Edith Mecha
@edithcm.bsky.social
Communications Leader.
Talks about humanitarian issues, technology and social change.
Talks about humanitarian issues, technology and social change.
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After years of displacement, Syrians are beginning to return home. Their hopes are high, but challenges remain.
Rebuilding lives and communities requires lasting support. UNHCR will be there. bit.ly/3PStfnW
Rebuilding lives and communities requires lasting support. UNHCR will be there. bit.ly/3PStfnW
February 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
After years of displacement, Syrians are beginning to return home. Their hopes are high, but challenges remain.
Rebuilding lives and communities requires lasting support. UNHCR will be there. bit.ly/3PStfnW
Rebuilding lives and communities requires lasting support. UNHCR will be there. bit.ly/3PStfnW
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This is the first trial to assess the clinical efficacy of a vaccine against Ebola disease from the Sudan species of the virus. It is also the first clinical trial of the vaccine during an outbreak. IAVI, the provider of the vaccine, conducted trials for safety and immunogenicity. bit.ly/3WLdFy1
February 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
This is the first trial to assess the clinical efficacy of a vaccine against Ebola disease from the Sudan species of the virus. It is also the first clinical trial of the vaccine during an outbreak. IAVI, the provider of the vaccine, conducted trials for safety and immunogenicity. bit.ly/3WLdFy1
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📢@icvanetwork.bsky.social has created a webpage with the latest resources and updates on the US 90-Day Funding Suspension.
We'll do our best to keep it up to date. Please do tag us with any key resources we are missing!
Explore the page⤵️
icvanetwork.org/90-day-suspe...
#HumanitarianAid
We'll do our best to keep it up to date. Please do tag us with any key resources we are missing!
Explore the page⤵️
icvanetwork.org/90-day-suspe...
#HumanitarianAid
90 Day Suspension Order Resources - ICVA
International Council of Voluntary Agencies
icvanetwork.org
January 31, 2025 at 5:51 AM
📢@icvanetwork.bsky.social has created a webpage with the latest resources and updates on the US 90-Day Funding Suspension.
We'll do our best to keep it up to date. Please do tag us with any key resources we are missing!
Explore the page⤵️
icvanetwork.org/90-day-suspe...
#HumanitarianAid
We'll do our best to keep it up to date. Please do tag us with any key resources we are missing!
Explore the page⤵️
icvanetwork.org/90-day-suspe...
#HumanitarianAid
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🎯ICVA’s 2022-2023 humanitarian leadership training empowered Women-Led Organisations across Africa, Asia and MENA, enhancing their leadership, advocacy, and donor engagement.
Read more in the case study⬇️
https://www.icvanetwork.org/resource/icva-2023-case-studies/
#Humanitarian #WomenLeadersh…
Read more in the case study⬇️
https://www.icvanetwork.org/resource/icva-2023-case-studies/
#Humanitarian #WomenLeadersh…
February 4, 2025 at 7:00 AM
🎯ICVA’s 2022-2023 humanitarian leadership training empowered Women-Led Organisations across Africa, Asia and MENA, enhancing their leadership, advocacy, and donor engagement.
Read more in the case study⬇️
https://www.icvanetwork.org/resource/icva-2023-case-studies/
#Humanitarian #WomenLeadersh…
Read more in the case study⬇️
https://www.icvanetwork.org/resource/icva-2023-case-studies/
#Humanitarian #WomenLeadersh…
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🎯The 2024 Regional Humanitarian Partnership Week, co-hosted by ICVA, ADRRN, CWSA, and UNOCHA, focused on the theme 'Sparking Global Change through Local Solutions in Humanitarian Action.'
Missed it? Watch the highlight video ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm2uhknpcuk
#RHPW2024 #Humanitarian
Missed it? Watch the highlight video ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm2uhknpcuk
#RHPW2024 #Humanitarian
2024 Regional Humanitarian Partnership Week Highlights
The 2024 Regional Humanitarian Partnership Week was held on 10 - 12 December 2024 in Bangkok, Thailand under the theme: Sparking Global Change through Local ...
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February 5, 2025 at 7:00 AM
🎯The 2024 Regional Humanitarian Partnership Week, co-hosted by ICVA, ADRRN, CWSA, and UNOCHA, focused on the theme 'Sparking Global Change through Local Solutions in Humanitarian Action.'
Missed it? Watch the highlight video ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm2uhknpcuk
#RHPW2024 #Humanitarian
Missed it? Watch the highlight video ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm2uhknpcuk
#RHPW2024 #Humanitarian
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🎯They died while helping others.
In 2024, a record 356 humanitarians were killed. How many more will it take before we act?
➡️Demand respect for International Humanitarian Law.
➡️Demand protection.
➡️Demand accountability.
Humanitarians are #NotATarget.
@unocha.org
@humoutcomes.bsky.social
In 2024, a record 356 humanitarians were killed. How many more will it take before we act?
➡️Demand respect for International Humanitarian Law.
➡️Demand protection.
➡️Demand accountability.
Humanitarians are #NotATarget.
@unocha.org
@humoutcomes.bsky.social
February 4, 2025 at 10:10 AM
🎯They died while helping others.
In 2024, a record 356 humanitarians were killed. How many more will it take before we act?
➡️Demand respect for International Humanitarian Law.
➡️Demand protection.
➡️Demand accountability.
Humanitarians are #NotATarget.
@unocha.org
@humoutcomes.bsky.social
In 2024, a record 356 humanitarians were killed. How many more will it take before we act?
➡️Demand respect for International Humanitarian Law.
➡️Demand protection.
➡️Demand accountability.
Humanitarians are #NotATarget.
@unocha.org
@humoutcomes.bsky.social
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Message from the Director General, Dr Tedros ⬇️
Peace is the best medicine!
The #Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal is welcome and encouraging. Too many lives have been lost and too many families have suffered. We hope all parties will respect the deal and work towards lasting peace.🧵
Peace is the best medicine!
The #Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal is welcome and encouraging. Too many lives have been lost and too many families have suffered. We hope all parties will respect the deal and work towards lasting peace.🧵
January 15, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Message from the Director General, Dr Tedros ⬇️
Peace is the best medicine!
The #Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal is welcome and encouraging. Too many lives have been lost and too many families have suffered. We hope all parties will respect the deal and work towards lasting peace.🧵
Peace is the best medicine!
The #Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal is welcome and encouraging. Too many lives have been lost and too many families have suffered. We hope all parties will respect the deal and work towards lasting peace.🧵
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The rain isn’t cleansing; it floods fragile tents and turns the ground into mud, leaving children shivering under torn fabric that offers no protection. Read Rita Baroud’s account of the ongoing suffering in Gaza: ⬇️
https://buff.ly/3WeiOhS
https://buff.ly/3WeiOhS
January 16, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The rain isn’t cleansing; it floods fragile tents and turns the ground into mud, leaving children shivering under torn fabric that offers no protection. Read Rita Baroud’s account of the ongoing suffering in Gaza: ⬇️
https://buff.ly/3WeiOhS
https://buff.ly/3WeiOhS
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These are the faces of forcibly displaced people.
Artist Es Devlin’s FACE to FACE: 50 Encounters with Strangers shares the stories of 50 people who fled their homes and now call London their home.
Learn more: bit.ly/4fYLXog
@unrefugeesuk.bsky.social
Artist Es Devlin’s FACE to FACE: 50 Encounters with Strangers shares the stories of 50 people who fled their homes and now call London their home.
Learn more: bit.ly/4fYLXog
@unrefugeesuk.bsky.social
January 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
These are the faces of forcibly displaced people.
Artist Es Devlin’s FACE to FACE: 50 Encounters with Strangers shares the stories of 50 people who fled their homes and now call London their home.
Learn more: bit.ly/4fYLXog
@unrefugeesuk.bsky.social
Artist Es Devlin’s FACE to FACE: 50 Encounters with Strangers shares the stories of 50 people who fled their homes and now call London their home.
Learn more: bit.ly/4fYLXog
@unrefugeesuk.bsky.social
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🚨Help Shape the Future of PSEAH!
The Common Approach to Protection from Sexual Exploitation, Sexual Abuse, and Sexual Harassment paper (CAPSEAH) examines the current resourcing framework for PSEAH and proposes a structured investment approach.
➡️ https://buff.ly/4gZTpQX
#PSEAH #GBV
The Common Approach to Protection from Sexual Exploitation, Sexual Abuse, and Sexual Harassment paper (CAPSEAH) examines the current resourcing framework for PSEAH and proposes a structured investment approach.
➡️ https://buff.ly/4gZTpQX
#PSEAH #GBV
January 10, 2025 at 7:00 AM
🚨Help Shape the Future of PSEAH!
The Common Approach to Protection from Sexual Exploitation, Sexual Abuse, and Sexual Harassment paper (CAPSEAH) examines the current resourcing framework for PSEAH and proposes a structured investment approach.
➡️ https://buff.ly/4gZTpQX
#PSEAH #GBV
The Common Approach to Protection from Sexual Exploitation, Sexual Abuse, and Sexual Harassment paper (CAPSEAH) examines the current resourcing framework for PSEAH and proposes a structured investment approach.
➡️ https://buff.ly/4gZTpQX
#PSEAH #GBV
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🌍In 2024, we launched the Localisation in Humanitarian Leadership report in an online event with NGO leaders, OCHA and USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA).
Report ➡️https://buff.ly/4a6YHIh
Watch the event launch recording ➡️ https://buff.ly/4a8qmbG
#Humanitarian #Localisation
Report ➡️https://buff.ly/4a6YHIh
Watch the event launch recording ➡️ https://buff.ly/4a8qmbG
#Humanitarian #Localisation
Virtual Launch of ICVA's Localisation in Humanitarian Leadership Report
The launch event of ICVA's Localisation in Humanitarian Leadership Report took place on 13 November 2024. The event was moderated by ICVA, featuring a brief ...
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January 13, 2025 at 7:00 AM
🌍In 2024, we launched the Localisation in Humanitarian Leadership report in an online event with NGO leaders, OCHA and USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA).
Report ➡️https://buff.ly/4a6YHIh
Watch the event launch recording ➡️ https://buff.ly/4a8qmbG
#Humanitarian #Localisation
Report ➡️https://buff.ly/4a6YHIh
Watch the event launch recording ➡️ https://buff.ly/4a8qmbG
#Humanitarian #Localisation
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🚨New Report: Adapting Humanitarian Coordination – Challenges, Innovations, and Future Directions for NGO-led Mechanisms
It dives deep into the challenges, highlights key innovations, and sets the stage for future directions in NGO-led coordination mechanisms⬇️
https://buff.ly/40crJBT
#NGOs
It dives deep into the challenges, highlights key innovations, and sets the stage for future directions in NGO-led coordination mechanisms⬇️
https://buff.ly/40crJBT
#NGOs
January 15, 2025 at 7:00 AM
🚨New Report: Adapting Humanitarian Coordination – Challenges, Innovations, and Future Directions for NGO-led Mechanisms
It dives deep into the challenges, highlights key innovations, and sets the stage for future directions in NGO-led coordination mechanisms⬇️
https://buff.ly/40crJBT
#NGOs
It dives deep into the challenges, highlights key innovations, and sets the stage for future directions in NGO-led coordination mechanisms⬇️
https://buff.ly/40crJBT
#NGOs
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📢Partnerships are crucial in preventing sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA) in #humanitarian settings. A study by ICVA, the Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response, UNHCR & GCPS highlights ways to improve prevention, risk mitigation & response to allegations of SEA⬇️
Report: Partnerships and Protection Against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse - ICVA
A report on the important role played by partnerships in addressing allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) against aid workers.
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January 16, 2025 at 7:00 AM
📢Partnerships are crucial in preventing sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA) in #humanitarian settings. A study by ICVA, the Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response, UNHCR & GCPS highlights ways to improve prevention, risk mitigation & response to allegations of SEA⬇️
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🎯High-Level Ministerial Event of the Cartagena+40 Process
🕓11 - 12 December, 2024
🚩Santiago, Chile
Senior authorities from Latin America and the Caribbean will gather at the event to adopt the Chile Declaration and Action Plan 2024-2034. [1/5]
#Cartagena40 #HumanRights #LatinAmerica
🕓11 - 12 December, 2024
🚩Santiago, Chile
Senior authorities from Latin America and the Caribbean will gather at the event to adopt the Chile Declaration and Action Plan 2024-2034. [1/5]
#Cartagena40 #HumanRights #LatinAmerica
International Protection in Latin America - 40th Anniversary of the Cartagena Declaration on Refugees - ICVA
International Council of Voluntary Agencies
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December 11, 2024 at 1:11 PM
🎯High-Level Ministerial Event of the Cartagena+40 Process
🕓11 - 12 December, 2024
🚩Santiago, Chile
Senior authorities from Latin America and the Caribbean will gather at the event to adopt the Chile Declaration and Action Plan 2024-2034. [1/5]
#Cartagena40 #HumanRights #LatinAmerica
🕓11 - 12 December, 2024
🚩Santiago, Chile
Senior authorities from Latin America and the Caribbean will gather at the event to adopt the Chile Declaration and Action Plan 2024-2034. [1/5]
#Cartagena40 #HumanRights #LatinAmerica
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🏚️ Destroyed homes.
🌪️ Families uprooted.
💔 Lives shattered.
But there’s hope. UNHCR is committed to staying and delivering aid to Syrians facing unimaginable challenges as they try to rebuild after nearly 14 years of conflict and displacement.
Here is how you can help: bit.ly/4guA8a9.
🌪️ Families uprooted.
💔 Lives shattered.
But there’s hope. UNHCR is committed to staying and delivering aid to Syrians facing unimaginable challenges as they try to rebuild after nearly 14 years of conflict and displacement.
Here is how you can help: bit.ly/4guA8a9.
December 11, 2024 at 12:02 PM
🏚️ Destroyed homes.
🌪️ Families uprooted.
💔 Lives shattered.
But there’s hope. UNHCR is committed to staying and delivering aid to Syrians facing unimaginable challenges as they try to rebuild after nearly 14 years of conflict and displacement.
Here is how you can help: bit.ly/4guA8a9.
🌪️ Families uprooted.
💔 Lives shattered.
But there’s hope. UNHCR is committed to staying and delivering aid to Syrians facing unimaginable challenges as they try to rebuild after nearly 14 years of conflict and displacement.
Here is how you can help: bit.ly/4guA8a9.
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📢The 2024 Regional Humanitarian Partnership Week - Asia Pacific has officially begun!
On Day 1, we’re kicking things off with thought-provoking discussions on #climateaction, innovative solutions, and community-driven approaches to tackle #humanitarian challenges.
#RHPW2024 #asiapacific
On Day 1, we’re kicking things off with thought-provoking discussions on #climateaction, innovative solutions, and community-driven approaches to tackle #humanitarian challenges.
#RHPW2024 #asiapacific
December 10, 2024 at 1:30 AM
📢The 2024 Regional Humanitarian Partnership Week - Asia Pacific has officially begun!
On Day 1, we’re kicking things off with thought-provoking discussions on #climateaction, innovative solutions, and community-driven approaches to tackle #humanitarian challenges.
#RHPW2024 #asiapacific
On Day 1, we’re kicking things off with thought-provoking discussions on #climateaction, innovative solutions, and community-driven approaches to tackle #humanitarian challenges.
#RHPW2024 #asiapacific
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Women's rights are under attack worldwide—from gender-based violence to restrictions on their autonomy.
Women-led organizations are on the frontlines, facing backlash yet driving change.
Join us during #16Days of Activism and support them!
Women-led organizations are on the frontlines, facing backlash yet driving change.
Join us during #16Days of Activism and support them!
December 6, 2024 at 2:24 PM
Women's rights are under attack worldwide—from gender-based violence to restrictions on their autonomy.
Women-led organizations are on the frontlines, facing backlash yet driving change.
Join us during #16Days of Activism and support them!
Women-led organizations are on the frontlines, facing backlash yet driving change.
Join us during #16Days of Activism and support them!
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It’s the International Day to End Violence against Women and Girls!
1 in 3 girls and women around the world experience physical and/or sexual violence by:
A husband
A boyfriend
An intimate partner
A lover
A parent
A relative
A colleague
A boss
A stranger
bit.ly/3gy8pfq
#NoExcuse
1 in 3 girls and women around the world experience physical and/or sexual violence by:
A husband
A boyfriend
An intimate partner
A lover
A parent
A relative
A colleague
A boss
A stranger
bit.ly/3gy8pfq
#NoExcuse
November 25, 2024 at 8:26 AM
It’s the International Day to End Violence against Women and Girls!
1 in 3 girls and women around the world experience physical and/or sexual violence by:
A husband
A boyfriend
An intimate partner
A lover
A parent
A relative
A colleague
A boss
A stranger
bit.ly/3gy8pfq
#NoExcuse
1 in 3 girls and women around the world experience physical and/or sexual violence by:
A husband
A boyfriend
An intimate partner
A lover
A parent
A relative
A colleague
A boss
A stranger
bit.ly/3gy8pfq
#NoExcuse
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Love.
Home.
Security.
Belonging.
Family means everything to a child.
This #WorldChildrensDay, we reiterate our call for faster and easier family reunification procedures that can bring refugee children back to their families.
Home.
Security.
Belonging.
Family means everything to a child.
This #WorldChildrensDay, we reiterate our call for faster and easier family reunification procedures that can bring refugee children back to their families.
November 20, 2024 at 11:23 AM
Love.
Home.
Security.
Belonging.
Family means everything to a child.
This #WorldChildrensDay, we reiterate our call for faster and easier family reunification procedures that can bring refugee children back to their families.
Home.
Security.
Belonging.
Family means everything to a child.
This #WorldChildrensDay, we reiterate our call for faster and easier family reunification procedures that can bring refugee children back to their families.
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Survivors of sexual abuse by peacekeepers are too often left without real support. On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, we’re gathering experts to explore what must change for true accountability. Join us Nov 25: https://buff.ly/3Cv5D59
November 21, 2024 at 12:40 PM
Survivors of sexual abuse by peacekeepers are too often left without real support. On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, we’re gathering experts to explore what must change for true accountability. Join us Nov 25: https://buff.ly/3Cv5D59
🎯Every 10 minutes, a woman is killed.
This staggering reality reminds us that violence against women is not only pervasive but preventable.
#NoExcuse for silence.
#NoExcuse for inaction.
www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-d...
#16DaysOfActivism @unwomen
This staggering reality reminds us that violence against women is not only pervasive but preventable.
#NoExcuse for silence.
#NoExcuse for inaction.
www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-d...
#16DaysOfActivism @unwomen
16 Days of Activism: #NoExcuse. UNiTE to End Violence against Women
Every 10 minutes, partners and family members killed a woman intentionally in 2023. The crisis of gender-based violence is urgent. That is why, during the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Viol...
www.unwomen.org
November 18, 2024 at 5:02 PM
🎯Every 10 minutes, a woman is killed.
This staggering reality reminds us that violence against women is not only pervasive but preventable.
#NoExcuse for silence.
#NoExcuse for inaction.
www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-d...
#16DaysOfActivism @unwomen
This staggering reality reminds us that violence against women is not only pervasive but preventable.
#NoExcuse for silence.
#NoExcuse for inaction.
www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-d...
#16DaysOfActivism @unwomen
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Cop29 live: As we head in to the second week, is the climate summit ‘stuck’?
Cop29 live: As we head in to the second week, is the climate summit ‘stuck’?
Halfway through the negotiations there is plenty of frustration. But, according to our environment editor Fiona Harvey, there is also still hope
* Climate crisis to blame for dozens of ‘impossible’ heatwaves, studies reveal
My colleague Damian…
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November 18, 2024 at 6:44 AM
Cop29 live: As we head in to the second week, is the climate summit ‘stuck’?
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Facing tight restrictions on demonstrations, activists at the #COP29 U.N. climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, held a silent protest Saturday to demand the phase-out of fossil fuels, climate financing for the Global South, and a just transition to clean energy.
democracynow.org/cop29
democracynow.org/cop29
November 16, 2024 at 7:43 PM
Facing tight restrictions on demonstrations, activists at the #COP29 U.N. climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, held a silent protest Saturday to demand the phase-out of fossil fuels, climate financing for the Global South, and a just transition to clean energy.
democracynow.org/cop29
democracynow.org/cop29