Elin Martinez
@martinez-elin.bsky.social
Senior Children's Rights Researcher at @hrw.org. Also Chair of the Right to Education Initiative Board of Trustees. She/Her/Ella.
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As the number of children out-of-school globally increases📈, so should education spending, says @martinez-elin.bsky.social. Underfunding worsens barriers & discrimination faced by millions. Without adequate spending, governments can't deliver free education: www.hrw.org/news/2025/07... #ChildRights
July 8, 2025 at 10:59 AM
As the number of children out-of-school globally increases📈, so should education spending, says @martinez-elin.bsky.social. Underfunding worsens barriers & discrimination faced by millions. Without adequate spending, governments can't deliver free education: www.hrw.org/news/2025/07... #ChildRights
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🇭🇹Plus de 245 000 personnes ont été déplacées par les violences au cours des derniers mois en #Haïti.
Une mère célibataire de 52 ans, enseignante à Port-au-Prince, m'a raconté comment elle a tout perdu lorsque des groupes criminels ont attaqué son quartier en avril :
Une mère célibataire de 52 ans, enseignante à Port-au-Prince, m'a raconté comment elle a tout perdu lorsque des groupes criminels ont attaqué son quartier en avril :
June 28, 2025 at 12:05 PM
🇭🇹Plus de 245 000 personnes ont été déplacées par les violences au cours des derniers mois en #Haïti.
Une mère célibataire de 52 ans, enseignante à Port-au-Prince, m'a raconté comment elle a tout perdu lorsque des groupes criminels ont attaqué son quartier en avril :
Une mère célibataire de 52 ans, enseignante à Port-au-Prince, m'a raconté comment elle a tout perdu lorsque des groupes criminels ont attaqué son quartier en avril :
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🇭🇹Les enfants & les jeunes sont les plus durement touchés par la violence en Haïti.
Une orpheline de 21 ans qui vivait avec son oncle à Port-au-Prince nous a raconté comment elle a vécu sous le joug de groupes criminels, jusqu'à ce qu'ils tuent son oncle et la forcent à fuir :
Une orpheline de 21 ans qui vivait avec son oncle à Port-au-Prince nous a raconté comment elle a vécu sous le joug de groupes criminels, jusqu'à ce qu'ils tuent son oncle et la forcent à fuir :
July 4, 2025 at 10:41 AM
🇭🇹Les enfants & les jeunes sont les plus durement touchés par la violence en Haïti.
Une orpheline de 21 ans qui vivait avec son oncle à Port-au-Prince nous a raconté comment elle a vécu sous le joug de groupes criminels, jusqu'à ce qu'ils tuent son oncle et la forcent à fuir :
Une orpheline de 21 ans qui vivait avec son oncle à Port-au-Prince nous a raconté comment elle a vécu sous le joug de groupes criminels, jusqu'à ce qu'ils tuent son oncle et la forcent à fuir :
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🇭🇹 Haiti urgently needs international support as violence escalates. Millions are struggling to access food, shelter & essential services.
This is the story of a 37-year-old street vendor who has fled violence several times — and now fears it will reach her in Cap-Haïtien:
This is the story of a 37-year-old street vendor who has fled violence several times — and now fears it will reach her in Cap-Haïtien:
July 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
🇭🇹 Haiti urgently needs international support as violence escalates. Millions are struggling to access food, shelter & essential services.
This is the story of a 37-year-old street vendor who has fled violence several times — and now fears it will reach her in Cap-Haïtien:
This is the story of a 37-year-old street vendor who has fled violence several times — and now fears it will reach her in Cap-Haïtien:
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Generations of conflict, widespread access to arms, and patriarchal customs have long turned women’s and girls’ bodies into battlegrounds in #SouthSudan. As HRW expert Nyagoah Tut Pur says, they are used as spoils of war or bargaining chips in intercommunal disputes.
www.hrw.org/the-day-in-h...
www.hrw.org/the-day-in-h...
Attacks on Girls in South Sudan: Daily Brief
Children should be able to go to school and learn without fear. For girls in South Sudan, this is harrowingly not the case, as a few recent examples make clear. Read Andrew Stroehlein in Human Rights ...
www.hrw.org
July 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Generations of conflict, widespread access to arms, and patriarchal customs have long turned women’s and girls’ bodies into battlegrounds in #SouthSudan. As HRW expert Nyagoah Tut Pur says, they are used as spoils of war or bargaining chips in intercommunal disputes.
www.hrw.org/the-day-in-h...
www.hrw.org/the-day-in-h...
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Jutta Urpilainen, Chair of the #GEMReport Advisory Board, calls for urgent action as the global education financing system is failing those who need it most.
We urgently need to rethink how we #FundEducation.
➡️More in the latest #WorldEducationBlog: bit.ly/3Ia7jUw
#FFD4
We urgently need to rethink how we #FundEducation.
➡️More in the latest #WorldEducationBlog: bit.ly/3Ia7jUw
#FFD4
July 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Jutta Urpilainen, Chair of the #GEMReport Advisory Board, calls for urgent action as the global education financing system is failing those who need it most.
We urgently need to rethink how we #FundEducation.
➡️More in the latest #WorldEducationBlog: bit.ly/3Ia7jUw
#FFD4
We urgently need to rethink how we #FundEducation.
➡️More in the latest #WorldEducationBlog: bit.ly/3Ia7jUw
#FFD4
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Developing countries ‘need more debt relief’ to fund education and health
Developing countries ‘need more debt relief’ to fund education and health
Research warns poorer governments prioritising debt payments over essential development spending
Developing countries need a fresh round of debt relief, to prevent money urgently needed for health and education being diverted to creditors, according to a major new report commissioned by the late Pope Francis.
The Jubilee report, produced by a panel of experts chaired by Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz, argues for debt restructuring, along the lines of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries initiative (HIPC). Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
June 20, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Developing countries ‘need more debt relief’ to fund education and health
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Despite being added to the UN's “list of shame” for violations against children in armed conflict, Israel's and Russia’s abuses have only increased; neither has engaged with the UN to negotiate an action plan to end their violations. My new dispatch:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
Violations Soar Against Children in Armed Conflict
Last year was the most devastating year for children in armed conflict in two decades, according to the new annual report from United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
www.hrw.org
June 20, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Despite being added to the UN's “list of shame” for violations against children in armed conflict, Israel's and Russia’s abuses have only increased; neither has engaged with the UN to negotiate an action plan to end their violations. My new dispatch:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
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Today marks #Juneteenth, a day honoring the end of slavery in the United States. But the symbolism of this day doesn't address the enduring legacy of enslavement.
This Juneteenth, we amplify the call for #ReparationsNow.
This Juneteenth, we amplify the call for #ReparationsNow.
June 19, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Today marks #Juneteenth, a day honoring the end of slavery in the United States. But the symbolism of this day doesn't address the enduring legacy of enslavement.
This Juneteenth, we amplify the call for #ReparationsNow.
This Juneteenth, we amplify the call for #ReparationsNow.
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Poultry megafarm in Shropshire halted over river pollution concerns
Poultry megafarm in Shropshire halted over river pollution concerns
Planning permission quashed by high court after officials failed to consider impact of spreading manure on land
Planning permission for a poultry megafarm in Shropshire has been overturned in a ruling that campaigners have welcomed as a win for cleaner rivers.
The judgment on Tuesday upheld a judicial review by Dr Alison Caffyn, who argued that Shropshire council had failed to take into account all the environmental impacts of an industrial chicken unit containing 230,000 birds at any one time when it granted planning permission. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
June 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Poultry megafarm in Shropshire halted over river pollution concerns
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🚨📚 Seulement un tiers des pays africains ont atteint les seuils qui avaient été collectivement approuvés pour le financement de l’éducation.
Ils devraient d'urgence honorer leurs promesses.
hrw.org/fr/news/2025...
Ils devraient d'urgence honorer leurs promesses.
hrw.org/fr/news/2025...
hrw.org
June 16, 2025 at 7:52 AM
🚨📚 Seulement un tiers des pays africains ont atteint les seuils qui avaient été collectivement approuvés pour le financement de l’éducation.
Ils devraient d'urgence honorer leurs promesses.
hrw.org/fr/news/2025...
Ils devraient d'urgence honorer leurs promesses.
hrw.org/fr/news/2025...
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La plupart des gouvernements africains n'ont pas atteint leurs objectifs en matière de financement de l'éducation -
à la fois pour une éducation primaire gratuite et obligatoire de qualité & un enseignement secondaire disponible, accessible et gratuit pour tous.
www.hrw.org/fr/news/2025...
à la fois pour une éducation primaire gratuite et obligatoire de qualité & un enseignement secondaire disponible, accessible et gratuit pour tous.
www.hrw.org/fr/news/2025...
Afrique : L’insuffisance de financement national ralentit les progrès en matière d’éducation
La plupart des gouvernements africains n’atteignent pas les niveaux qu’ils se sont fixés en matière de financement de l’éducation.
www.hrw.org
June 17, 2025 at 2:54 PM
La plupart des gouvernements africains n'ont pas atteint leurs objectifs en matière de financement de l'éducation -
à la fois pour une éducation primaire gratuite et obligatoire de qualité & un enseignement secondaire disponible, accessible et gratuit pour tous.
www.hrw.org/fr/news/2025...
à la fois pour une éducation primaire gratuite et obligatoire de qualité & un enseignement secondaire disponible, accessible et gratuit pour tous.
www.hrw.org/fr/news/2025...
Most African governments are failing to meet key global education funding targets. This undermines their legal obligations to guarantee free & compulsory quality primary education + make secondary education available, accessible, & free for every child @hrw.org
www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
Africa: Insufficient Domestic Funding Hinders Education Progress
Most African governments have consistently failed to meet global and regional education funding targets to ensure quality public education.
www.hrw.org
June 17, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Most African governments are failing to meet key global education funding targets. This undermines their legal obligations to guarantee free & compulsory quality primary education + make secondary education available, accessible, & free for every child @hrw.org
www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
Most African governments have consistently failed to meet global and regional education funding targets to ensure quality public education, undermining their legal obligations to fulfil children's right to free, quality education @hrw.org #DayoftheAfricanChild
www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
Africa: Insufficient Domestic Funding Hinders Education Progress
Most African governments have consistently failed to meet global and regional education funding targets to ensure quality public education.
www.hrw.org
June 17, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Most African governments have consistently failed to meet global and regional education funding targets to ensure quality public education, undermining their legal obligations to fulfil children's right to free, quality education @hrw.org #DayoftheAfricanChild
www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
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🔴 118 million learners in #Africa are out of school.
New estimates from the 2025 #SDG4Scorecard by the #GEMReport and #UIS_UNESCO also show at least 10 more million out of school due to conflict.
Explore the data: bit.ly/2025sdg4scor...
#DayOfTheAfricanChild
New estimates from the 2025 #SDG4Scorecard by the #GEMReport and #UIS_UNESCO also show at least 10 more million out of school due to conflict.
Explore the data: bit.ly/2025sdg4scor...
#DayOfTheAfricanChild
June 16, 2025 at 2:15 PM
🔴 118 million learners in #Africa are out of school.
New estimates from the 2025 #SDG4Scorecard by the #GEMReport and #UIS_UNESCO also show at least 10 more million out of school due to conflict.
Explore the data: bit.ly/2025sdg4scor...
#DayOfTheAfricanChild
New estimates from the 2025 #SDG4Scorecard by the #GEMReport and #UIS_UNESCO also show at least 10 more million out of school due to conflict.
Explore the data: bit.ly/2025sdg4scor...
#DayOfTheAfricanChild
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Corporal punishment isn’t the only threat in schools. We join @martinez-elin.bsky.social + @hrw.org in urging urgent action to prevent school-related sexual violence—online + offline. The new Ministerial Taskforce must act.
🔗 www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
#EndViolence #SafeSchools
🔗 www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
#EndViolence #SafeSchools
Ministerial Taskforce Should Speak Up on School-Related Sexual Violence
Every day, children are subjected to various forms of violence, including humiliating, degrading and deeply harmful acts, in and around schools, often by the very teachers and education personnel who ...
www.hrw.org
June 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Corporal punishment isn’t the only threat in schools. We join @martinez-elin.bsky.social + @hrw.org in urging urgent action to prevent school-related sexual violence—online + offline. The new Ministerial Taskforce must act.
🔗 www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
#EndViolence #SafeSchools
🔗 www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
#EndViolence #SafeSchools
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At the "Red Line for Palestine" event in London this week, HRW spoke to singer and actress Paloma Faith and actor Khalid Abdalla.
Action is needed — it is absolutely critical that the UK government take concrete steps to stop Israel's violations of international law.
Action is needed — it is absolutely critical that the UK government take concrete steps to stop Israel's violations of international law.
June 5, 2025 at 3:45 PM
At the "Red Line for Palestine" event in London this week, HRW spoke to singer and actress Paloma Faith and actor Khalid Abdalla.
Action is needed — it is absolutely critical that the UK government take concrete steps to stop Israel's violations of international law.
Action is needed — it is absolutely critical that the UK government take concrete steps to stop Israel's violations of international law.
School-related sexual violence (SRSV) is a reality faced by children and young people everywhere. Online forms of SRSV are increasing.
It's high time governments adopt commitments to tackle SRSV. A recent global ministerial taskforce set up in May should prioritize it:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
It's high time governments adopt commitments to tackle SRSV. A recent global ministerial taskforce set up in May should prioritize it:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
Ministerial Taskforce Should Speak Up on School-Related Sexual Violence
Every day, children are subjected to various forms of violence, including humiliating, degrading and deeply harmful acts, in and around schools, often by the very teachers and education personnel who ...
www.hrw.org
May 30, 2025 at 8:59 AM
School-related sexual violence (SRSV) is a reality faced by children and young people everywhere. Online forms of SRSV are increasing.
It's high time governments adopt commitments to tackle SRSV. A recent global ministerial taskforce set up in May should prioritize it:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
It's high time governments adopt commitments to tackle SRSV. A recent global ministerial taskforce set up in May should prioritize it:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
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NEW: Social security failures coupled with structural gender inequality leave many people in Germany mired in poverty, especially single-parent families and older women. www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...
March 24, 2025 at 8:37 AM
NEW: Social security failures coupled with structural gender inequality leave many people in Germany mired in poverty, especially single-parent families and older women. www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...
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1/5 Today, we publish a new @hrw.org report on the poverty and the right to social security in #Germany.
The full report is here:
“It Tears You Apart”
Poverty and Gender in Germany’s Social Security System
www.hrw.org/report/2025/...
The full report is here:
“It Tears You Apart”
Poverty and Gender in Germany’s Social Security System
www.hrw.org/report/2025/...
March 24, 2025 at 10:22 AM
1/5 Today, we publish a new @hrw.org report on the poverty and the right to social security in #Germany.
The full report is here:
“It Tears You Apart”
Poverty and Gender in Germany’s Social Security System
www.hrw.org/report/2025/...
The full report is here:
“It Tears You Apart”
Poverty and Gender in Germany’s Social Security System
www.hrw.org/report/2025/...
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President Milei has betrayed #Argentina's long legacy of leadership on gender and sexuality issues.
He has issued a presidential decree that bans medical care and gender recognition for trans kids.
This is cruel, antiscientific, and opportunistic.
He has issued a presidential decree that bans medical care and gender recognition for trans kids.
This is cruel, antiscientific, and opportunistic.
BOLETIN OFICIAL REPUBLICA ARGENTINA - PODER EJECUTIVO - Decreto 62/2025
BOLETIN OFICIAL REPUBLICA ARGENTINA - PODER EJECUTIVO - Decreto 62/2025 - DNU-2025-62-APN-PTE - Disposiciones.
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February 6, 2025 at 8:44 PM
President Milei has betrayed #Argentina's long legacy of leadership on gender and sexuality issues.
He has issued a presidential decree that bans medical care and gender recognition for trans kids.
This is cruel, antiscientific, and opportunistic.
He has issued a presidential decree that bans medical care and gender recognition for trans kids.
This is cruel, antiscientific, and opportunistic.
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Female Genital Mutilation violates the rights to health, to security and physical integrity, and to bodily autonomy.
On International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, a reminder that women and girls have the right to be free from violence and cruel treatment.
On International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, a reminder that women and girls have the right to be free from violence and cruel treatment.
🚨 FGM is a human rights violation. 🚨
On the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, we all must call for an end to this harmful practice and safeguarding the futures of all girls, including refugees.
#endFGM
On the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, we all must call for an end to this harmful practice and safeguarding the futures of all girls, including refugees.
#endFGM
February 6, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Female Genital Mutilation violates the rights to health, to security and physical integrity, and to bodily autonomy.
On International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, a reminder that women and girls have the right to be free from violence and cruel treatment.
On International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, a reminder that women and girls have the right to be free from violence and cruel treatment.
On weeks like this one, I find a little solace in knowing students in primary schools are singing songs that encourage them to speak out when things are unfair and wrong (in the UK, specifically).
Like this one:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBRC...
Warning: it's catchy, but it might help you too.
Like this one:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBRC...
Warning: it's catchy, but it might help you too.
'(We are) Unstoppable' British Sign Language - Sing Up Day 2021
YouTube video by Sing Up
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February 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
On weeks like this one, I find a little solace in knowing students in primary schools are singing songs that encourage them to speak out when things are unfair and wrong (in the UK, specifically).
Like this one:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBRC...
Warning: it's catchy, but it might help you too.
Like this one:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBRC...
Warning: it's catchy, but it might help you too.
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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
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
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
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
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By the end of 2024, 79 education systems (40% globally) banned smartphones in schools, a sharp rise from 30% in 2023 (#GEMReport's PEER Profiles).
Ban or regulate? Share your take!
Explore more in the #WorldEducationBlog: bit.ly/4gdcBKa
#EducationDay #TechOnOurTerms
Ban or regulate? Share your take!
Explore more in the #WorldEducationBlog: bit.ly/4gdcBKa
#EducationDay #TechOnOurTerms
January 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
By the end of 2024, 79 education systems (40% globally) banned smartphones in schools, a sharp rise from 30% in 2023 (#GEMReport's PEER Profiles).
Ban or regulate? Share your take!
Explore more in the #WorldEducationBlog: bit.ly/4gdcBKa
#EducationDay #TechOnOurTerms
Ban or regulate? Share your take!
Explore more in the #WorldEducationBlog: bit.ly/4gdcBKa
#EducationDay #TechOnOurTerms