Franki Rhodes
@frankirhodes.bsky.social
Policy and Advocacy lead on gender and climate justice at CARE International UK. Previously women's economic Justice policy lead for Oxfam.
Rather than be honest that ODA budget cuts mean the UK will fail to meet its climate finance commitments, they are changing the rules to count more and more aid spending towards the target.
Communities already devastated by climate crisis lose out and are short-changed by this dishonesty.
Communities already devastated by climate crisis lose out and are short-changed by this dishonesty.
The Times has covered new analysis out today by @carbonbrief.org which reveals that more than £500m of UK's record £3bn climate aid from last year came from controversial changes in the way the UK now calculates such aid.
FOIs by @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social
Covered by @adamvaughan.bsky.social
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Covered by @adamvaughan.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Rather than be honest that ODA budget cuts mean the UK will fail to meet its climate finance commitments, they are changing the rules to count more and more aid spending towards the target.
Communities already devastated by climate crisis lose out and are short-changed by this dishonesty.
Communities already devastated by climate crisis lose out and are short-changed by this dishonesty.
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1/ 🚨 New research out today 🚨
Debt-for-nature swaps do not meaningfully reduce debt levels‼️
They cut countries' debt levels by 7x less than debt restructurings
Full release👉 bit.ly/4jr1yPs
🧵
Debt-for-nature swaps do not meaningfully reduce debt levels‼️
They cut countries' debt levels by 7x less than debt restructurings
Full release👉 bit.ly/4jr1yPs
🧵
Debt-for-nature swaps reduce debt seven times less than debt restructurings - Debt Justice
For more information and interviews contact Jerome Phelps on +44 7817 628196 New research released today by Debt Justice finds that debt-for-nature swaps have on average reduced debt levels by seven t...
bit.ly
May 29, 2025 at 8:41 AM
1/ 🚨 New research out today 🚨
Debt-for-nature swaps do not meaningfully reduce debt levels‼️
They cut countries' debt levels by 7x less than debt restructurings
Full release👉 bit.ly/4jr1yPs
🧵
Debt-for-nature swaps do not meaningfully reduce debt levels‼️
They cut countries' debt levels by 7x less than debt restructurings
Full release👉 bit.ly/4jr1yPs
🧵
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Today we join with over 60 charities to demand that the UK government reverse the shameful funding cuts that will deliver the worst aid budget for women & girls on record.
🔗 Click to read @theindependent.bsky.social piece:
careint.uk/4dwrgR1
🔗 JOIN US & write to your MP: careint.uk/4knTD6i
🔗 Click to read @theindependent.bsky.social piece:
careint.uk/4dwrgR1
🔗 JOIN US & write to your MP: careint.uk/4knTD6i
May 22, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Today we join with over 60 charities to demand that the UK government reverse the shameful funding cuts that will deliver the worst aid budget for women & girls on record.
🔗 Click to read @theindependent.bsky.social piece:
careint.uk/4dwrgR1
🔗 JOIN US & write to your MP: careint.uk/4knTD6i
🔗 Click to read @theindependent.bsky.social piece:
careint.uk/4dwrgR1
🔗 JOIN US & write to your MP: careint.uk/4knTD6i
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South Sudan is facing hunger, disease, floods - and now it must find $657 million to pay creditors who sued in the UK High Court, almost half its government's revenue.
The UK must pass a law to stop private creditors from suing countries to make big profits.
debtjustice.org.uk/news/south-s...
The UK must pass a law to stop private creditors from suing countries to make big profits.
debtjustice.org.uk/news/south-s...
South Sudan ordered to pay Afreximbank $657m by UK High Court - Debt Justice
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information and interviews contact Jerome Phelps on +44 7817 628196 15 May 2025 – South Sudan has been ordered by the High Court in London to pay Afreximbank $657 milli...
debtjustice.org.uk
May 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
South Sudan is facing hunger, disease, floods - and now it must find $657 million to pay creditors who sued in the UK High Court, almost half its government's revenue.
The UK must pass a law to stop private creditors from suing countries to make big profits.
debtjustice.org.uk/news/south-s...
The UK must pass a law to stop private creditors from suing countries to make big profits.
debtjustice.org.uk/news/south-s...
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Today, the UK Government has sent a clear message: it is choosing not to stand with women & girls.
To avoid being remembered as one of the worst for women and girls, it must immediately reverse these cuts and protect their rights.
Full statement: careint.uk/3GOebGr
To avoid being remembered as one of the worst for women and girls, it must immediately reverse these cuts and protect their rights.
Full statement: careint.uk/3GOebGr
May 13, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Today, the UK Government has sent a clear message: it is choosing not to stand with women & girls.
To avoid being remembered as one of the worst for women and girls, it must immediately reverse these cuts and protect their rights.
Full statement: careint.uk/3GOebGr
To avoid being remembered as one of the worst for women and girls, it must immediately reverse these cuts and protect their rights.
Full statement: careint.uk/3GOebGr
The debt crisis is sabotaging climate action.
Global South countries spend 5x more on debt than on climate solutions.
📢 FfD4 must back a UN Sovereign Debt Convention now.
🧵 Read more: www.climatechangenews.com/2025/05/07/w...
#DebtJustice #ClimateFinance #FfD4 #Seville2025
Global South countries spend 5x more on debt than on climate solutions.
📢 FfD4 must back a UN Sovereign Debt Convention now.
🧵 Read more: www.climatechangenews.com/2025/05/07/w...
#DebtJustice #ClimateFinance #FfD4 #Seville2025
Without debt relief, climate action will fail
Many Global South countries spend five times more on repaying debt than tackling climate change - governments meeting in Seville next month can stop this downward spiral
www.climatechangenews.com
May 13, 2025 at 8:58 AM
The debt crisis is sabotaging climate action.
Global South countries spend 5x more on debt than on climate solutions.
📢 FfD4 must back a UN Sovereign Debt Convention now.
🧵 Read more: www.climatechangenews.com/2025/05/07/w...
#DebtJustice #ClimateFinance #FfD4 #Seville2025
Global South countries spend 5x more on debt than on climate solutions.
📢 FfD4 must back a UN Sovereign Debt Convention now.
🧵 Read more: www.climatechangenews.com/2025/05/07/w...
#DebtJustice #ClimateFinance #FfD4 #Seville2025
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Attacking the rights of a marginalised group isn’t a win for feminism.
Demanding that women be defined by our biology isn't a win for feminism.
The people driving this are not acting in the interests of women. They're taking us all backwards and ushering in the far right.
Demanding that women be defined by our biology isn't a win for feminism.
The people driving this are not acting in the interests of women. They're taking us all backwards and ushering in the far right.
April 17, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Attacking the rights of a marginalised group isn’t a win for feminism.
Demanding that women be defined by our biology isn't a win for feminism.
The people driving this are not acting in the interests of women. They're taking us all backwards and ushering in the far right.
Demanding that women be defined by our biology isn't a win for feminism.
The people driving this are not acting in the interests of women. They're taking us all backwards and ushering in the far right.
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In a targeted attack on his car, Israel has killed Al-Jazeera's
Hossam Shabat, who was only 23 years old and was one of the last remaining journalists in Gaza.
There are no words.
Hossam Shabat, who was only 23 years old and was one of the last remaining journalists in Gaza.
There are no words.
March 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
In a targeted attack on his car, Israel has killed Al-Jazeera's
Hossam Shabat, who was only 23 years old and was one of the last remaining journalists in Gaza.
There are no words.
Hossam Shabat, who was only 23 years old and was one of the last remaining journalists in Gaza.
There are no words.
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Great to see Harriet Harman appointed as UK Special Envoy for women & girls.
The role will benefit enormously from her experience but must be backed by, at least, a 20% share of the aid budget dedicated to supporting women & girls.
#StopTheCuts #SupportWomenLeaders
www.gov.uk/government/n...
The role will benefit enormously from her experience but must be backed by, at least, a 20% share of the aid budget dedicated to supporting women & girls.
#StopTheCuts #SupportWomenLeaders
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Women’s rights to be championed by appointment of new UK Special Envoy
Harriet Harman to champion gender equality worldwide as new UK Special Envoy for Women and Girls.
www.gov.uk
March 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Great to see Harriet Harman appointed as UK Special Envoy for women & girls.
The role will benefit enormously from her experience but must be backed by, at least, a 20% share of the aid budget dedicated to supporting women & girls.
#StopTheCuts #SupportWomenLeaders
www.gov.uk/government/n...
The role will benefit enormously from her experience but must be backed by, at least, a 20% share of the aid budget dedicated to supporting women & girls.
#StopTheCuts #SupportWomenLeaders
www.gov.uk/government/n...
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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
Last time the UK Government implemented aid cuts, programming for gender equality took one of the biggest hits.
I've met women's rights leaders whose work on GBV, SRHR and climate was halted in its tracks.
This can't happen again. We are calling to #StoptheCuts and #SupportWomenLeaders.
I've met women's rights leaders whose work on GBV, SRHR and climate was halted in its tracks.
This can't happen again. We are calling to #StoptheCuts and #SupportWomenLeaders.
Today we send our open letter to the Foreign Secretary, urging the government to commit 20% of UK aid directly to protect women & girls.
With 90+ activists & advocates, we call to:
Reverse the cuts. Fund #GenderEquality. Protect women & girls.
#SupportWomenLeaders #StoptheCuts
careint.uk/41HJV8t
With 90+ activists & advocates, we call to:
Reverse the cuts. Fund #GenderEquality. Protect women & girls.
#SupportWomenLeaders #StoptheCuts
careint.uk/41HJV8t
March 6, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Last time the UK Government implemented aid cuts, programming for gender equality took one of the biggest hits.
I've met women's rights leaders whose work on GBV, SRHR and climate was halted in its tracks.
This can't happen again. We are calling to #StoptheCuts and #SupportWomenLeaders.
I've met women's rights leaders whose work on GBV, SRHR and climate was halted in its tracks.
This can't happen again. We are calling to #StoptheCuts and #SupportWomenLeaders.
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NEW: The UK is the latest wealthy nation to announce cuts to its overseas aid weeks after committing to step up climate finance to developing countries
UK aid budget cuts threaten climate finance pledges
The UK is the latest wealthy nation to announce cuts to its overseas aid weeks after committing to step up climate pledges
www.climatechangenews.com
February 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
NEW: The UK is the latest wealthy nation to announce cuts to its overseas aid weeks after committing to step up climate finance to developing countries
If you need an inspiring read the new @wen-uk.bsky.social strategy is a demonstration of a feminist approach to climate and economic crisis. It includes:
⭐movement building
⭐increasing marginalised women's participation
⭐radical transformation of systems
⭐working for a #feministgreennewdeal
⭐movement building
⭐increasing marginalised women's participation
⭐radical transformation of systems
⭐working for a #feministgreennewdeal
We're committed to creating alternatives to oppressive systems & ending the exploitation of women & natural world. We empower women & communities to take #climateaction, amplify voices of racialised & marginalised women & drive systemic change. Read our #WenStrategy www.wen.org.uk/2025/...
INTRODUCING WEN’S STRATEGY
Read a message from Wen’s Co-Directors, Kate Metcalf and Zarina Ahmed about our new strategy for 2025-2030.
www.wen.org.uk
February 18, 2025 at 5:23 PM
If you need an inspiring read the new @wen-uk.bsky.social strategy is a demonstration of a feminist approach to climate and economic crisis. It includes:
⭐movement building
⭐increasing marginalised women's participation
⭐radical transformation of systems
⭐working for a #feministgreennewdeal
⭐movement building
⭐increasing marginalised women's participation
⭐radical transformation of systems
⭐working for a #feministgreennewdeal
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What a great start to the year at #EurodadIC with hundreds of influential activists and CSO members coming together to develop collective strategies towards #DebtJustice.
It's time to take these expectations and work together to make them a reality at #FfD4! 💪
📹: @eurodadnews.bsky.social
It's time to take these expectations and work together to make them a reality at #FfD4! 💪
📹: @eurodadnews.bsky.social
February 3, 2025 at 3:38 PM
What a great start to the year at #EurodadIC with hundreds of influential activists and CSO members coming together to develop collective strategies towards #DebtJustice.
It's time to take these expectations and work together to make them a reality at #FfD4! 💪
📹: @eurodadnews.bsky.social
It's time to take these expectations and work together to make them a reality at #FfD4! 💪
📹: @eurodadnews.bsky.social
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When a single billionaire can accumulate more money in 10 seconds than their employees make in one year, while workers struggle to meet the basic cost of rent and medicine, then yes, every billionaire really is a policy failure.
Read our op-ed here ⤵️
Read our op-ed here ⤵️
Billionaires Should Not Exist
Yes, every billionaire really is a policy failure.
www.teenvogue.com
January 23, 2025 at 10:19 PM
When a single billionaire can accumulate more money in 10 seconds than their employees make in one year, while workers struggle to meet the basic cost of rent and medicine, then yes, every billionaire really is a policy failure.
Read our op-ed here ⤵️
Read our op-ed here ⤵️
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We’ve popped together a #starterpack of women who are speaking out and leading the way on climate. Do you have any suggestions for voices to add? Let us know, comment below 👇
go.bsky.app/VaQ4E2d
go.bsky.app/VaQ4E2d
December 6, 2024 at 1:30 PM
We’ve popped together a #starterpack of women who are speaking out and leading the way on climate. Do you have any suggestions for voices to add? Let us know, comment below 👇
go.bsky.app/VaQ4E2d
go.bsky.app/VaQ4E2d
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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%.