There is growing criticism and outrage about the divisive and harmful language that the UK Government uses to talk about people seeking sanctuary, and the actions that this language mirrors. Actions such as the far-right protests earlier this year outside places that...
On Tuesday 7 March, campaigners came together for an empowering grassroots conference call that shed light on the personal stories behind the statistics of Tuberculosis (TB), held in anticipation of World TB Day on Friday 24 March and the UN High-Level Meeting on TB in September. The call was both inspiring and informative as Caroline Mburu, a young TB champion and survivor, shared her experience of overcoming TB and becoming an advocate to end the stigma surrounding the disease.
This blog has been co-authored by Neil Raw (Senior Policy Adviser – Child Health) at UNICEF UK and Chhavi Bansal (Senior Policy Advocacy Officer (Child Health)) at RESULTS UK.
In 2023, no child should die from diseases that we can prevent with access to vaccination, treatment for malnutrition, and clean water, hygiene, and sanitation (WASH) services. Yet, we are on the verge of an unprecedented child survival crisis due to ongoing global challenges which have added to pre-...
In the run up to World TB Day (24 March) and the UN's High-Level meeting on TB in September, we're ramping up our advocacy efforts to end tuberculosis (TB). A deadly but curable disease, TB has killed millions of people in the last few years and sadly, the COVID-19 pandemic interrupted the progress made in eradicating the disease. In our February conference call, we heard from our expert colleagues Vinny Wooding, Senior Parliamentary Advocacy Officer on TB, and Sahera Ramzan, Senior Policy...
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Tom Cruise will grace our screens again this year trying to stop an enemy force and prevent an impending global disaster in another Mission: Impossible film. Yet, in the real world, similar efforts are also being made, but this time in pandemic prevention, preparedness and response (PPPR). This includes reducing the timeline of safe and effective vaccines, treatments and tests from 300 to 100 days, dubbed the “100 Day Mission”. But what is needed to make this mission possible?
To kick-start our campaigning in 2023 and in line with our January action, our first conference call of the year was focused on taking a step back to reflect on the bigger picture of campaigning and being part of RESULTS. We heard from our new CEO, Kitty Arie, who talked about some of the highlights of RESULTS' advocacy in 2022, our new strategy and some upcoming advocacy moments in 2023.
The highlight of the call was hearing from our guest speaker, Sue Tibballs, OBE, who has over 25...
It's our last conference call of what has been a rather turbulent year for advocacy on international development. Despite the challenges of a reduced Official Development Assistance (ODA) budget, wavering political support and numerous Foreign Secretaries, we ended the year on a high!
A day after International Volunteers Day, it was special to be able to thank and congratulate our volunteer advocates on the call for all that they do. Just this month, we received confirmation of the...
This month, our grassroots campaign action is to hold the UK Government accountable for its deprioritisation of poverty reduction – including reducing its spending on Official Development Assistance (ODA), with risks of even further cuts in actual poverty reduction programmes. Our expert guest speaker, Richard Watts , Senior Advisor on Development Finance at...
Poverty - however you choose to define it - has long been a part of the human experience, as have efforts to eradicate it. Just over a week ago, many of us joined the United Nations in marking the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (on Monday 17 October), a day which can be traced back to 1987. Yet efforts to eradicate poverty far out-date this. For as long as there has been poverty and inequality in society, it’s probably a given that there have been people trying to tackle it...
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