Lizzie Walker
@lizziewalker.bsky.social
Governance, conflict, human rights, gender, technology, development, travel
Very excited that Harriet Harman has been appointed as the UK’s new Special Envoy for Women and Girls - looking forward to working with her on Women’s Political Empowerment! #IWD2025
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March 8, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Very excited that Harriet Harman has been appointed as the UK’s new Special Envoy for Women and Girls - looking forward to working with her on Women’s Political Empowerment! #IWD2025
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In a world gone mad, the most powerful acts of resistance don’t involve posting on social media, but engaging in your community. Here’s my piece from last summer on the value of Supercitizens, who don’t just provide the glue that keeps us together, but also live longer because of it.
The Power of Supercitizens
Lurking among us are anonymous heroes who quietly amplify social cohesion. Here's what we can learn from them.
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January 23, 2025 at 9:46 AM
In a world gone mad, the most powerful acts of resistance don’t involve posting on social media, but engaging in your community. Here’s my piece from last summer on the value of Supercitizens, who don’t just provide the glue that keeps us together, but also live longer because of it.
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NEW STATEMENT | Fall of DRC’s Goma: Urgent Action Needed to Avert a Regional War
The fall of eastern Congo’s biggest city has sent thousands from their homes and – once again – left the Great Lakes on the edge of a wider war.
www.crisisgroup.org/africa/great...
The fall of eastern Congo’s biggest city has sent thousands from their homes and – once again – left the Great Lakes on the edge of a wider war.
www.crisisgroup.org/africa/great...
January 28, 2025 at 2:21 PM
NEW STATEMENT | Fall of DRC’s Goma: Urgent Action Needed to Avert a Regional War
The fall of eastern Congo’s biggest city has sent thousands from their homes and – once again – left the Great Lakes on the edge of a wider war.
www.crisisgroup.org/africa/great...
The fall of eastern Congo’s biggest city has sent thousands from their homes and – once again – left the Great Lakes on the edge of a wider war.
www.crisisgroup.org/africa/great...
Reposted by Lizzie Walker
What attributes of a government lead citizens to view it as trustworthy? Our article - led by @danjdevine.bsky.social - is out in EJPR today... Competence, benevolence and integrity all matter - but perceived benevolence matters most. ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
November 21, 2024 at 10:19 AM
What attributes of a government lead citizens to view it as trustworthy? Our article - led by @danjdevine.bsky.social - is out in EJPR today... Competence, benevolence and integrity all matter - but perceived benevolence matters most. ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
I stumbled across Tom Rosenthal’s ‘Strangers on a Bench’ podcast this weekend. 3 episodes in and I’m hooked. It’s anonymity makes it incredibly intimate. By dipping into stories that we’d never know about passers by it breaks through the ‘sonder’. Beautiful.
November 17, 2024 at 9:45 PM
I stumbled across Tom Rosenthal’s ‘Strangers on a Bench’ podcast this weekend. 3 episodes in and I’m hooked. It’s anonymity makes it incredibly intimate. By dipping into stories that we’d never know about passers by it breaks through the ‘sonder’. Beautiful.