Prof Lyla Mehta @Lylamehta Twitter profile

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Prof Lyla Mehta

7 months

From #Gaza to #Tigray & #Ukraine , water has been weaponised. Given #WorldWaterDay 's focus on 'Water for Peace', @alan_nicol & I argue that the multilateral system needs to show moral compass & stop the wars & the weaponisation of water & food. @newhumanitarian @iwmi @IDS_UK

The New Humanitarian

@newhumanitarian

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What we really need this World Water Day is the international multilateral system to take a stand against weaponising water. #WorldWaterDay ✍️Opinion:

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Prof Lyla Mehta

@Lylamehta

8 months

"The Cloud now has a greater carbon footprint than the airline industry. A single data center can consume the equivalent electricity of 50,000 homes" #Anthropology #Computing #Environment via @mitpress

The Staggering Ecological Impacts of Computation and the Cloud

Anthropologist Steven Gonzalez Monserrate draws on five years of research and ethnographic fieldwork in server farms to illustrate some of the diverse environmental impacts of data storage.

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Prof Lyla Mehta

@Lylamehta

6 months

Bill Gates, please stay away from the ancient family of grains called millets

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@Lylamehta

3 years

Daughter's entire Year group had school closure today due to high levels of staff absence & illness. This is the 2nd time in 2022. How long will you continue with this mass infection experiment & pandemic denial? @sajidjavid @nadhimzahawi @CMO_England @uksciencechief

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2 years

I agree with everyone condemning the Russian annexation in #Ukraine . But how about also calling out Israel’s annexation of #Palestine ( West Bank) or the role of Eritrean & Ethiopian forces in #TigrayGenocide ?

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@Lylamehta

4 years

This week there's been huge attention to Bill Gates' new book on climate change (e.g. Guardian, BBC), & how he can 'save the world' (The Wired). Here I outline why the billionaire's latest foray into climate change should be a cause of concern to env & dev folks (1)

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@Lylamehta

2 years

Happy New Year to all in #Tigray & #Ethiopia ! May there be peace in 2015. But with due respect @MikeHammerUSA isn't it a bit rich to hail the @_AfricanUnion led process when they've been so partisan & ineffective for nearly two yrs re the #TigraySiege #TigrayGenocide ?

Mike Hammer

@MikeHammerUSA

2 years

Happy New Year to all Ethiopians! May the parties in the conflict have the courage to choose talks over fighting, and participate in an @_AfricanUnion led process that produces a lasting peace. 🇺🇸🤝🇪🇹

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@Lylamehta

3 years

Schools return soon. The European CDC & US CDC have suggested enhanced mitigations in schools due to the delta variant but the UK is going the opposite way. Why this British exceptionalism again @10DowningStreet @GavinWilliamson @CMO_England @educationgovuk ? Thread 1/

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@Lylamehta

3 years

Health minister @sajidjavid , former banker & Ayn Rand fan, condemns countries with 'zero covid' strategies & praises 'living with covid' in the UK. Some comparisons of no. of deaths/ 1 M Pop from worldometer: UK - 2,478 South Korea - 383 Japan- 228 New Zealand- 94 China- 3

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@Lylamehta

6 months

You said in 1991 at the World Bank that dumping toxic waste in the 3rd World (as it was known then) was ok due to economic benefits. Didn’t you once say women are not good in science? And you had to resign as Harvard President ? Frankly, difficult to take you seriously

Lawrence H. Summers

@LHSummers

6 months

I think it is a profound failure that Harvard Yard continues to be occupied in clear violation of university policies and rules. This is the predictable culmination of the Harvard Corporation’s failure to effectively address issues of prejudice and breakdowns of order on our

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3 years

On #IWD2022 , we should all be ashamed that in the 21st century women & girls all over the global South spends hours everyday waiting & walking for water with heavy pots, instead of using this time for their education, livelihoods or relaxation (pic: #Tigray : J Demenge & L Mehta)

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@Lylamehta

3 years

Do @BorisJohnson @nadhimzahawi & @CMO_England think that the "the tidal wave of #Omicron " will stay away from schools & children? Nothing abt speeding up child vax, ventilation or masks in classrooms? It's difficult to be a parent right now. @SafeEdForAll_UK

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@Lylamehta

2 years

The fuel issue is contested. Do you realise that such tweets by you & @WFPChief will enable those perpetuating the #TigraySiege #TigrayGenocide & #TigrayFamine . Why aren’t you @vickyford condemning yesterday’s attack of a kindergarten in #Mekelle & deaths of innocent children?

Vicky Ford

@vickyford

2 years

The TPLF seizure of fuel from @WFP in #Tigray , is unacceptable and will harm the humanitarian response. All sides should ensure aid reaches the millions of people in northern #Ethiopia in desperate need – including by immediately restoring the humanitarian truce.

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@Lylamehta

2 years

These remarks are indeed powerful @PowerUSAID but they say nothing about how war & aggression cause hunger 'crises.' Did you ask Ethiopia's UN Ambassador @TayeAtske abt the agony of the starving people of #Tigray struggling due to the war-induced #TigrayFamine & blockade?

Samantha Power

@PowerUSAID

2 years

Powerful remarks from Ethiopia’s UN Ambassador @TayeAtske at today’s @UNOCHA event on the hunger crisis in the Horn of Africa: "There is no greater agony than begging for food." "We are faced with the reality that we take food from the hungry and give it to the starving."

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@Lylamehta

2 years

Despite the ‘peace deal’, the war is not over in #Tigray & immense carnage & suffering continue. ⁦ @TeklehaymanotG ⁩ & I urge Norway & international actors to do more to ensure peace, accountability & justice. #Tigraygenocide

Krisen er langt fra over i Tigray

Fredsavtalen mellom partene bringer håp, men krisen i det nordlige Etiopia fortsetter.

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@Lylamehta

2 years

Museum Warns of Heightened Risk of Genocide, Mass Atrocities in Ethiopia — United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ⁦ @EdenBFKN ⁩

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@Lylamehta

2 years

Six participants have not arrived for @Tapestry_T2S meeting @IDS_UK because they haven't got #UKVisa . They applied in May! It’s a disgrace & embarrassing. Two even had to pay for flights for biometrics. No proper replies or info. Need to decolonise these passport/ visa regimes

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@Lylamehta

2 months

Bill Gates seems to have conveniently forgotten that under Abiy Ahmed’s watch there’s been famine, war-induced starvation & genocide in #Tigray , northern Ethiopia. Anything but progress in health, agriculture & financial inclusion

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@Lylamehta

3 years

German health minister is shocked abt spread of omicron amongst kids in the UK & stresses need for regular testing & mandatory masking. He's a physician/scientist unlike UK health minister(ex banker & Ayn Rand fan) @sallyrussell124 @SafeEdForAll_UK @Parents_Utd @AlisonGeorge10

Prof. Karl Lauterbach

@Karl_Lauterbach

3 years

Die Daten aus UK zeigen bei Kindern erschreckende Werte. Da Omicron durch Masken gut abgewehrt werden kann sind Maskenpflicht in der Schule und regelmässiges Testen absolut notwendig.

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@Lylamehta

2 years

Strikes on #Ukraine & Tigray are horrific. At least internet works in Ukraine. #Tigray has been in a communication blockade for nearly 2 years. @elonmusk pls provide Free Satellite (StarLink) for #Tigray in N.Ethiopia - Pls sign Petition! vis @UKChange

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@Lylamehta

3 years

Sept is going to be a shitshow. No words to describe my horror at this herd immunity project. @BorisJohnson @sajidjavid @CMO_England @PHE_uk why no mitigations & no vaccines for the under 16s? We need #SafeEdForAll @Sandyboots2020 @SafeEdForAll_UK @Parents_Utd @OneVoice_Group

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@Lylamehta

2 years

Not a good sign if rulers presiding over war say that 'Accountability & justice now is not good for peace'. Great analysis by @TeklehaymanotG on Eritrean ruler's recent statement. IC needs to keep the pressure up, not forget about #TigrayGenocide -

What does Eritrea’s ruler’s statement in Nairobi tell us about justice and accountability for human...

In a joint press briefing with Kenya’s President William Ruto held in Nairobi today, Isayas sidestepped several key questions from journalists about his role in the war on Tigray, the number of his...

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@Lylamehta

3 years

Never forget -That a disgraced PM has removed protections, incl. mask wearing, in his desperate attempt to cling to power, throwing health considerations, schools, kids & CV under the bus -The silence & complicity of many in the media, @CMO_England & @uksciencechief

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@Lylamehta

3 years

On the day that disgraced PM plans to end rules, daughter's school emailed that due to "unprecedented levels of staff absences" entire Year groups will need to stay at home this week. Any comment @uksciencechief @CMO_England @sajidjavid @nadhimzahawi ?

Boris Johnson plans to end England’s Covid rules a month early

PM makes announcement in parliament but some warn he risks sending signal that pandemic is ‘all over’

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@Lylamehta

3 years

Dear @nadhimzahawi @educationgovuk @sajidjavid @CMO_England , Thanks for reinstating face masks in the class in secondary school. But why were they ever removed? Your plans are still so woefully inadequate given the omicron wave & that we are in the 3rd year of the pandemic.

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@Lylamehta

3 years

Santa published our book just in time for Christmas & it's OA. More details in the new year @grassandgreens @hans_nicolai

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@Lylamehta

3 years

It’s time to stop this terrible experiment on people, kids & schools. Thanks to @SafeEdForAll_UK @Parents_Utd @OneVoice_Group @karamballes @chrischirp @dgurdasani @adamhamdy @MartinRemains @GYamey etc. for campaigning/ writing about covid, kids & #MakeSchoolsSafe END

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@Lylamehta

2 years

Got a letter from the #NHS inviting 14 yr old to get an autumn booster as she’s considered vulnerable. At the vaccination centre, the nurses & doctor refused to vaccinate her because of #JCVI criteria. What a waste of time & nerves. The UK is way behind 1/

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@Lylamehta

3 months

Over 100 killed in carnage in #Gaza in the past 12 hours as #Netanyahu is being feted in Washington. Truly shameful that he's speaking in the #US Congress & hope he's greeted with massive protest too. One day this war criminal will land in the Hague which is where he belongs.

Ahmad Sadek 🇵🇸

@ahmadsadek90

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Khan Younis is filled with tears

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@Lylamehta

5 months

Encampment started today at University of Sussex. Thank you to all the amazing & committed students from ⁦ @SussexUni ⁩, including ⁦ @IDS_UK ⁩ . The university & VC claim ‘neutrality’ but this is untenable during a horrific genocide with so much UK complicity

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@Lylamehta

2 years

It is tragic @antonioguterres that the Eritrean & Ethiopian troops are taking control of #Tigray towns. We are close to another Rwanda. Sadly @_AfricanUnion has been unable/unwilling (?) to mediate peace. The @UN @EU_Commission @SecBlinken need to step up re #TigrayGenocide

António Guterres

@antonioguterres

2 years

Violence and destruction have reached alarming levels in Ethiopia. We need the urgent resumption of talks towards an effective, lasting political settlement. The @UN is ready to support the @_AfricanUnion in every possible way to end this nightmare for the Ethiopian people.

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@Lylamehta

10 months

In the 1980s there were huge global efforts re the famine in #Ethiopia but now muted response re ongoing #TigrayFamine made worse by war & suspended aid. It could rival the worst of the past via @globeandmail . Moving story by @GetachewSS @geoffreyyork

In northern Ethiopia, a new famine could rival the worst of the past

Every day, desperate villagers gather at an aid warehouse in Yechila hoping for food as drought is compounding the devastation from a disastrous two-year war

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@Lylamehta

5 months

How is anybody working today?

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@Lylamehta

2 years

Short @IDS_UK piece on war & human-induced starvation & famine in #Tigray . @TeklehaymanotG @ProfMulugeta @MekonenMeley & I note that international institutions like @CGIAR @WorldBank @_AfricanUnion have not voiced public any concern for #Tigrayan farmers & their dire needs

Institute of Development Studies

@IDS_UK

2 years

Conflict in Tigray has all but destroyed the agricultural sector, leading to the collapse of the region’s food system. Millions of are now facing human-induced starvation. Tigrayan farmers need urgent help to face a war-induced famine. Read more 👇

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@Lylamehta

4 years

Devangana Kalita @IDS alum @IDSalumni painted this from Jail 6, Tihar, Delhi. She's been unjustly incarcerated since May 2020 for peaceful protests against the CAA. This brilliant & committed scholar-activist as well as all #PoliticalPrisoners in India should be released ASAP

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@Lylamehta

3 years

"It's a commonly accepted falsehood that Israel is a “Jewish & democratic” state. In fact, it is neither: It's a binational, inherently undemocratic entity governed through an apartheid regime" enabled through US foreign policy says @HagaiElAd @btselem

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@Lylamehta

4 months

Despite a 'peace agreement', civilians in #Tigray & other regions continue to endure war crimes & crimes against humanity. Govt must refrain from violations of international law & the IC must maintain scrutiny of the situation in #Ethiopia . via @GCR2P

Ethiopia - Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect

Despite a peace agreement, populations in the Tigray region of Ethiopia continue to endure war crimes and crimes against humanity. Populations throughout the country also continue to be at risk due...

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@Lylamehta

9 months

Is this parody @FAO ? Under Abiy's watch there was a genocidal war in #Tigray . There's now looming famine in Tigray/ other parts of #Ethiopia & he gets an award for food security? PM Abiy Ahmed awarded the prestigious FAO Agricola Medal @fanatelevision

PM Abiy Ahmed awarded the prestigious FAO Agricola Medal

Addis Ababa, January 28, 2024 (FBC) In a ceremony hosted by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome, Italy, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) has been awarded the prestigious FAO...

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@Lylamehta

5 months

New report concludes that genocide has been committed against Tigrayans. Ethiopia as a State failed to discharge its responsibility under international law to prevent & punish genocidal acts committed by ENDF, ASF & EDF. IC needs to respond & take action. #TigrayGenocide

New Lines Institute

@NewlinesInst

5 months

📘 The “Genocide in Tigray” report is the first to connect the conflict's allegations directly to the Genocide Convention. Learn more about our groundbreaking findings and the call to action. #TigrayReport #GenocideConvention Link:

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@Lylamehta

3 years

So much of the UK’s decision-making re: covid appears to be ideological rather than scientific (i.e. libertarian/exceptionalist). A small but vocal minority who believe that mitigations restrict ‘freedoms’ have managed to influence policy & outcomes in dangerous ways. 7/

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@Lylamehta

2 years

Great presentation by Prof Jan Nyssen ⁦ @RHISC_London ⁩ on process of documenting civilian deaths in #Tigray war. About 5-10% of the pop, 518k, died. Despite ‘truce’, Eritrean forces still at large & blockade persists. IC/ donors must push for accountability. #TigrayGenocide

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@Lylamehta

3 years

So why has the UK not decided to vaccinate the under 16 year olds? Why has the UK been so late to look into ventilation systems, now rolled out in schools in other countries? Why was the UK so slow to accept masks as a mitigation strategy in schools & now again rejects them? 6/

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@Lylamehta

3 years

Wish @Peston @BBCNew @SkyNews @krishgm would ask @nadhimzahawi for peer-reviewed & empirical evidence showing that masks impede communication, rather than hearsay from UsforThem influenced anti-mask MPs. Have you checked out ed in Spain, NYC etc? #Protectpupils @SafeEdForAll_UK

Peston

@itvpeston

3 years

“Additional mask wearing can impede or hinder the communication in a classroom” Education Secretary @Nadhimzahawi tells @Peston he has received reports which suggest measures to mitigate the spread of Covid-19 can have a harmful effect on learning. #Peston

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@Lylamehta

3 years

Opinion piece on the need for more global action on #Tigray which is 'out of sight and out of mind.' @UN @_AfricanUnion , EU & govts must push for an immediate ceasefire, end of the atrocities & blockade as well as unfettered humanitarian access to end starvation & suffering.

Institute of Development Studies

@IDS_UK

3 years

“While countries in the global North have been united in condemning the Russian invasion in Ukraine, there has been little global action taken around another war.” Read @Lylamehta on the war in Ethiopia that is ‘out of sight and out of mind’ 👇 #Tigray

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@Lylamehta

11 months

About 100,000 women may have been raped during the #Tigray war by Ethiopian & Eritrean forces. Countless women who gave birth as a result not only lack support to deal with trauma but also face ostracization from their families. Moving article by @khoureld #TigrayGenocide

Katharine Houreld

@khoureld

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Shila survived 3 months of sexual enslavement during Ethiopia’s civil war and the birth of a son fathered by an attacker. She told no one, maintaining that her youngest was the result of a clandestine visit by her husband. Then he came back from the dead.

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@Lylamehta

9 months

Op-ed @TeklehaymanotG1 & @BirhanG_ Due to the war, today’s hungry farmers were already on the verge of starvation because they lacked access to fertilizers & seeds. This combined with rain failure have led to the #TigrayFamine #Devex via @Devex

Opinion: How targeting Tigray farmers has contributed to brink of famine

Conflict combined with drought has led farmers across Tigray to widespread starvation, with famine looming that many argue could rival the infamous 1984-1985 events.

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@Lylamehta

2 years

@elwyngj @CGIAR The consultation doesn't mention food insecurity & famine in #Tigray ,Northern #Ethiopia where many @CGIAR institutions are based. Ukraine is mentioned but not one word about the destruction of agricultural livelihoods in #Tigray . Is that not an African priority? @TeklehaymanotG

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@Lylamehta

3 years

@CMO_England on advantages of people getting sick/dying in the summer rather than in winter. Why does a rich country with some of the world’s best public health experts normalise so many infections, deaths & #LongCovid daily amidst “vaccine success”?

Chris Whitty says keeping Covid restrictions will only delay next wave

Prof Chris Whitty has warned that maintaining the current Covid restrictions through the summer would only delay a wave of hospitalisations and deaths rather...

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@Lylamehta

9 months

‘Providing people with apartments is cheaper than leaving them on the street’ Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need

Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me

In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.

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@Lylamehta

1 year

The crimes against humanity have been horrific in #Tigray . They are being covered up by the Ethiopian govt & a compliant @_AfricanUnion . While attention on Ukraine is important, international community must push for accountability & justice for #TigrayGenocide

The Economist

@TheEconomist

1 year

More than 100 satellite images of known detention sites and suspected burial grounds in Western Tigray suggest that some evidence has already been disturbed or destroyed

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@Lylamehta

3 years

In May, masks were dropped in secondary schools. In July, infections were out of control & almost a million kids were out of school. The UK is currently an outlier amongst high income countries by not vaccinating kids under 16. Come Sept, all mitigations like masks, bubbles 3/

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@Lylamehta

3 years

This piece by @WendyHarcourt3 & me offers feminist & decolonial perspectives on issues of scarcity & limits in the @Pol_Geog_Jl forum on degrowth & pol. ecology. A thread which hopefully raises wider issues for our troubled times , 1/

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@Lylamehta

3 years

& contact tracing will stop. The measures had limitations, but removing all of them is so reckless. Pandemic mismanagement has already led to the Alpha & #JohnsonVariant . What happens when the virus is allowed to rip in a partially vaccinated population? 4/

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@Lylamehta

8 months

The women & girls of #Tigray who were raped & faced sexualised violence are still waiting for justice & accountability #InternationalWomensDay #TigrayGenocide The ordeal of Tigrayan women in #Ethiopia via @LeMonde_EN

The ordeal of Tigrayan women in Ethiopia: 'Whether you shout or not, no one is going to come and...

At least 120,000 women were raped in Tigray during the war, according to regional authorities. And almost a year after the peace agreement, the violence continues.

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@Lylamehta

3 years

The govt can't find £140 million & also lacks political will to ventilate every classroom & keep schools, children & teachers safe. Yet, a staggering £9 billion has been wasted in useless PPE. How can you explain this @nadhimzahawi @sajidjavid ?

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"The world cannot afford to be a silent witness to the suffering and famine unfolding in #Tigray " Article by @ProfMulugeta @patrick_wight & me in @EthiopiaInsight on why we need global action to stop the unfolding #TigrayFamine against the backdrop of war and conflict.

Ethiopia Insight

@EthiopiaInsight

9 months

People are starving in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region as the world passively watches. READ➡️ on why global action is needed to stop the unfolding famine in Tigray. #Ethiopia #Tigray #TigrayFamine

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So many kids around the world have missed almost 1.5 years of in-person school with terrible consequences. I’m grateful that my daughter has been in class half the time. But the lack of attention to school safety in the UK has been v troubling for me as a parent & academic. 2/

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1 year

Devastated to hear this tragic news. @SaleemulHuq2 changed the nature of climate change debates due to his focus on climate justice, the needs of LDCs & loss & damage. He was a wonderful colleague, mentor, communicator & change-maker & inspired so many around the world.

ICCCAD

@ICCCAD

1 year

It is with heavy hearts that we inform you about the passing away of our director, Prof. Saleemul Huq, on 29 October, 2023. His unmatched legacy will remain as a shining example for years and generations to come.

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A nuanced piece. Pity that some (Indian) commentators say it was an ‘American-sponsored coup’ that risks destabilising the region, undermining protesters’ agency. #Bangladesh how #SheikhHasina lost her grip on power @ConversationUK

Bangladesh: how the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, lost her grip on power

Bangladesh’s repressive leader has been forced out after 15 years in power.

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@Lylamehta

8 months

In war-ravaged #Tigray , children are out of school due to hunger & starvation. Despite a looming famine, worse than that of the 1980s, there's no declaration of famine from the Central govt. #TigrayWar #TigrayFamine

BBC News Africa

@BBCAfrica

8 months

“Our classmates dropped out because of hunger and went to look for gold.” The ravages of recent war followed by a severe drought in the northern region of Tigray in Ethiopia is having a devastating affect on people’s lives. To understand more:

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@Lylamehta

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Govt advisers claim e.g @ShamezLadhani that children are at low risk & that schools are not hubs of transmission. As @chrischirp @dgurdasani etc. have argued @PHE_uk seems to frame & cheery-pick data in particular ways in order to justify certain outcomes. What abt #LongCovid ?

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@Lylamehta

6 months

When ‘decolonisation’ is equated with aggressive nationalism & patriotism by right-wing journalists

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@Lylamehta

3 years

But given the massive uncertainties around a novel virus, isn’t it better to be iterative, adaptive, learn from past mistakes & other countries’ experiences? All these have been sorely missing from the start, e.g. around testing, masks etc. We are now at 100 deaths a day. 8/

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4 years

"Wastelands" are a colonial misnomer because they couldn't generate revenue. But these are rich ecosystems and cultures that support lives, animals and livelihoods Great piece by @kadambarid on Kutch @Tapestry_T2S

Ecologically and culturally rich deserts, swamps and grasslands must not be labelled ‘wastelands’

Ill-informed attempts to modify these landscapes are the legacy of colonialism, when many such lands were considered wastelands because they did not generate revenue

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Kids, teachers & parents deserve better. Time to reintroduce masks, isolation, testing & invest in ventilation for all educational institutions? @DmodosCutter @SafeEdForAll_UK @Sandyboots2020 @Parents_Utd @sallyrussell124 @drppalazzolo @AlisonGeorge10

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28 UN offices in Addis failed to protect civilians in #Ethiopia , including #Tigray . The UN often fails in civil wars & mistakes are being repeated in #Sudan . More coordination needed between UN agencies & humanitarian & dev. efforts. Time for accountability. @newhumanitarian

The New Humanitarian

@newhumanitarian

4 months

The lead evaluator of a new report critical of the UN-led response in Ethiopia doesn’t want it to be buried: It’s “one of the few public documents providing evidence of the gravity of the failure of the international response,” @Ed_HEREGVA says:

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The Norwegian Nobel Committee which awards the @NobelPrize has a 'special responsibility' to rescind this award & not award further peace prizes to war-mongers.

Mark Anderson

@markc_anderson

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#Ethiopia 's Prime Minister @AbiyAhmedAli has a "special responsibility" to end the Tigray conflict and contribute to peace, says the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which awards the @NobelPrize .

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There's so much wrong in the UK right now that it's easy to forget pandemic mismanagement & the 500,000 who've been shielding for over 2 years. Hope @theresecoffey @DHSCgovuk will expedite covid antibody treatment for vulnerable patients @evusheld4theuk

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Staff at @IDS_UK have expressed their concern for & solidarity with former student #DevanganaKalita & other activists in jail since May 2020 on fabricated charges. This brilliant & passionate scholar should be free #freepoliticalprisoners via @IDS_UK

IDS alum jailed in India for peaceful protest - Institute of Development Studies

Devangana Kalita, a graduate of the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), the leading global institute for development studies, has been held in prison in India since May 2020. Devangana was...

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Can you believe @FAO gave a food security prize to PM Abiy who has inflicted famine on war-ravaged #Tigray , #Amhara & other parts of #Ethiopia . Over 2 Million people at risk of starvation. Satellite images reveal hunger crisis | BBC News| via @YouTube

Ethiopia: Satellite images and doctor testimony reveal hunger crisis...

A humanitarian crisis has unfolded in the north of Ethiopia, driven by drought, crop failure and continued insecurity in the aftermath of a brutal war.Local ...

www.youtube.com

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@RRRameshRRR @UN_HRC @AbiyAhmedAli @BilleneSeyoum @IndiaUNGeneva @tizitamulugeta3 @robertdilbung @IndiaInEthiopia @IndraManiPR India mostly doesn’t acknowledge let alone condemn pogroms, atrocities & violence against minorities in India. So it’s not surprising that India hasn’t condemned war crimes in #Tigray . But this resolution passed anyway which is significant

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Excellent lobby event on #Tigray . Thanks to @rowenakahsay @Sally_Keeble for organising, @BrendanOHaraMP for chairing & @DavidAltonHL @EwelinaUO for efforts to recognise this appalling situation as genocide. @nimaelbagir & others provided moving accounts of massacres & atrocities.

Lord (David) Alton

@DavidAltonHL

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Wonderful to meet and speak to some of the brilliant Tigrayans who came on the lobby of Parliament today. Thanks to @BrendanOHaraMP @Sally_Keeble & @EwelinaUO for their commitment in pushing knowledge of this appalling war, starvation & genocidal crimes up the political agenda.

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Since @AdaniOnline is in the news - On #WetlandsDay a polite reminder that Adani has destroyed #wetlands in Queensland, Australia & #mangroves , creeks in Kutch & other parts of India. Mostly govts/investors have supported them & they've rarely been held to account. #Adaniscam

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Those who say that it’s better to vaccinate people in low income countries rather than kids are ignoring the fact that wealthy countries have hoarded the vaccine in deeply selfish & criminal ways. Vaccinating kids & global vaccine equity are not mutually exclusive. 5/

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(2) @TimothyWSchwab provides a great critique. Gates' focus on technocentric, top-down solutions doesn't address key issues at stake (e.g. vulnerability of the poor; overconsumption of the rich; social & env. justice). Gates' own contradictory lifestyle

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2 years

To mark the dawn of a new era, Britain should consider returning the jewels, diamonds, marbles etc to different nations all over the globe & also redefine the nature of the Commonwealth.

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2 years

Last week's peace agreement to end the 2 year war on #Tigray is encouraging but there are still many questions & doubts. @TeklehaymanotG & I outline in this @IDS_UK piece what international donors & actors (incl. UK) need to do to end hostilities & ensure peace & accountability

Institute of Development Studies

@IDS_UK

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It's 2 yrs since the #TigrayWar started and a peace agreement has been signed, but there are many doubts about it succeeding. @Lylamehta & @TeklehaymanotG outline recommendations for the international community to act on now 👇

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Narmada project revisionism by mainstream journalists. Maybe millions have benefitted, but how many millions have been left out? Couldn’t drinking water have reached Kutch & Saurashtra through other alternative means that were less socially & environmentally damaging? 1/

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India sinks to a new low today. Professor Filippo Osella, University of Sussex anthropologist, is deported with no reasons cited. #UmarKhalid , one of India's brightest & most committed scholars & human rights defenders, is denied bail & continues to languish in jail.

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@Lylamehta

3 years

Just submitted a paper, exactly one year after the deadline. Given we are in a raging pandemic with no end in sight, I'm just glad we managed to get it done

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Despite the war my amazing colleague Dr Kifle Woldearegay from #Mekelle #Tigray persisted with @BrownGold_GCRF research. Read about the urban agriculture boom despite war, blockade & @WFP food aid suspension & what this means for the circular economy.

How war and crises in Tigray triggered an urban agriculture boom

Authored by: Kifle Woldearegay Contributions from: Lyla Mehta, Tanvi Bhatkal and Ben O’Donovan-Iland

medium.com

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4 years

(4) at one level but should be challenged. Sustainable & ethical animal husbandry are important for biodiversity & health & can't be replaced by monocropping & lab foods. Instead attention should be on creating viable agro-pastoral systems which sustain livelihoods & ecosystems

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Today #Mexico has elected its first woman Jewish President who's left-wing & a climate scientist. Let's celebrate becoz tomorrow (unless exist polls are v off) #India will give a man his 3rd term despite faking degrees, overseeing pogroms, & spewing hate & far-right agendas.

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@Lylamehta

3 years

Rest in power bell hooks. "I take it as a compliment when somebody calls me crazy. I would be offended if I was one of the sheeple, one of the sleepwalkers in the matrix or part of the collective hallucination we call ‘normal." bell hooks

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2 years

While many may believe that things are normalising in #Tigray due to #Pretoria agreement, in reality 50% of the pop. in dire need of food & essential supplies with Eritreans forces still at large unleashing violent acts. Need stronger action from @_AfricanUnion @UNOCHA @WFP etc

Rashid Abdi

@RAbdiAnalyst

2 years

A de facto blockade in force in Tigray. Reports of "improving access" misleading. Half of Tigray inaccessible or with erratic access. UN agencies can only reach 16% of those in need of food aid in Tigray. Ony two of supply routes work. Lengthy blocks of aid to Tigray routine.

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"The focus on a single, globalised, view of the world generated by climate modellers, has led to mono-causal climatic explanations of past & future events, which outweigh many other factors that condition climate’s influence on society. " @TheIndiaForum

We Need to Talk About Climatism

A single-point focus on global temperatures as a proxy of human welfare in the face of climate change has structured the latter's science and politics. This is a problem.

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The war was horrific. Now 2 million people are at risk of starvation across #Tigray @WFP & @USAID also suspended supplies, causing a further humanitarian crisis with millions in need of food aid. Ethiopia's Tigray region ravaged by deadly #famine

Ethiopia's Tigray region ravaged by deadly famine

Ethiopia's Tigray region faces a devastating famine, with thousands in desperate need of aid. The aftermath of war and drought leaves residents, especially the elderly, struggling for survival.

www.dw.com

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Where are 1.4 million people supposed to go? #Rafah

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2 years

There's been a govt sponsored siege of 7 million people in #Tigray & 21 mth communication blockade. It's ironic that @antonioguterres @UN plan a high-level Internet Governance Forum in #Ethiopia . Will @intgovforum condemn internet shutdown in #Tigray , #Kashmir etc? @UNGeneva

Teklehaymanot G. Weldemichel

@TeklehaymanotG

2 years

The irony! There is an ongoing genocide and a 2 years-long communication shutdown in a region of more than 7 million people, #Tigray . In what seems like a reward, the @UN is planning to hold its "Internet Governance Forum" in #Ethiopia . @intgovforum , @accessnow

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There are often irregularities in humanitarian efforts. But for donors (US, UK etc) to stop support & let innocent civilians starve & face the slaughter is unconscionable. We saw this in #Tigray when @USAID @WFP suspended operations due to 'corruption' & now in #Gaza #UNRWA

Nour Odeh 🇵🇸🍉 #FreePalestine

@nour_odeh

9 months

The UK, Italy & Finland join the cruelty squad and suspend funding to UNRWA, the largest humanitarian org in Gaza! They know what this means. They know this means that the epic humanitarian catastrophe Israel caused in Gaza will only get worse thanks to their actions.

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Sadly the African Union, EU, US, UK are back to ‘business as usual’ with Ethiopia. @TeklehaymanotG & I write that without a firm commitment to accountability & reconciliation, prospects of post-war rehabilitation, justice for #Tigray & sustainable peace in Ethiopia look bleak.

Institute of Development Studies

@IDS_UK

1 year

"The vicious cycles of violence and impunity in Ethiopia risk continuing." IDS research fellow @Lylamehta and researcher @TeklehaymanotG write about #Tigray on the 3rd anniversary of the war 👇

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@satishjha @DeccanHerald It's not easy to be an independent & critical journalist in Gujarat. Solidarity with Mahesh Langa who is a fine and committed journalist. I hope the case is dismissed and he's out soon.

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Never underestimate the power of ordinary people, even against the might of an increasingly authoritarian state. This is a great victory for the farmers’ movement. Indian PM Narendra Modi to repeal farm laws after year of protests

Indian PM Narendra Modi to repeal farm laws after year of protests

Repeal of ‘black laws’ designed to modernise agricultural sector is huge victory for farmers

www.theguardian.com

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Grateful that our 13 yr old got the jab yesterday but it is months after teens in her age group got the jab in other comparable countries Still struggling with the #JVCI approach - how is it possible to divorce the clinical/individual aspects from the broader societal? 1/

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Environmental impact of bottled water ‘up to 3,500 times greater than tap water’ & health benefits minimal; yet big companies like Evian, Nestle etc have succeeded in creating a multi billion dollar business

Environmental impact of bottled water ‘up to 3,500 times greater than tap water’

Researchers also find impact of bottled water on ecosystems is 1,400 times higher than that of tap water

www.theguardian.com

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3 years

Sincere apologies I meant @dgurdasani1 here and earlier on this thread. Thanks to her for the great work & persistence & also to @ProfColinDavis @optimismworks00 @SurajitStat @GabrielScally who have been tweeting actively on these issues

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After 18 months, v happy to re-connect by phone/email with dear friend/colleague in #Tigray . Finally communications have been restored. Every family has incurred massive & unimaginable losses. May 2023 usher in peace & hope all perpetrators are brought to justice. #TigrayGenocide

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Unique exhibition this week @IDS_UK featuring artwork by children from the 'sinking islands' of the Sundarbans. Tapestries on living with climate & livelihood uncertainties & visions for transformation. @Tapestry_T2S @Belmont_Forum @ISC @ClimateIITB Pics by @Yadavaneha

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@BenGoldsmith @derspiegel Ben how can you as a privileged white male & British billionaire speak for the ‘whole climate movement’? There’s no climate justice without tackling vulnerability, oppression, coloniality & racism.

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