Jacqui True

Look what just arrived! Awareness of #VAW and girls has grown exponentially over the last decade - the result of enormously impactful #activism More knowledge & action is needed though! 💪🌷

BREAKING: Afghans education minister has announced that women are permanently banned from schools. UN Women has not said a word.

An unspeakable evil. Literally. No words will suffice. Congrats to Time however for its coverage, putting other media to shame.

To every woman in Afghanistan: We see you. We hear you, and We stand with you. Your fight for dignity, equality, and freedom is a fight for all of us. #16DaysOfActivism #NoExcuse

Coming soon - War Economy: Gendered Circuits of Violence and Capital co-edited with @JacquiTrue. More at routledge.com/War-Economy-Ge…

What better gift for the festive season for your loved ones than a comprehensive feminist analysis of the global war economy? Edited by the fabulous @hozic and @JacquiTrue and with a chapter by yours truly - routledge.com/War-Economy-Ge…

🏅In one of our most read articles this week, "Is Scholar-Activism an Oxymoron?" @daniphilipson, @JacquiTrue and other members of the Maureen Brunt Women and Democratic Change Network reflect on scholarship with emancipatory aims. #OpenAccess buff.ly/RryRNs9

It’s a great honour that the 2025 #MagnitskyAward for Outstanding Opposition Politicians was awarded to my husband Siarhei and me. I was proud to accept it last night on behalf of all brave Belarusians whose courage and resilience keep our fight for freedom and democracy alive.

Join us for the online launch of Women, Peace, and Security in Afghanistan: Resistance and Resilience. A book tracing 25 years of🇦🇫women and girls struggle, voice & resilience from bottom up. 🗓️ 4 Dec 2025 | ⏰ 7–8:30 pm AEST | 💻Registration: shorturl.at/9iuh1

The Taliban have now banned books written by women, adding to their daily wave of new restrictions. This is blatant discrimination against women. Where are the UN, Amnesty, ICC? Why the silence in the face of Taliban crimes against Afghan women and girls? #FreeAfghanWomen

Three years ago, Mahsa Amini was murdered by the Iranian authorities. Her name became a symbol of courage for the world. My heart is with the fearless women of Iran who risk everything against tyranny—and with all brave women who fight for freedom and human rights worldwide.

"We, Afghan women, feel like broken records in this Council. Every session, we repeat the same truths: the escalating, and horrendous violations of our rights. Nothing hidden about the Taliban’s atrocities. And still, their war on women continues with impunity."#HRC60

Thank you @SenatorWong & people of Australia for standing with Afghans in this moment of tragedy. This timely support will bring urgent relief to those who’ve lost loved ones, homes & livelihoods in the earthquake. AfghanAustralian community values Australia’s solidarity. 🇦🇫🤝🇦🇺

I am endlessly moved by the women of Belarus. With nothing but their voices, white dresses & flowers, they stood against guns, beatings & prisons. They carried our revolution on their shoulders, with courage stronger than fear. Their bravery is the ❤️ of our fight for freedom.

Thrilled to announce my new book Women, Peace and Security in Afghanistan, co-authored with Prof @JacquiTrue & published with De Gruyter/Brill. It amplifies the voices of women & girls from Afghanistan, resisting war, exclusion & violence for decades. 🔗📕 degruyterbrill.com/document/isbn/…

Please join us Thurs SEPT 18 for "Countering #GenderApartheid with International Law: A Strategic Convening" @UMichLaw Public hybrid panels 9AM-1PM ET; 1225 Jeffries Hall Register 4 Zoom: tinyurl.com/4xxywu7h Speakers incl: @SR_Afghanistan @OfficialMariamS @Malala (video)🧵

CEVAW was proud to take part in the 2025 Afghanistan Conference “Four Years of Taliban Rule: Confronting Impunity and Systematic Human Rights Violations”, amplifying Afghan women’s resistance, & diaspora advocacy, and the urgent need for stronger international accountability.

The anniversary of the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia reminds us that freedom is never given—it must be defended. We honor the heroes of 1968, including Belarusians who supported the Prague Spring, as we continue our own struggle for freedom and democracy in Belarus.

Prof. @JacquiTrue and Prof. @williammaley1 called for stronger international engagement, warning that silence and selective responses only embolden repression. The conference urged a united and principled global response to human rights abuses. There are signs of more pragmatic engagement, but no broad recognition. The danger is that quiet normalisation erodes leverage without gaining rights.

Where are the headlines? This mother in Iran is about to be hanged and I really feel helpless seeing silence from the big names, the anti-war activists in the West, the feminist leaders, the so-called free world leaders. Her only “crime”? Fighting for freedom and dignity for her son and a better future. The regime wants to kill her for wanting justice. And the world looks away. Why are the global justice and feminist movements silent? Where are the protests? This is not about politics. This is about basic humanity. What does it mean for justice, when those who once marched against oppression turn their eyes away from a woman who seeks nothing but fairness and humanity? This execution is not only her death sentence, it is a test of our collective humanity. #SharifehMohammadi

cc Senator @larissawaters; Iran’s Supreme Court Upholds Political Prisoner Sharifeh Mohammadi’s Death Penalty. Let’s escalate: table a Senate urgency motion; press @dfat to summon the Ambassador; push Magnitsky-style sanctions on judges & security agents #StopExecutionsInIran