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Claire Mahon
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Human Rights Defender, working with courageous changemakers. Chocolate is my favourite everything.
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It’s hard to miss the increasing debates around the word “gender”. A dangerous “anti-gender” backlash is spreading, threatening the human rights of millions of people globally.

Here's what you need to know 👇
What is gender? And why understanding it is important
It’s hard to miss the increasing debates around the word “gender”. Here's what you need to know.
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July 15, 2025 at 10:30 AM
What’s keeping me going today is this great article and the reminder that we both need more leaders like Hana and we all can do more to be leaders like this in our own worlds.

www.teenvogue.com/story/hana-r...
Meet Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, the 22-Year-Old Lawmaker Behind that Viral Haka Protest
The young lawmaker is leading the fight to preserve Māori rights.
www.teenvogue.com
May 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM
A lot of what’s been shared about the UK Supreme Court judgement described as defining “women” to limit this to so-called “biological women” is not accurate transphobic.

Yesterday I spoke with Meg Lightheart about the implications, and she’s shared a great summary: www.linkedin.com/posts/megali...
Reclaim the framing of UK trans rights | Meg Lightheart
RECLAIM THE FRAMING OF UK TRANS RIGHTS After the UK Supreme Court ruling, we need to be sharing accurate information. Transphobic people are framing the results in a particular way, and we need to f...
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April 22, 2025 at 12:52 PM
What France and most of Europe are thinking right now, especially the ketamine bit:

www.threads.net/@johnbava3/p...
John Bava (@johnbava3) on Threads
French senator Claude Malhuret for the muthafuckin' win! This guy unleashed some Battle of Verdun type savagery on Trump with this speech. On Putin: "We were at war with a dictator. We are now fight...
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March 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Cathleen Quirk
March 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Reposted by Claire Mahon
Google announced significant changes to its artificial intelligence policy this week.

This pivot from refusing to build AI for weapons to stating an intent to create AI that supports national security ventures is stark, and it sparks serious human rights concerns.

Read more: bit.ly/4gwYBeL
February 6, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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November 20, 2024 at 6:25 PM