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The Grandmothers Advocacy Network (GRAN) is a Canada-wide network of volunteers who advocate at the local, national and international levels for a world where the human rights of older women, children, youth, and gender-diverse people are respected.
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· Mar 14
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This is what we're all about.
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Yes, it seems austerity is always a good principle to apply to the most vulnerable people in the global south, dealing with the climate crisis, conflict and extreme poverty. #Budget2025
Budget 2025 shows that ‘austerity’ applies to efforts to protect people and the planet—but that more money can always be found for military spending and polluting industries.
Read our full analysis & members' quotes on the federal budget and Climate Competitiveness Strategy. ⬇️
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Read our full analysis & members' quotes on the federal budget and Climate Competitiveness Strategy. ⬇️
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Climate Action Network Canada reacts to Budget 2025 - Climate Action Network Canada (CAN-Rac)
Unceded Anishinaabe Algonquin Territories , 4 November 2025:
Today, the Liberal government tabled Budget 2025 in the House of Commons, including a threadbare Climate Competitiveness Strategy. The Bud...
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November 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Yes, it seems austerity is always a good principle to apply to the most vulnerable people in the global south, dealing with the climate crisis, conflict and extreme poverty. #Budget2025
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BREAKING: A person in the richest 0.1% produces more carbon pollution in a day than someone in the bottom 50% produces all year.
Same pollution. Different worlds. But only one pays the price.
👉Read Oxfam's new #ClimatePlunder report to learn more. oxf.am/climateplund...
#MakeRichPollutersPay
Same pollution. Different worlds. But only one pays the price.
👉Read Oxfam's new #ClimatePlunder report to learn more. oxf.am/climateplund...
#MakeRichPollutersPay
November 5, 2025 at 4:00 AM
BREAKING: A person in the richest 0.1% produces more carbon pollution in a day than someone in the bottom 50% produces all year.
Same pollution. Different worlds. But only one pays the price.
👉Read Oxfam's new #ClimatePlunder report to learn more. oxf.am/climateplund...
#MakeRichPollutersPay
Same pollution. Different worlds. But only one pays the price.
👉Read Oxfam's new #ClimatePlunder report to learn more. oxf.am/climateplund...
#MakeRichPollutersPay
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"In an age of grotesque and rising global inequality, civil society is ordinary people challenging elites and the governments that are elected to serve them." Amitabh Behar speaking at #ICSW2025
Full conversation: www.youtube.com/live/ymZYirn...
Full conversation: www.youtube.com/live/ymZYirn...
November 5, 2025 at 9:38 AM
"In an age of grotesque and rising global inequality, civil society is ordinary people challenging elites and the governments that are elected to serve them." Amitabh Behar speaking at #ICSW2025
Full conversation: www.youtube.com/live/ymZYirn...
Full conversation: www.youtube.com/live/ymZYirn...
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Let's try not to hit tipping points
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’
Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns
www.theguardian.com
October 13, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Let's try not to hit tipping points
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Thank you, Jane. #SheLeads
We honour the wisdom and leadership of Dr. Jane Goodall, a trailblazer who has shown the world how one woman's voice, one choice, or one action, can spark lasting change. One woman can inspire generations.
Thank you, Jane. 🧡
#InvestInWomen #SheLeads #GenderEquality
Thank you, Jane. 🧡
#InvestInWomen #SheLeads #GenderEquality
October 2, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Thank you, Jane. #SheLeads
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CAN condemns the illegal Israeli aggression against the #GlobalSumudFlotilla and its activists.
International law is clear. Israel is in violation.
We call for the immediate and safe release of those illegally abducted by Israel.
Full statement: climatenetwork.org/2025/10/02/c...
#FreePalestine
International law is clear. Israel is in violation.
We call for the immediate and safe release of those illegally abducted by Israel.
Full statement: climatenetwork.org/2025/10/02/c...
#FreePalestine
October 2, 2025 at 1:59 PM
CAN condemns the illegal Israeli aggression against the #GlobalSumudFlotilla and its activists.
International law is clear. Israel is in violation.
We call for the immediate and safe release of those illegally abducted by Israel.
Full statement: climatenetwork.org/2025/10/02/c...
#FreePalestine
International law is clear. Israel is in violation.
We call for the immediate and safe release of those illegally abducted by Israel.
Full statement: climatenetwork.org/2025/10/02/c...
#FreePalestine
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At the UN Climate Summit today, many of Canada's allies will reaffirm & strengthen their commitment to climate action—but PM Carney will be notably absent.
Amid increasing uncertainty over this government's climate approach, we need to know: is Canada in, or out?
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Amid increasing uncertainty over this government's climate approach, we need to know: is Canada in, or out?
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Canada’s absence from UN high-level climate summit sows confusion and uncertainty - Climate Action Network Canada (CAN-Rac)
Prime Minister Carney’s last-minute withdrawal from the United Nations Secretary-General’s Climate Summit today sends an embarrassing signal.
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September 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
At the UN Climate Summit today, many of Canada's allies will reaffirm & strengthen their commitment to climate action—but PM Carney will be notably absent.
Amid increasing uncertainty over this government's climate approach, we need to know: is Canada in, or out?
shorturl.at/z5zFz
Amid increasing uncertainty over this government's climate approach, we need to know: is Canada in, or out?
shorturl.at/z5zFz
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Today Parliament returns and in Canada’s national newspaper, the Globe and Mail, our national Director got a letter to the editor.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/lett...
Canada cannot afford to follow the USA with delays and denial on climate risks!
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/lett...
Canada cannot afford to follow the USA with delays and denial on climate risks!
September 15, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Today Parliament returns and in Canada’s national newspaper, the Globe and Mail, our national Director got a letter to the editor.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/lett...
Canada cannot afford to follow the USA with delays and denial on climate risks!
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/lett...
Canada cannot afford to follow the USA with delays and denial on climate risks!
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There are many miles to go, but experience tells us, we shouldn't give up hope 👍🫶
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...
‘We’ve done it before’: how not to lose hope in the fight against ecological disaster
Some days it can feel as if climate catastrophe is inevitable. But history is full of cases – such as the banning of whaling and CFCs – that show humanity can come together to avert disaster
www.theguardian.com
September 14, 2025 at 12:56 PM
There are many miles to go, but experience tells us, we shouldn't give up hope 👍🫶
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...
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Communities across the country are mobilizing on September 20th to demand that Prime Minister Carney and Canada’s governments pick a side: injustice, violence, & climate destruction—or a just & safe future for all of us.
Sign up to join a #DrawTheLine action near you: drawtheline.world
Sign up to join a #DrawTheLine action near you: drawtheline.world
July 22, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Communities across the country are mobilizing on September 20th to demand that Prime Minister Carney and Canada’s governments pick a side: injustice, violence, & climate destruction—or a just & safe future for all of us.
Sign up to join a #DrawTheLine action near you: drawtheline.world
Sign up to join a #DrawTheLine action near you: drawtheline.world
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Ecuador’s HIV response is also facing severe impact of the sudden US funding cut – frontline workers are losing their jobs, and organizations are struggling to stay open.
Fundación Ecuatoriana Equidad and Dialogo Diverso share how crucial this funding is for sustaining HIV programmes.
Fundación Ecuatoriana Equidad and Dialogo Diverso share how crucial this funding is for sustaining HIV programmes.
May 12, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Ecuador’s HIV response is also facing severe impact of the sudden US funding cut – frontline workers are losing their jobs, and organizations are struggling to stay open.
Fundación Ecuatoriana Equidad and Dialogo Diverso share how crucial this funding is for sustaining HIV programmes.
Fundación Ecuatoriana Equidad and Dialogo Diverso share how crucial this funding is for sustaining HIV programmes.
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We have a moral imperative to address climate change, which will have enormous impacts on the future we leave behind for our kids and beyond.
Today, at the @naturalresources.bsky.social hearing, I spoke out on the GOP's giveaway to Big Oil, the most sweeping attack on our environment in history.
Today, at the @naturalresources.bsky.social hearing, I spoke out on the GOP's giveaway to Big Oil, the most sweeping attack on our environment in history.
May 6, 2025 at 8:54 PM
We have a moral imperative to address climate change, which will have enormous impacts on the future we leave behind for our kids and beyond.
Today, at the @naturalresources.bsky.social hearing, I spoke out on the GOP's giveaway to Big Oil, the most sweeping attack on our environment in history.
Today, at the @naturalresources.bsky.social hearing, I spoke out on the GOP's giveaway to Big Oil, the most sweeping attack on our environment in history.
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In South Africa 🇿🇦, sudden funding cuts have forced the closure of mental health services for people living with HIV - services that help them stay on treatment, overcome self-stigma, and find the resilience to carry on.
Hear from Dr. Gloria Maimela about these challenges:
Hear from Dr. Gloria Maimela about these challenges:
May 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM
In South Africa 🇿🇦, sudden funding cuts have forced the closure of mental health services for people living with HIV - services that help them stay on treatment, overcome self-stigma, and find the resilience to carry on.
Hear from Dr. Gloria Maimela about these challenges:
Hear from Dr. Gloria Maimela about these challenges:
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10 000 children in Asia and the Pacific acquired HIV — that’s nearly 30 children every day.
This is preventable.
UNAIDS, @unicef.org and @who.int are joining forces to end vertical transmission of HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B across the region.
Read: www.unaids.org/en/resources...
This is preventable.
UNAIDS, @unicef.org and @who.int are joining forces to end vertical transmission of HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B across the region.
Read: www.unaids.org/en/resources...
May 7, 2025 at 7:07 AM
10 000 children in Asia and the Pacific acquired HIV — that’s nearly 30 children every day.
This is preventable.
UNAIDS, @unicef.org and @who.int are joining forces to end vertical transmission of HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B across the region.
Read: www.unaids.org/en/resources...
This is preventable.
UNAIDS, @unicef.org and @who.int are joining forces to end vertical transmission of HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B across the region.
Read: www.unaids.org/en/resources...
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Foreign aid saves lives...and we have real results to prove it. 👏
From a few thousand people accessing HIV treatment to over 20 million today, aid has turned the tide on global health.
#AidWorks
From a few thousand people accessing HIV treatment to over 20 million today, aid has turned the tide on global health.
#AidWorks
May 6, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Foreign aid saves lives...and we have real results to prove it. 👏
From a few thousand people accessing HIV treatment to over 20 million today, aid has turned the tide on global health.
#AidWorks
From a few thousand people accessing HIV treatment to over 20 million today, aid has turned the tide on global health.
#AidWorks
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"We've seen #starvation used as a weapon of war, not only not allowing the aid into the #Gaza strip but also destroying agriculture and anyway for Palestinians trying to produce their own food." Oxfam's Ghada Alhaddad shares.
www.itv.com/news/2025-05...
www.itv.com/news/2025-05...
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May 5, 2025 at 12:21 PM
"We've seen #starvation used as a weapon of war, not only not allowing the aid into the #Gaza strip but also destroying agriculture and anyway for Palestinians trying to produce their own food." Oxfam's Ghada Alhaddad shares.
www.itv.com/news/2025-05...
www.itv.com/news/2025-05...
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Eswatini has spent decades turning its HIV response from a crisis into a model of resilience and opportunity. But the sudden US funding cuts now threaten to undo that progress.
Read our interview with Nuha Ceesay, UNAIDS Eswatini Country Director: www.linkedin.com/pulse/we-can...
Read our interview with Nuha Ceesay, UNAIDS Eswatini Country Director: www.linkedin.com/pulse/we-can...
May 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Eswatini has spent decades turning its HIV response from a crisis into a model of resilience and opportunity. But the sudden US funding cuts now threaten to undo that progress.
Read our interview with Nuha Ceesay, UNAIDS Eswatini Country Director: www.linkedin.com/pulse/we-can...
Read our interview with Nuha Ceesay, UNAIDS Eswatini Country Director: www.linkedin.com/pulse/we-can...
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Canada DOES have a role to play in the world. That includes supporting other countries to build their economies and democracies through foreign aid.
#AidWorks
#AidWorks
May 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Canada DOES have a role to play in the world. That includes supporting other countries to build their economies and democracies through foreign aid.
#AidWorks
#AidWorks
Such a critical combination to combat child mortality. #EndChildHunger #VaccinesWork
It’s time to invest in what works:💉+ 🍲
Infectious diseases and malnutrition are among the main causes of child mortality worldwide. And one often has an impact on the other, often increasing risk of death.
But by addressing both at the same time, however, there is great potential for success.
Infectious diseases and malnutrition are among the main causes of child mortality worldwide. And one often has an impact on the other, often increasing risk of death.
But by addressing both at the same time, however, there is great potential for success.
April 27, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Such a critical combination to combat child mortality. #EndChildHunger #VaccinesWork
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Israeli forces have now dropped more explosives in Gaza than fell on London, Dresden, and Hamburg during the Second World War. The region’s hospitals have not been spared; most are no longer functional. Clayton Dalton writes about the devastation.
The Last Hospitals in Gaza
In the ruins of a health-care system, many medical facilities have become graveyards. Doctors continue to deliver lifesaving care—but they risk their own lives in the process.
nyer.cm
April 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Israeli forces have now dropped more explosives in Gaza than fell on London, Dresden, and Hamburg during the Second World War. The region’s hospitals have not been spared; most are no longer functional. Clayton Dalton writes about the devastation.
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The federal election wraps up in just THREE DAYS and the time for our voices to be heard is NOW ‼️
Jump right into action – everything you need is in our handy election toolkit 👇
resultscanada.ca/election2025
#elxn45 #elxn2025 #cdnpoli
Jump right into action – everything you need is in our handy election toolkit 👇
resultscanada.ca/election2025
#elxn45 #elxn2025 #cdnpoli
April 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The federal election wraps up in just THREE DAYS and the time for our voices to be heard is NOW ‼️
Jump right into action – everything you need is in our handy election toolkit 👇
resultscanada.ca/election2025
#elxn45 #elxn2025 #cdnpoli
Jump right into action – everything you need is in our handy election toolkit 👇
resultscanada.ca/election2025
#elxn45 #elxn2025 #cdnpoli
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With so much at stake for our communities, our environment & our sovereignty, we cannot afford to stay home on election day.
✨ Bring your friends
💚 Vote your values
📸 Share a selfie with the hashtag #ShowUp4Climate
Let’s show up for climate & vote for a brighter, safer, more affordable future. ✊
✨ Bring your friends
💚 Vote your values
📸 Share a selfie with the hashtag #ShowUp4Climate
Let’s show up for climate & vote for a brighter, safer, more affordable future. ✊
April 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
With so much at stake for our communities, our environment & our sovereignty, we cannot afford to stay home on election day.
✨ Bring your friends
💚 Vote your values
📸 Share a selfie with the hashtag #ShowUp4Climate
Let’s show up for climate & vote for a brighter, safer, more affordable future. ✊
✨ Bring your friends
💚 Vote your values
📸 Share a selfie with the hashtag #ShowUp4Climate
Let’s show up for climate & vote for a brighter, safer, more affordable future. ✊
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The Commission advocates:
💰 Establishing innovative ways to finance gender justice in global health
💻 Creating a platform that collects monitoring data about gender justice in global health
✍️ Determining the need for an intl. legal definition of gender to create a guardrail that protects gender
💰 Establishing innovative ways to finance gender justice in global health
💻 Creating a platform that collects monitoring data about gender justice in global health
✍️ Determining the need for an intl. legal definition of gender to create a guardrail that protects gender
April 7, 2025 at 7:06 AM
The Commission advocates:
💰 Establishing innovative ways to finance gender justice in global health
💻 Creating a platform that collects monitoring data about gender justice in global health
✍️ Determining the need for an intl. legal definition of gender to create a guardrail that protects gender
💰 Establishing innovative ways to finance gender justice in global health
💻 Creating a platform that collects monitoring data about gender justice in global health
✍️ Determining the need for an intl. legal definition of gender to create a guardrail that protects gender
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As Gaza enters the eighth week of an Israel-imposed siege, blocking aid, vital supplies and commercial goods, Oxfam staff are describing conditions as the “stuff of nightmares”, with Israel’s mass forced displacement orders spreading terror.
More: www.oxfam.org/en/press-rel...
#OpenUpGaza
More: www.oxfam.org/en/press-rel...
#OpenUpGaza
April 23, 2025 at 1:22 PM
As Gaza enters the eighth week of an Israel-imposed siege, blocking aid, vital supplies and commercial goods, Oxfam staff are describing conditions as the “stuff of nightmares”, with Israel’s mass forced displacement orders spreading terror.
More: www.oxfam.org/en/press-rel...
#OpenUpGaza
More: www.oxfam.org/en/press-rel...
#OpenUpGaza