Claudia Craig
@claudiartcraig.bsky.social
Feminist lobbyist @careintuk.bsky.social & @ww2preventvawg.bsky.social.
Views, rage and chaos is all my own.
She/Her.
Views, rage and chaos is all my own.
She/Her.
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Fantastic to meet with Baroness Harriet Harman, UK #SpecialEnvoyForWomenAndGirls, at #UNGA80. Our Managing Director Anne Gathumbi shared our global evidence that has proven #PreventionIsPossible. We look forward to continuing to working together to end #VAWG – in the UK and globally.
September 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Fantastic to meet with Baroness Harriet Harman, UK #SpecialEnvoyForWomenAndGirls, at #UNGA80. Our Managing Director Anne Gathumbi shared our global evidence that has proven #PreventionIsPossible. We look forward to continuing to working together to end #VAWG – in the UK and globally.
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We are proud that our party voted unanimously to pass our policy motion, Defending Women's Rights Across the Globe, at conference on Tuesday.
Thank you Care International for your ongoing work championing global gender equality.
Thank you Care International for your ongoing work championing global gender equality.
Women’s rights are under attack worldwide & the UK must respond. Yesterday the @libdems.org.uk did.
Championed by @libdemwomen.bsky.social & @monicaharding.bsky.social, we welcome their pledge to put women & girls at the heart of the UK’s global role, dedicating 20% of aid to gender equality.
Championed by @libdemwomen.bsky.social & @monicaharding.bsky.social, we welcome their pledge to put women & girls at the heart of the UK’s global role, dedicating 20% of aid to gender equality.
September 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
We are proud that our party voted unanimously to pass our policy motion, Defending Women's Rights Across the Globe, at conference on Tuesday.
Thank you Care International for your ongoing work championing global gender equality.
Thank you Care International for your ongoing work championing global gender equality.
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Today at #UNGA80, leaders, civil society & activists mark 30 years since the Beijing Platform for Action - an urgent call to uphold women’s & girls’ rights worldwide. We’re launching a new Brief on working with g'ments to end #VAWC. Learn more: tinyurl.com/44xfkj5j
#Beijing30 #PreventionIsPossible
#Beijing30 #PreventionIsPossible
September 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Today at #UNGA80, leaders, civil society & activists mark 30 years since the Beijing Platform for Action - an urgent call to uphold women’s & girls’ rights worldwide. We’re launching a new Brief on working with g'ments to end #VAWC. Learn more: tinyurl.com/44xfkj5j
#Beijing30 #PreventionIsPossible
#Beijing30 #PreventionIsPossible
Please join us for this critical discussion next week!
How can we meaningfully embed feminist #accountability in the prevention of violence against women & girls? Join us for an expert panel discussion exploring lessons from implementing survivor-centered approaches and centring the rights and voices of women and girls. Register: tinyurl.com/5bnkenbd
August 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Please join us for this critical discussion next week!
"The message from today’s Spending Review is clear: halving violence against women and girls is not the priority the Government claims it to be.”
refuge.org.uk/news/enough-...
refuge.org.uk/news/enough-...
‘Enough is enough’: Refuge slams lack of VAWG funding in Spending Review
‘Enough is enough’: Refuge slams lack of VAWG funding in Spending Review - Refuge
refuge.org.uk
June 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
"The message from today’s Spending Review is clear: halving violence against women and girls is not the priority the Government claims it to be.”
refuge.org.uk/news/enough-...
refuge.org.uk/news/enough-...
Interesting - MPs pointing out govts commitment to halving violence against women and girls in jeopardy
My response to the Spending Review. Also posted on my website.
June 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Interesting - MPs pointing out govts commitment to halving violence against women and girls in jeopardy
And yet somehow she managed not to mention women ✨️once✨️
A highly political speech by Rachel Reeves
She repeated that various funding boosts were “my choice” 19 times
And used the word “choice” a total of 72 times
She repeated that various funding boosts were “my choice” 19 times
And used the word “choice” a total of 72 times
June 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
And yet somehow she managed not to mention women ✨️once✨️
Just back from a wonderful week in Ethiopia with @ww2preventvawg.bsky.social colleagues & partners!
With enough investment and political will, we know that #PrevetionIsPossible, and so at a time of increasing rights rollback and reductions in budgets, we'll be working harder than ever to #EndVAWG.
With enough investment and political will, we know that #PrevetionIsPossible, and so at a time of increasing rights rollback and reductions in budgets, we'll be working harder than ever to #EndVAWG.
May 6, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Just back from a wonderful week in Ethiopia with @ww2preventvawg.bsky.social colleagues & partners!
With enough investment and political will, we know that #PrevetionIsPossible, and so at a time of increasing rights rollback and reductions in budgets, we'll be working harder than ever to #EndVAWG.
With enough investment and political will, we know that #PrevetionIsPossible, and so at a time of increasing rights rollback and reductions in budgets, we'll be working harder than ever to #EndVAWG.
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We’re looking forward to welcoming our What Works II Programme and Grantee Partners, Advisory Board and #FCDO to our APM 2025 next week, sharing insights from across the Programme and incredible Grantee Partners working to end #VAWG 💜
Read more: bit.ly/3Ene9EU
#VAWGPrevention
Read more: bit.ly/3Ene9EU
#VAWGPrevention
April 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
We’re looking forward to welcoming our What Works II Programme and Grantee Partners, Advisory Board and #FCDO to our APM 2025 next week, sharing insights from across the Programme and incredible Grantee Partners working to end #VAWG 💜
Read more: bit.ly/3Ene9EU
#VAWGPrevention
Read more: bit.ly/3Ene9EU
#VAWGPrevention
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Welcome to the What Works II Bluesky account! We look forward to connecting with others who share our mission and commitment to ending violence against women and girls in our lifetime 💜
April 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Welcome to the What Works II Bluesky account! We look forward to connecting with others who share our mission and commitment to ending violence against women and girls in our lifetime 💜
Sometimes I look in the mirror and get surprised at how rough I look, other times I catch a glimpse and am like "yeah, feels about right"
a close up of a stuffed animal with a very ugly face and ears .
ALT: a close up of a stuffed animal with a very ugly face and ears .
media.tenor.com
April 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Sometimes I look in the mirror and get surprised at how rough I look, other times I catch a glimpse and am like "yeah, feels about right"
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Great to be representing @careintuk.bsky.social at the UN for #CSW69 this week. Could not be a more important time to be talking about how to protect women & girls #supportwomenleaders @claudiartcraig.bsky.social
March 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Great to be representing @careintuk.bsky.social at the UN for #CSW69 this week. Could not be a more important time to be talking about how to protect women & girls #supportwomenleaders @claudiartcraig.bsky.social
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After announced aid cuts and ahead of #IWD, our message to the UK government couldn't be clearer: protect women and girls.
CREDIT: ONE Campaign _ Fionna Guilfoyle
#SupportWomenLeaders #StopTheCuts @onecampaign.bsky.social
CREDIT: ONE Campaign _ Fionna Guilfoyle
#SupportWomenLeaders #StopTheCuts @onecampaign.bsky.social
March 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM
After announced aid cuts and ahead of #IWD, our message to the UK government couldn't be clearer: protect women and girls.
CREDIT: ONE Campaign _ Fionna Guilfoyle
#SupportWomenLeaders #StopTheCuts @onecampaign.bsky.social
CREDIT: ONE Campaign _ Fionna Guilfoyle
#SupportWomenLeaders #StopTheCuts @onecampaign.bsky.social
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As International Women’s Day 2025 approaches, @careintuk.bsky.social’s Parliament drop-in was a powerful reminder of why UK aid is vital in empowering women and girls worldwide.
Their incredible work strengthens women’s voices and leadership, enabling them to stand up for their rights.
Their incredible work strengthens women’s voices and leadership, enabling them to stand up for their rights.
March 4, 2025 at 1:25 PM
As International Women’s Day 2025 approaches, @careintuk.bsky.social’s Parliament drop-in was a powerful reminder of why UK aid is vital in empowering women and girls worldwide.
Their incredible work strengthens women’s voices and leadership, enabling them to stand up for their rights.
Their incredible work strengthens women’s voices and leadership, enabling them to stand up for their rights.
Last night @careintuk.bsky.social gathered MPs and women's rights activists to rally support for gender equality spend. The message to the Foreign Secretary was clear:
REVERSE THE CUTS. PROTECT GENDER EQUALITY.
REVERSE THE CUTS. PROTECT GENDER EQUALITY.
March 4, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Last night @careintuk.bsky.social gathered MPs and women's rights activists to rally support for gender equality spend. The message to the Foreign Secretary was clear:
REVERSE THE CUTS. PROTECT GENDER EQUALITY.
REVERSE THE CUTS. PROTECT GENDER EQUALITY.
Anneliese Dodds just last month:
"Britain is back on the world stage. We are not prepared to sit back and watch as humanitarian needs grow and grow. To do so would be a betrayal of core British values."
No surprise therefore to see her resign over these brutal cuts.
"Britain is back on the world stage. We are not prepared to sit back and watch as humanitarian needs grow and grow. To do so would be a betrayal of core British values."
No surprise therefore to see her resign over these brutal cuts.
Anneliese Dodds resigns over Keir Starmer’s decision to cut aid budget
Exclusive: International development minister warns it will be ‘impossible’ to retain funding in Gaza, Sudan and Ukraine
www.theguardian.com
February 28, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Anneliese Dodds just last month:
"Britain is back on the world stage. We are not prepared to sit back and watch as humanitarian needs grow and grow. To do so would be a betrayal of core British values."
No surprise therefore to see her resign over these brutal cuts.
"Britain is back on the world stage. We are not prepared to sit back and watch as humanitarian needs grow and grow. To do so would be a betrayal of core British values."
No surprise therefore to see her resign over these brutal cuts.
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*Record scratch*
*Freeze frame*
"Yep, that's me Jonathan Powell. You're probably wondering how I ended up in this situation..."
*Freeze frame*
"Yep, that's me Jonathan Powell. You're probably wondering how I ended up in this situation..."
February 27, 2025 at 6:56 PM
*Record scratch*
*Freeze frame*
"Yep, that's me Jonathan Powell. You're probably wondering how I ended up in this situation..."
*Freeze frame*
"Yep, that's me Jonathan Powell. You're probably wondering how I ended up in this situation..."
Sick well our Prime Minister just said 'thank you for your leadership' to DONALD TRUMP so that's great
February 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Sick well our Prime Minister just said 'thank you for your leadership' to DONALD TRUMP so that's great
"The women leading their communities and defending their rights deserve not to be disproportionately impacted by the decisions of men, made in London”
Me in @theguardian.com 👇
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Me in @theguardian.com 👇
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Starmer’s cuts to UK aid budget are ‘cruel and shameful’, say experts
Reduction to 0.3% of gross national income in order to fund defence spending has been decried as a ‘move to appease Trump’
www.theguardian.com
February 25, 2025 at 5:17 PM
"The women leading their communities and defending their rights deserve not to be disproportionately impacted by the decisions of men, made in London”
Me in @theguardian.com 👇
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Me in @theguardian.com 👇
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Cutting the aid budget to play for defence feels like undercutting significant soft power in the hope of getting a defence spend Trump will like. Might be a necessary evil, but it’s an evil all the same: people make a terrible case for aid but it works in our self-interest. It’s not just altruism.
February 25, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Cutting the aid budget to play for defence feels like undercutting significant soft power in the hope of getting a defence spend Trump will like. Might be a necessary evil, but it’s an evil all the same: people make a terrible case for aid but it works in our self-interest. It’s not just altruism.
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Massive cut to international aid to help pay for defence, as @pippacrerar.bsky.social and I reported here.
This is already causing major upset on the Labour benches.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
This is already causing major upset on the Labour benches.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Starmer planning big cuts to UK aid budget to boost defence spending, say sources
Exclusive: PM expected to confirm boost in military spending to at least 2.5% of GDP by 2027
www.theguardian.com
February 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Massive cut to international aid to help pay for defence, as @pippacrerar.bsky.social and I reported here.
This is already causing major upset on the Labour benches.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
This is already causing major upset on the Labour benches.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
It's official, Keir Starmer is following in the footsteps of Donald Trump and Boris Johnson and cutting the UK's aid budget.
A death sentence for the world's most marginalised women and a move his own Foreign Secretary has described as a 'strategic mistake'. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c4...
A death sentence for the world's most marginalised women and a move his own Foreign Secretary has described as a 'strategic mistake'. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c4...
Starmer commits to raising UK defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027 - live updates
The prime minister says
www.bbc.co.uk
February 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM
It's official, Keir Starmer is following in the footsteps of Donald Trump and Boris Johnson and cutting the UK's aid budget.
A death sentence for the world's most marginalised women and a move his own Foreign Secretary has described as a 'strategic mistake'. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c4...
A death sentence for the world's most marginalised women and a move his own Foreign Secretary has described as a 'strategic mistake'. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c4...
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🚨BREAKING: new research from @careintuk reveals UK aid for women and girls slashed worldwide and is now at just half what it was pre-pandemic.
The fall represents a disproportionate decrease compared to the overall drop in ODA spending.
careint.uk/414sL4o
The fall represents a disproportionate decrease compared to the overall drop in ODA spending.
careint.uk/414sL4o
February 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
🚨BREAKING: new research from @careintuk reveals UK aid for women and girls slashed worldwide and is now at just half what it was pre-pandemic.
The fall represents a disproportionate decrease compared to the overall drop in ODA spending.
careint.uk/414sL4o
The fall represents a disproportionate decrease compared to the overall drop in ODA spending.
careint.uk/414sL4o
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Thank you Alice MacDonald for taking CARE's call to the heart of Westminster. We need to support women leaders in conflict & crisis.
Setting a target focused on gender equality spend within the UK aid budget is a logical first step in getting women & girls the support they need
#SupportWomenLeaders
Setting a target focused on gender equality spend within the UK aid budget is a logical first step in getting women & girls the support they need
#SupportWomenLeaders
January 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Thank you Alice MacDonald for taking CARE's call to the heart of Westminster. We need to support women leaders in conflict & crisis.
Setting a target focused on gender equality spend within the UK aid budget is a logical first step in getting women & girls the support they need
#SupportWomenLeaders
Setting a target focused on gender equality spend within the UK aid budget is a logical first step in getting women & girls the support they need
#SupportWomenLeaders
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Thank you so much Alice Macdonald for raising this important question on how UK aid can prioritise #genderequality.
While we agree with Minister Dodds that effective mainstreaming is needed, we also need aid targeted specifically at gender equality.
We're asking for a target of at least 20%.
While we agree with Minister Dodds that effective mainstreaming is needed, we also need aid targeted specifically at gender equality.
We're asking for a target of at least 20%.
January 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Thank you so much Alice Macdonald for raising this important question on how UK aid can prioritise #genderequality.
While we agree with Minister Dodds that effective mainstreaming is needed, we also need aid targeted specifically at gender equality.
We're asking for a target of at least 20%.
While we agree with Minister Dodds that effective mainstreaming is needed, we also need aid targeted specifically at gender equality.
We're asking for a target of at least 20%.