Head of Communications at @minorityrights. Member of @lbecologies. Tweeting about human rights and global health. Views my own. (She/her)
Joined April 2009
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21 Jun 2021
This is the best Monday I've had in a while!🎉🎉 I am honoured to be part of the @LBecologies team that won this award. With it, we'll explore the deep interconnections between ecosystems & mental health among marginalised communities. Visit landbodyecologies.com for more info!
21 Jun 2021
Solastalgia – the existential distress caused by environmental change.
To explore this phenomena – and the connection between ecosystems and mental health – we've selected @LBecologies as the winner of the Hub Award 🎉
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30 Jul 2025
📣 New Research @BMJMentalHealth 👇🏼
How does climate change affect Indigenous mental health?
New research from the Land Body Ecologies collective explores cultural barriers, language gaps, and the urgent need to honor Indigenous worldviews in mental health research.
🌱 #Solastalgia #ClimateJustice
@SamGougsa @DrNicoleRedvers
@MinorityRights
@invisibleflock
Link: mentalhealth.bmj.com/content…
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Fast-tracked approval of #CarbonMarkets rules is quite a worrying start for #COP29 vis-à-vis the need to prioritize effective #ClimateAction protection of #HumanRights.
Carbon markets raise serious concerns lnkd.in/e-JSdhAA & tinyurl.com/
@SREnvironment
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1 Nov 2024
It was a pleasure to host Wellcome CEO @jarottingen in the London Hub today to share our work over the last 3 years.
@invisibleflock
@MinorityRights
@wellcometrust
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1 Oct 2024
🌱We’re in Bangalore! Yesterday,we visited Quicksand Studios where the LBE team @helloQS invited us to share a meal together before settling into the week. We ate, exchanged gifts, discussed the challenges and uplifting moments of the last 3 years, and planned our week together.
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3 Oct 2024
Introducing the 2024 #RightLivelihood Laureates:
🇵🇭 @JoanCarling
🇵🇸 @Issaamro / @YASHebron
🇲🇿 Anabela Lemos / @JA4change
🇬🇧 @ForensicArchi
These change-makers are committed to using non-violent methods to speak out against oppression & exploitation ➡️ rightlivelihood.org/2024-ann…
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Samrawit retweeted
3 Oct 2024
Britain's last African colony given back?
Justice for the #Chagossians?
Not quite.
Negotiations to hand back #Chagos islands were made without the #indigenous Chagossians.
Chagossians need real reparations, a real apology & real participation in the future of their homeland.
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25 Sep 2024
STATEMENT: Israel’s attacks in #Lebanon have killed over 560 people.
MRG strongly condemns these actions and the flagrant disregard for even the most basic principles of international humanitarian law that they betray.
Read more ⬇️ buff.ly/3ZEPq7c
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18 Sep 2024
Fortress Conservation: Can a Congo Tribe Return to Its Forest? e360.yale.edu/features/batwa…
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13 Sep 2024
➡️Buy the album / Send as a gift on Bandcamp bit.ly/3BbXIJf
➡️Donate directly to the fundraiser bit.ly/3VdwlGM
To learn more about the Batwa, follow
@AbegUganda
#Batwa #Tradition #Culture #Heritage #Land
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Samrawit retweeted
13 Sep 2024
Thank you to everyone who joined us last night for the launch of the Batwa Artists album, “Born From Here”. Now available to buy and download. All proceeds directly support the @AbegUganda fundraiser for the Batwa to purchase and build the first ever Batwa Cultural Centre.
ALT Image: Panel discussion at event featuring (from left) Ben Eaton (Invisible Flock), Sylvia Kokunda (ABEG) online, Samrawit Gougsa (MRG), Nabihah Iqbal.Courtesy of Invisible Flock.
ALT 📷 Image: Batwa Bwindi Artists. Courtesy of Invisible Flock.
ALT 📷 Image 03: Airplant pictured at event.Courtesy of Invisible Flock
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Samrawit retweeted
9 Sep 2024
Still time to book for the launch of the Batwa Bwindi Album this Thursday from 5:30pm @ExploreWellcome
Tickets: bit.ly/479dsc2
#Uganda #London #Music #Traditional
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Samrawit retweeted
5 Sep 2024
Just one week away from launching the Batwa Bwindi album, Born from Here @ExploreWellcome.
🗓: Thursday, 12 June
🕑: 5:30pm – 8pm
🎟Tickets: Free entry. bit.ly/479dsc2
#London #Solastalgia #soundart #music #batwa
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Samrawit retweeted
2 Sep 2024
📣 @CJIDAfrica & @IWPR invite journalists & CSOs based in Accra, Ghana, to apply for the Voices for Change: Ghana 2024 project, which seeks to raise awareness for human rights abuses affecting marginalised societies, women & youth in 🇬🇭
Deadline: Sept. 9. buff.ly/4cPeTNT
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Samrawit retweeted
29 Aug 2024
🎧Join us for the 'Born from Here' album release party on September 12th in London! The evening will include deep listening of tracks guided by DJ @nabihahiqbal, in conversation with @invisibleflock @MinorityRights & @AbegUganda.
Get your free ticket 👇eventbrite.co.uk/e/batwa-bwi…
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Samrawit retweeted
29 Aug 2024
Tickets are now live for the Bwindi Batwa Album launch: eventbrite.co.uk/e/batwa-bwi…
The evening will a deep listening of the album hosted by @nabihahiqbal (BBC 6 Music, NTS) in conversation with @invisibleflock @MinorityRights & @AbegUganda
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27 Aug 2024
New @oak_institute report details how #FortressConservation in #DRC has resulted in land grabs; horrific #humanrights abuses against #Indigenous communities; & facilitates illicit extraction of minerals & other resources.
Read & Share – From Abuse to Power: Ending Fortress Conservation in the Democratic Republic of Congo bit.ly/DRConservation
@Mittaloak @MinorityRights @Survival @congofriends @WorldRainforest @IfE_Mondial @ForestPeoplesP
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23 Aug 2024
📣 Know a courageous & committed female journalist from any part of Africa? Nominate her for @IFJGlobal's inaugural Shireen Abu Akleh Prize.
The winner will receive a cash award on International Human Rights Day, Dec. 10.
Deadline: Oct. 15. buff.ly/3RXhDRJ
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23 Aug 2024
Bangladesh 🇧🇩:
“We brought freedom. We will bring reformation also.”
Coxs Bazar student street art.
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7 Aug 2024
A bird's-eye view of the huge anti-racist mobilisation happening in Walthamstow right now.
Via Novara Media’s @CharlottEngland.
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Samrawit retweeted
6 Aug 2024
In recent days, racially motivated rioting has erupted across the UK.
MRG stands in solidarity with British Muslims, migrants and all minorities in the UK.
Read our statement in full➡️ buff.ly/3LUctCN
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