Karol Balfe
Women's rights / Human Rights/ Climate and economic justice. CEO ActionAid Ireland, all views my own
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- Fantastic piece by @jenniestephens.bsky.social on the need to re examine corporate capture in Ireland www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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- Inside the West Bank: Life under Israeli occupation is cruel and violent. My op ed today jrnl.ie/6911841
- Winter in Gaza is extremely tough. My colleague Alaa shares his experience from Deir-el-Balah with @rteradio1.bsky.social www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
- ‘Catch remaining targets’: Leaked Teneo files pull back curtain on corporate lobbying...with no real pushback from Ireland www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
- COP30 is over, as the dust settles, we need to ensure that justice is at the heart of our approach @actionaidie.bsky.social My op ed today
- Reposted by Karol BalfeFossil fuels grabbed the spotlight at #COP30, while the conditions to phase them out – rich countries moving first and backing others – were sidelined. That’s how climate ambition is turned against those who did least to cause the crisis, and the Paris Agreement is weakened.
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- Killed, while starving and desperate for aid...a new low in Israel's genocidal campaign on Gaza www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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- This says it all www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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- A stain on humanity's conscience jrnl.ie/6702653
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- Reposted by Karol BalfeReminder: we are being trained not to care about other people. It underlines the attacks on migrants, on DEI, on trans youth, on so-called "wokeness." Sure there are legitimate critiques but this is not about critiques. It's about supercharging capitalism's culture of uncare.
- Time for a Fossil Fuel Non Proliferation treaty, @fossilfueltreaty.bsky.social keep em in the ground, fund renewables and save our planet. High level panel in Dublin, Lidy Nacpil from the Philippines outlines the importance of loss and damage and moving from fossil fuels @actionaidie.bsky.social
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- Really excited about this
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- For Palestinians, Trump’s Gaza Riviera plan is a fate worse than bombs. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
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- It is an absurdity to think humanitarian aid into Gaza could be banned so soon into the ceasefire, my colleague from ActionAid Palestine www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
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- We wait with great anxiety for tomorrow, meanwhile Israel is killing civilians apace over this interim period. Aid desperately needed in, and we're a long way from justice. My letter in today @irishindosport.bsky.social
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- So many journalists and politicians are jumping over each other to talk about the risk of Ireland passing the OTB, great to see @irishexaminer.bskwww.irish's Mick Clifford not do this and call for action based on the right thing to do www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
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- The unfinished business of realising women's rights. Despite these structural obstacles, women and girls are driving change. Today's Mail on Sunday features some extraordinary women ActionAidworks with @actionaidie.bsky.social
- Let’s get real: Ireland’s data centre boom is driving up fossil fuel dependence www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
- The Taliban threatens to shut down NGOs that employ women in Afghanistan jrnl.ie/6582952
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- The brutality, violence and hate by Israel is mind blowing and chilling. With the defeaning inaction of world leaders
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- My op ed - The world in 2025: Six actions global leaders can take to build a fairer and better planet jrnl.ie/6577321
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