Sarah Hyde
Feminist. Advocate. Linguist. Global health; sexual and reproductive health, rights and justice; HIV; mental health; climate action and politics. She/her.
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- Aid cuts could lead to more than 22 million avoidable deaths by 2030, including 5.4 million children under five. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
- Nearly 1️⃣ in 3️⃣ women – estimated 840 million globally – have experienced partner or sexual violence during their lifetime. And this figure has barely changed since 2000. #EndVAWG #EndGBV #16DaysOfActivism #NoExcuse
- 89% of @pmnch.bsky.social partners working to protect and promote the health and rights of women, children & adolescents faced reduced or uncertain funding in the past year, acc to a new survey. "This is not just a financial crisis—it’s a human one", @khosla.bsky.social pmnch.who.int/news-and-eve...
- Afghan women lose their 'last hope' as Taliban shuts down internet. #Afghanistan www.bbc.com/news/article...
- The right to choose is fundamental. This #SafeAbortionDay we demand safe abortion services for women, girls and everyone who needs it. Safe abortion is healthcare. Safe abortion saves lives. #InternationalSafeAbortionDay #28September #Sept28 #SafeAbortionDay
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- 🔟 million people remain not on HIV treatment. We have a funding crisis at the same time as growing anti-rights movements and widespread stigma and discrimination, says Christine Stegling of @unaids.org at the @frontlineaids.bsky.social side event #HRC60 #HIV #HumanRights
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- 📢 CSE empowers young people to make informed choices about their health & wellbeing. As misinformation grows, we need to defend CSE. I'm proud to be part of the team that developed the @frontlineaids.bsky.social CSE Messaging Framework for Advocates. #Together4CSE 👇 frontlineaids.org/resources/ch...
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- Scrapping the 80% commitment will compound the impact of US and UK aid cuts and exacerbate what feels like “a global war on women”. #UKAid #GenderEquality www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
- Reposted by Sarah HydeThey recovered over 180 bullet shells at the CDC. Debris from shattered glass is still being cleaned up. I am completely stunned at how quickly the news cycle has moved on. This was an act of terrorism targeting public health experts, and the response seems to be a collective shrug.
- “What is becoming clear is that healthcare workers and facilities are no longer afforded the protection guaranteed by international humanitarian law.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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- “These contraceptives are nothing less than life-saving,” @cbpolis.bsky.social @guttmacher.org #SRHR
- Guttmacher expert @cbpolis.bsky.social spoke with @cnn.com about the Trump administration’s plan to incinerate nearly $10 million worth of contraceptives and the impact of denying these essential supplies to women and couples in low- and middle-income countries. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUZY...
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- Sad to hear of the death of Dr David Nabarro. A brilliant man.
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- Investment in WISH - one of the UK’s flagship sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) programmes - should be protected to achieve sustainable change and improved health for women in West and Central Africa. #SRHR #UKAid @msichoices.org @ippf.bsky.social @sightsavers.bsky.social @ipas.org
- "All States should support this crucial call by Afghan women, for women around the world. They should make it a priority to actively work to ensure the inclusion of gender apartheid in international law, including in the draft crimes against humanity treaty." @heatherbarr.bsky.social #Afghanistan
- Nearly 800 Palestinians killed at Gaza food hubs and aid convoy routes since end of May. #Gaza www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
- “At a time when we’re seeing rollbacks on reproductive rights, most notably in the United States, this crucial milestone in the fight for reproductive rights sends a powerful message that our lawmakers are standing up for women,” @louknightsmccudden.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
- 📢 Organisations across Sub-Saharan Africa, South and South-East Asia are eligible to apply. Most grants awarded in 2025 will be under $50,000.
- Afghanistan: how ordinary men became unpaid Taliban enforcers in their own homes #Afghanistan #GenderEquality www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
- Breakthrough in search for HIV cure leaves researchers ‘overwhelmed’. #HIV www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
- “By empowering local organisations & governments to take ownership of HIV & SRHR service delivery, the Transition Initiative aims to build a future where communities are at the heart of service provision, where governments are accountable partners in ensuring equitable access to healthcare for all.”
- Around the world, we are seeing targeted attacks on human rights defenders inc those defending the right to abortion, says Vicky Boydell at the launch of @amnesty.org key principles. #UnstoppableMovement #HRD
- Pakistan sends ‘important signal’ of hope in a gloomy world of pushbacks on women’s rights #EndChildMarriage #GenderEquality www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
- Doctors and whistleblowers who featured in the documentary, Gaza: Medics Under Fire, are threatening to withdraw their consent due to the BBC’s continued refusal to broadcast the film. #Gaza www.theguardian.com/media/2025/m...
- Elon Musk, in conversation with Mishal Husain, says, “I’ll fix it”, speaking of the impact of US funding cuts on HIV services. #HIV
- What is gender justice and how can we achieve it, asks @femupheave.bsky.social of @gh5050.bsky.social at the launch of the report by the Lancet Commission on Gender and Global Health @ids.ac.uk #Gender #GenderJustice #Power #GlobalHealth #Equity
- “The picture of the world’s richest man killing the world’s poorest children is not a pretty one,” says Bill Gates. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
- Progress is uneven. We have unfinished business. We are leaving the most vulnerable young women and girls behind, says Dr Chandra-Mouli at the launch of @who.int guidelines on preventing early adolescent pregnancy @hrpresearch.bsky.social #HopefulFutures #SRHR #HealthForAll
- New @who.int guidelines on FGM cover mental health, urging healthcare providers to integrate mental healthcare into FGM services. #EndFGM #MentalHealth @hrpresearch.bsky.social www.who.int/publications...
- Whipped in front of everyone’: three women on being flogged by the Taliban #Afghanistan #GenderApartheid www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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- Reposted by Sarah HydeThis is a terrible terrible destructive decision. These sorts of long running research programmes take decades to build and their insights accumulate over decades too - the longer they run, the more valuable they become. This is knowledge vandalism. Nothing new and shiny can replace it.
- Well the NIH has cancelled the Women's Health Initiative, the largest study of women in history It has been running continuously since 1991 and has provided massive key knowledge about diseases in women Unreal www.science.org/content/arti...
- Reposted by Sarah HydeI am really saddened by the level of vitriol and hatred being directed toward the trans community. We are losing our common humanity. How hard is it to treat people with kindness and respect? Trans people are human beings — and they deserve to live in dignity like anyone else.
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- Members of leading British Jewish body condemn Israel’s latest actions in Gaza. #Gaza www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
- WHO agrees a legally binding pandemic treaty to avoid competition for resources seen during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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- Reposted by Sarah HydeThousands of shoes laid out in Dutch city of Leiden in memory of children killed by Israel in Gaza. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/4dznck
- “Rapid action is needed to safeguard maternal health and end the tragedy of maternal mortality. Women have the right to not only survive pregnancy but thrive in good health.” #HopefulFutures #SRHR
- Reposted by Sarah HydeDo not normalize children dying from measles. Measles was previously eliminated in the US, thanks to vaccines. When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.
- “Following the overturning of Roe v Wade and the re-election of Trump as president, the anti-choice movement in this country have become emboldened in their continued attempt to strip women of their rights, dignity, and future.” Heidi Stewart @bpas.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
- Proud to have played a small part in developing this @ippf.bsky.social technical brief on inclusive sexual and reproductive healthcare for transgender and gender diverse people. #SRHR #Rights www.ippf.org/resource/tec...
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- New WHO analysis shows that globally, the most common cause of maternal death (2009-2020) was haemorrhage. Unsafe abortion represented 8% of maternal deaths. As progress in reducing maternal mortality & morbidity stalls, we need urgent action to regain lost ground. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
- Sudden US funding cuts are harming efforts to end AIDS, eradicate polio, monitor outbreaks of diseases like avian influenza and respond to humanitarian crises. @who.int #GlobalHealth #EndAIDS #WorldTBDay #USAID #Polio #HealthforAll
- Since Brexit, the NHS has unethically hired tens of thousands of health workers from countries such as Nigeria, Ghana and Zimbabwe that lack critical healthcare providers. #GlobalHealth www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
- US women’s justice group launches campaign to get Andrew Tate deported 👏 @ultraviolet.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
- ‘The threat posed by the new administration is a menacing storm looming on the horizon.’ @jennieindc.bsky.social @reprosfightback.bsky.social #SRHR www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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- Reposted by Sarah HydeThese cuts mean: - Thousands dying daily from TB, HIV, Malaria, avoidable deaths! - Devastation to global pandemic surveillance making certain next pandemic will come soon. - Children going hungry in war torn zones Human lives are not "waste". This is mass murder! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
- “It’s remarkable we are even needing to raise the question of gender parity at the UN levels,” @khosla.bsky.social @pmnch.bsky.social #GlobalHealth #Gender @womeningh.bsky.social @kentbuse.bsky.social @femupheave.bsky.social
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- “This International Women’s Day, Amnesty International reiterates its call on states to recognize gender apartheid under international law as a crime against humanity.” #IWD #InternationalWomensDay
- Spot on 👇
- The BBC is spending the day with women across Afghanistan to understand what life is like under the Taliban government since it took power in 2021. #IWD #InternationalWomensDay #Afghanistan www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c0...
- "Now is the time to double down on commitments to sexual and reproductive health to stop women dying from preventable causes such as unsafe abortion. We must not sell them out to a regressive political ideology." #SRHRJ #Rights @profsophieharman.bsky.social www.bmj.com/content/388/...
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- Great video showing how Zimbabwe decriminalised HIV, including community engagement, public sensitisation, parliamentary advocacy, and, most importantly, the participation of people living with HIV. @hivjustice.net @iasociety.bsky.social #HIVIsNotACrime #Stigma #IASHeartofStigma
- We need global solidarity but we also need transparency and accountability. And we need to depend less and less on donor aid. Are people working in global health willing to talk about power dynamics? says @drtlaleng.bsky.social @sarahbosha.bsky.social #SRHRJ #SRHR #GlobalHealth
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- “National defence and international development are two sides of the same coin. Our long-term security requires us to invest in both.” #UKAid @emily4mk.bsky.social @afghnetwork.bsky.social @bondngo.bsky.social @appgonglobalsrhr.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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- “As an activist, as a person living openly with HIV, I’m very hurt. How am I going to survive? Will the public health care system be able to cater for us?” #USAID #HIV #PEPFAR healthpolicy-watch.news/us-terminate...
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- Investing in women’s health is not just the right thing to do, it’s essential for sustainable development and economic prosperity, says Dr Pam Cipriano @uhc2030.bsky.social @womeningh.bsky.social #UHC #GenderEquality
