Sarah Zeid

We’re launching a new fundraising campaign to reach pregnant women and newborns in Syria with urgent care. Your generosity can be the difference between life and loss. By supporting the work our of our partners on the ground, you can help rebuild Syria.

RAMADAN MUBARAK ☪️ with the sighting of the crescent moon we are so happy to kick off the 2025 For Mama Challenge!! Give your Zakat to save the lives of mamas and babies globally. Every $3 donated will be boosted an additional $1. Visit everypregnancy.org to donate today.

Have you heard the news? The #ForMamaChallenge is back for 2025! Last year we raised over $13M for moms and babies . Let's take our support to greater heights this year. Join us this Ramadan from Feb 28-Mar 30. Sign up for updates at everypregnancy.org.

May you rest in peace Princess Majda 🙏

The future of Syria will depend on the women of Syria.   Their role in rebuilding their country is vital. Our confidence in potential partnership depends on their leadership of it. 
Rayan, Alya, Zainab, Jamila, Heba must be heard. Their courage and dignity must be recognised.

Some Syrian friends in Beirut already on road to Damascus. No one ever wants to be a refugee, live in a foreign land, close or far but no one wants to live under murderous regime, risk prison or death. Friends in Damascus reporting celebrations on streets. It's 5.30 am there.

There are 50,000 pregnant Palestinian women in besieged Gaza - with 4,000 Palestinian babies expected to be delivered this month - and 'approximately 15,000 of them are likely to be on the verge of famine,' says UN Population Fund. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/wwec3t

Wars always impact the most vulnerable first and most. At least 70 per cent of those killed in the war in #Gaza are women and children among them girls. The ongoing military operation in northern #Gaza for the past seven weeks has uprooted 130,000 people. Women are being separated from men and ordered to walk with their children. Many are seeking shelter in abandoned homes and destroyed clinics or shops. Some sleep out in the open. They are scared and exposed to gender-based violence, abuse and disease. Across Gaza, there are around 50,000 pregnant women and 4,000 deliveries expected next month. With weakened immune systems, pregnant and breastfeeding women struggle to survive amid piles of rubbish and sewage. Menstrual hygiene has become an ordeal for most women and girls. Nearly 700,000 menstruating women don’t have sanitary pads and other hygiene supplies. They are either unavailable or too expensive: the price of a soap bar increased by 1,100%. It’s time for a #ceasefire for the sake of women and girls. It’s time for a standard and regular flow of supplies including lifesaving hygiene material. #16Days

In Adre today, on Chad/Sudan border. Dire conditions here. Victims of conflict, sexual violence, extreme hunger. And international neglect. They are us. We need to end the era of indifference. I refuse to believe that we cannot do better.

🔔 IT’S TOMORROW: Don’t miss IPI’s Global Leaders Series event featuring Dr. @DenisMukwege, Member of @TheElders, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, and Founder and President of the Panzi Hospital and @PanziFoundation in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The event will be chaired by IPI Vice President and COO, Dr. @ALupel   Attend in person or online ⬇️ ipinst.org/2024/11/global…

"…Israeli and Palestinian lawyers and activists behind this initiative @2States1Homelan… are doing something rather remarkable. They seem to have pinned down not just a visionary but also a practical equation for achieving a just and lasting peace to the Middle East conflict.” - @Raad_Zeid In light of this, watch our interview with A Land For All leaders May Pundak and @OmarMDajani exploring their innovative "two states, one homeland" confederal vision for peace ⬇️ ipinst.org/2024/09/daniel…

Pregnancy & childbirth don't stop in times of crisis. In #Sudan, 80% of hospitals are closed & 2 out of 3 people don't have access to health services. These mothers and their newborns deserve & require high quality care immediately. #BornintoCrisis reliefweb.int/report/sudan/o…

“The needs in S. Darfur are enormous. Women & their newborns are dying because they can't reach healthcare facilities in time or there are no facilities. We need more actors to come & support the health system.” - Gillian Burkhardt, @MSF Medical Activity Manager #TalkAboutSudan

A timely report by @msf on devastating impact of war in #Sudan on women &children. Women are at risk of dying including from unsafe abortions as they try to manage unwanted pregancies from #sexualviolence. The war must end! #KeepEyesOnSudan #UNGA @FCDOGovUK @USAmbUN @swiss_un

Multiple health emergencies are unfolding with little international response in South Darfur, Sudan. Newborns, pregnant women, and new mothers are dying in alarming numbers—many from preventable causes as systems collapse. Read our report for more: msf.org/sudan-pregnant…

Very excited to launch the free online University of Dyslexic Thinking, in partnership with charity @MadeByDyslexia, to teach the world’s most sought-after skills: virg.in/4dk0c63 #Dyslexia #University #Learning #DyslexicThinking

Proud to be ⁦@MadeByDyslexia⁩! ⁦@richardbranson⁩ an inspiration for us all. Thank you.

The speech by @raad_zeid contained a wisdom and perspective that delegations to the UN need to hear more often so that they can insist the organization learn from its hard-won lessons. The final paragraph is 🔥 “the Security Council, and particularly its Permanent Members, selects the Secretary-General (while the General Assembly appoints them); the Council is therefore duty-bound to trust the Secretary-General and in the latter’s impartial and good judgement, when speaking of matters relating to peace and security.  If you believe the Secretary-General is capable of it, then respect his abilities accordingly, mandate and send him, listen to him and then respond to the crisis accordingly.”

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Women in countries affected by #conflict are 3x more likely to go w/o a skilled birth attendant & 3x more likely to give birth outside of a health facility - heightening the risk of poor maternal and newborn health outcomes. #BornIntoCrisis @save_children telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…