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Dr Neelam Raina
@neelamraina.bsky.social
Feminist. Academic. Activist.
Post Conflict Reconstruction/APPG Afghan Women & Girls Secretariat.
Interested in culture/knowledge/Grand challenges (ex UKRI-GCRF)
Director of Research @MiddlesexUni
https://thegenderhub.com/stories/culture-and-conflict-2/
Testimony session today at Portcullis house on #Health challenges faced by Afghan women. Evidence from the field, on critical need for healthcare support for women of #Afghanistan. Thank you to all those who contributed to this session of the APPG Afghan Women and Girls.

#StandwithAfghanWomen
November 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Afghanistan ‘blind without phones and internet’ on second day of telecoms blackout
#Afghanistan
September 30, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Reposted by Dr Neelam Raina
Good morning. A quarter of Reform UK MPs are convicted wife beaters.

news.sky.com/story/domest...
Domestic abuse campaigners 'appalled' by Tice's defence of Reform MP who kicked girlfriend
Women's Aid accuses the Reform deputy of showing a "complete disregard for the role of justice in dealing with domestic abuse".
news.sky.com
September 25, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Reposted by Dr Neelam Raina
The prime minister
Keir Starmer Faces Furious Backlash Over Plan To Force Every Brit To Have Digital ID Card
The prime minister
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
September 26, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Reposted by Dr Neelam Raina
Krishnan Guru-Murthy, "Should Britain recognise the state of Palestine?"

Sarah Champion, "Yes"

Krishnan Guru-Murthy, "Should Britain call this a genocide?"

Sarah Champion, "I can't see it as anything other than a genocide"
July 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This feels strange to listen in to. Angry tears have been cried. To be gaslit and validated in one swift debate. We failed and forgot the #Afghans
Secret Afghan relocation scheme set up after major data breach
The existence of the scheme could not be reported until now because of a court injunction.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
'Do they have gold in them?': The Indian artisans up in arms over Prada's sandals - BBC News

Social media does have its benefits - silent misappropriation in the good old colonial footprint. Called out.

But the economy still works the same way - money will be made

#Kolahpur #prada
July 5, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Love it! #NATObingo
Spotted at the NATO summit.
June 25, 2025 at 6:07 AM
A quick term summary of US/Iran.

‘You’re it. I quit’
Bomb and invite to talks.

#politicsofconflict
June 25, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Dr Janroj Keles gives his research lecture on return mobilities. His work is very relevant and fascinating.
#migration #Return #Transnational #Gender

@ukri.org funded as part of the Gender, Justice and Security hub.
June 18, 2025 at 9:19 AM
@hetanshah.bsky.social writes a much needed, welcome argument

The role & strength of UK SHAPE subjects can be underestimated. 2013-22, UK is second globally to the USA for
- greatest volume of SHAPE business co-authored publications
- for total patent citation size of its SHAPE after the US.
Don't forget the arts when it comes to R&D spending
The UK's creative economy is worth more than our life sciences, aerospace and automotive industries combined
www.cityam.com
June 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Nigel Farage says abortion laws are “utterly ludicrous.”
MPs are watching.
We have days to show them: the public backs abortion rights.
Join me and sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
Decriminalise abortion and make it a protected human right.
Women’s rights are under threat from the far right. Nigel Farage just called our current abortion provisions “utterly ludicrous” – and others in power are paying attention. A vote in Parliament could ...
you.38degrees.org.uk
June 1, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Reposted by Dr Neelam Raina
Today marks five years since George Floyd was killed by police. Our June 22, 2020 cover “Say Their Names,” by Kadir Nelson, illustrated how Floyd’s murder embodies the history of violence inflicted upon Black people in America. nyer.cm/UmfefJw
May 25, 2025 at 10:40 PM
A war with Pakistan, of revenge, over a line drawn by Ratcliffe in 1947, called operation Sindoor.
Where do you begin…to figure this out. Speechless at the pointlessness of this.

#IndiaPakistan
May 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The removal of the State/370 was under the promise of security. Such failures should lead to questions of the government?
Two nations have a long well documented past of war. We don’t want it to come to that.

#Kashmir
Kashmir attacks: Kashmiris trapped between tourism and terrorism as an insecure nation looks to Modi for accountability
The Modi government has tried to present Kashmir as a tourist destination despite not guaranteeing security in this region of longstanding conflict.
theconversation.com
April 25, 2025 at 5:13 AM
When Kashmir burns everyone has a political opinion and the ability to be upset about innocent people being killed.
No innocent people deserve violence.
Check in your privilege to be able to make those choices of silence.

#Kashmir
April 24, 2025 at 9:24 PM
www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...

Thank you for this, and it is noted, watched and will be remembered.

#academia #Universities
A Call for Constructive Engagement | AAC&U
A Call for Constructive Engagement
www.aacu.org
April 22, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Reposted by Dr Neelam Raina
Award-winning filmmaker and Columbia professor Frances Negrón-Muntaner shows how film can produce knowledge and act in struggles for justice where traditional inquiry fails.
politicsrights.com/cinema-as-in... #CinemaAsInquiry #ArtAndJustice #DecolonialKnowledge #PoliticsAndRightsReview
Cinema as Inquiry: On Art, Knowledge, and Justice
For many viewers, cinema is a form of paid entertainment to relax or escape. In academic circles, cinema is defined as a means of communication.
politicsrights.com
April 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Uncertainty Torments Afghan Refugees Facing Deportation From Pakistan www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/w...
Uncertainty Torments Afghan Refugees Facing Deportation From Pakistan
Monday marks the deadline for Afghans sheltering in Pakistan to leave the country, with the prospect of a dangerous future in Taliban-led Afghanistan ahead.
www.nytimes.com
April 7, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Absolutely wrong, an explanation of why this was done should be sought.

#Israel
April 6, 2025 at 4:50 PM
This is tragic - diseases our grandparents generation died of appear again. #Measles
Breaking News: A second child has died of measles in West Texas amid an escalating outbreak. It is the second confirmed measles death in a decade in the U.S.
A Second Child Dies of Measles in Texas
It is the second confirmed measles death in the U.S. in a decade. If the outbreak continues at the current pace, the nation may lose its “elimination” status.
www.nytimes.com
April 6, 2025 at 4:43 PM