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What Works II @ww2preventvawg.bsky.social · Aug 21

Join us next week for an online panel discussion with global expert voices exploring how we can embed feminist #accountability in the prevention of violence against women and girls. Tap to learn more about our speakers and secure your place: tinyurl.com/5bnkenbd

#PreventionIsPossible

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Jen @ladyjenpool.bsky.social · Aug 15

Hey, as a librarian I have to tell you

You don't have to finish a book that doesn't interest you. Life's too short for that. Not your jam? You have my permission to move on to the next book.

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lusungu.bsky.social @lusungu.bsky.social · Jun 21

This week has been about reconnecting, strategising & strengthening solidarity
.What a great space to meet & interrogate the moment we are in and reimagine a violence free world for women, girls and gender diverse people & the continuous work required to get there.
✊🏾💜

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What Works II @ww2preventvawg.bsky.social · Jun 4

Violence against women and girls is preventable.

Our Grantee projects and #research have identified effective strategies that can halve rates of #VAWG. With continued investment, we can end violence in our lifetime.

Learn more here: bit.ly/3FJ0wAl

#PreventionIsPossible

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What Works II @ww2preventvawg.bsky.social · May 20

Addressing #VAWG is crucial for effective #ClimateAction

Last week Grantee Partner CEDOVIP attended the International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change.

Read how this vital project is integrating #VAWGprevention into wetland restoration projects in Uganda: bit.ly/45paTDI

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lusungu.bsky.social @lusungu.bsky.social · May 11

Great time at the WW II annual programme meeting in Ethiopia!
What a week of reconnecting, reflecting and strategising on our work of preventing violence against women and girls.
This was my first work trip as a mum & I'm so grateful to have support to be able to work as I mother my boy.💜

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What Works II @ww2preventvawg.bsky.social · Apr 25

Welcome to the What Works II Bluesky account! We look forward to connecting with others who share our mission and commitment to ending violence against women and girls in our lifetime 💜

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lusungu.bsky.social @lusungu.bsky.social · Mar 14

Been working on something!😊
A new podcast titled "And The Women Came"
Listen to the introductory episode on what inspired the name & what it's all about here👇🏿
open.spotify.com/show/4YQIeJ0...

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lusungu.bsky.social @lusungu.bsky.social · Feb 26

Had a productive day in these bright colours🥰

lusungu.bsky.social @lusungu.bsky.social · Feb 25

Another harvest from Utawaleza book bank!🥰

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lusungu.bsky.social @lusungu.bsky.social · Feb 17

Great news indeed! The work now is ensuring the #AUEVAWGConvention translates into meaningful VAWG prevention in communities across the continent.

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lusungu.bsky.social @lusungu.bsky.social · Feb 9

Sundays...

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Mona Eltahawy @monaeltahawy.bsky.social · Feb 8

Patriarchy uses attention as a reward for those it anoints as worthy: The white. The thin. The cisgender. The feminine. The able-bodied. What if we commanded, seized, and created attention instead of waited to be “paid” attention?

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Text: Patriarchy uses attention as a reward for those it anoints as worthy: The white. The thin. The cisgender. The feminine. The able-bodied. When we say “pay attention,” we should be cognizant of the aspect of reward at play. Patriarchy pays attention to those who fall within its conventional notions of beauty. The converse is also true. By withholding attention, by not “paying” it, patriarchy punishes. What would the world look like if we did not wait to be anointed worthy of attention according to patriarchy’s standards? What if we commanded, seized, and created attention instead of waited to be “paid” attention?

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lusungu.bsky.social @lusungu.bsky.social · Feb 7

"The insistence of seeking a liberated Africa in the masculine has left a gendered lacuna of potentiality. 'Liberation is a man'...but for a fuller emancipation, ' freedom is a woman' ".

lusungu.bsky.social @lusungu.bsky.social · Feb 7

"We want to live in a world where no woman dies sad...the world's create by patriarchy leave us bereft."

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lusungu.bsky.social @lusungu.bsky.social · Feb 7

On African feminist knowledge making;
"Our doing, not just our writing, constitutes intellectual engagement."

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lusungu.bsky.social @lusungu.bsky.social · Feb 7

So many gems in this book from the first page!🙌🏾 I will capture some on this 🧵

lusungu.bsky.social @lusungu.bsky.social · Feb 1

I have waited for this book and it's finally in my hands. Excited to dig in!!

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lusungu.bsky.social @lusungu.bsky.social · Feb 1

I have waited for this book and it's finally in my hands. Excited to dig in!!

lusungu.bsky.social @lusungu.bsky.social · Jan 30

First week back to work after a few months out embarking on a new role as a mummy to a little boy...

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lusungu.bsky.social @lusungu.bsky.social · Jan 22

In solidarity with Malawian women in politics!
NO to violence against women in elections!

lusungu.bsky.social @lusungu.bsky.social · Jan 10

Happy 36th birthday to me!🥳

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Sirry 🌍✊🏿🏳️‍🌈📚 @profalang.bsky.social · Jan 4

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Theresa Reed | The Tarot Lady @thetarotlady.bsky.social · Jan 3

Instead of Atomic Habits, focus on Hedonic Habits: tiny, daily habits devoted to pleasure.

Someone needs to write this book.

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lusungu.bsky.social @lusungu.bsky.social · Jan 1

First read of 2025. Happy new year!

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Literary Pearls @literarypearls.bsky.social · Dec 14

“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”

James Baldwin

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