look forward to seeing the segment👍🏾 – at Geneva, Switzerland
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The bidding war by rich countries for #Covid drugs & vaccines drives scarcity--the artificial kind the Market prefers & which accepts winners & losers. Neither is acceptable in a pandemic. We all win, or we all lose. It's time governments put the PUBLIC back into Public Health
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So we should be wary of endorsing or acting on the @nytimes or other 'experts' conclusion that reopening schools will contribute to community transmission. The evidence still isn’t there. This study doesn’t change that. wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26…
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A must to tune into from leading expert, Dr. Annie Sparrow!
Annie Sparrow@annie_sparrow24 Jun 2020
Join me today as I speak with @richardhorton1 of @TheLancet about the effects of the #COVID__19 pandemic on people in conflict zones such as Syria & Congo, and the fallout of attacks on healthcare. At 15:20 BST (London time). Register here sdgresources.relx.com/creati…
2,800 participants from more than 118 countries, according to the #WEF, and yet only 24% are women. There is a need to discuss female leadership.. Thanks to @HelenClarkNZ for moderating womenpoliticalleaders.org/co… #reykjavikindex @Kantar
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New @Telegraph OpEd puts forward our proposal with @APPG_TOP for a #UKAfrica Prosperity Commission to "chart out the opportunities and future direction for a dynamic, new mutual #trade partnership". Find out more: buff.ly/2TEd01O #InvestinAfrica
APPG TOP@APPG_TOP20 Jan 2020
OpEd in today’s Telegraph by our Co-Chair @GregHands and @Erastus_Mwencha the former AU deputy chair, SG @comesa_lusaka and current Board chair of @TradeMarkEastA “The time is ripe to fully unlock the UK and Africa's trade potential” telegraph.co.uk/politics/202… via @Telegraph

The time is ripe to fully unlock the UK and Africa's trade potential

The road to Brexit has been both long and winding, and over the past three and a half years we have heard arguments from both sides as to what this historic change will mean for Britain, and the...

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#DFIDEvent Gateway for Growth Early Market Engagement Event on the 31st January 2020 at Windsor House, London from 11:00 - 13:00. For more information and to register interest please login to the supplier portal and search for the programme title. #AidWorks
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“One in every 185 people trapped in modern slavery and trafficking” - Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights calls for greater due diligence by corporations across supply chains #OHCHR #SDGs #UNGC
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Catch @CEOVazquez as she explores how to unpack constraints to gender equality and apply a #genderlens to investment today with #LionessesofAfrica, @opicgov, @IDF_Capital, & @cakamanzi of RDB at #GGS2019.
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Meg V Jones retweeted
UN Women
@UN_Women26 Nov 2019
Here’s a special message from our Goodwill Ambassador Nicole Kidman for International Day to End Violence against Women! Thank you for always standing with us and lending your voice. 🧡 #orangetheworld #16days #GenerationEquality
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Hear our song as we #orangetheworld. We are commemorating the International Day to End Violence against Women with a moving performance by the United Nations International School Senior Chorus @UNISNYC. #16days #GenerationEquality
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Kylie Porter opens the session on anti corruption at the 8th UN Forum on Business and Human Rights #ungc #OHCHR #SDGs
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Trade Minister, Sweden: Gender equality critical to sustainable development #SDG #OHCHR
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Bachelet opens 8th Forum on Business and Human Rights #OHCHR #UNGC #SDG
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