Gisella Lomax  

@GisellaLomax

Head of at , via . Ex Journalist. Feminist. Optimist. Mancunian 🐝 and European. Mum to two girls.🤳🏻👩🏻‍💻👩🏼‍🎤

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    Jul 3

    Less than 1% of the world's 25.4 million refugees get to university. Scholarships like these are a brilliant way to improve that dire statistic. Thank you 👏🏼🎓

    We've had feedback over the last week that some people are unhappy with our plan to offer up to 14 scholarships to refugees living in the local area. To these people, we would like to say: Tough. Jog on.
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    Jul 4

    There is no migration/refugee crisis in Europe. Very low arrival and "secondary movement" figures are the opportunity for EU states to focus together on real issues like asylum reform, safe pathways and more+better aid to refugee hosting+transit countries.

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  3. 6 hours ago

    Men, women and children are drowning in the Mediterranean Sea, and in proportionally larger numbers. With so many lives at stake, UNHCR reiterates the absolute importance of allowing efforts to help people in distress at sea.

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    12 hours ago

    ⁦⁦⁩ - this is for you. Girls not brides. Your team doing great work in - Thank you for the partnership. ⁦⁩

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    Jul 5

    : ⚪️ Being quoted by 🔘 CHECK! 😍

    A very useful piece by researcher on facts and politics in the European debate on migrants and refugees.
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    18 hours ago

    Tired: Facebook execs engaging with journalists on Twitter. Wired: engaging with journalists on Twitter.

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    13 hours ago

    BEFORE & AFTER: (1) refugee house in landslide zone vs. (2) reinforced emergency shelter on safe, flat land at relocation site. Standing strong with Rohingya in Bangladesh to build a better future.

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    Jul 5

    An honor to meet , who’s doing so much for one of the world’s invisible crises, the refugee situation in . Thanks for everything you and your colleagues do!

    Nice to meet social media expert at digital workshop in Nairobi. We all should be learning how to use these new tools for humanitarian causes.
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    Jul 5

    A very useful piece by researcher on facts and politics in the European debate on migrants and refugees.

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    Jul 4

    I think this is what you mean. "What They Took With Them." Here's the video. Read by Cate Blanchett, Keira Knightley, Juliet Stevenson, Peter Capaldi, Stanley Tucci, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Kit Harington, Douglas Booth, Jesse Eisenberg and me. For

    , there was a video where you narrated a poem about immigrants coming to America, I think it was put out on YouTube around last Christmas, but I can't remember what it was called...do you know what I'm talking about?
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    Jul 1

    Have spent a few days in & around Catania, Italy, meeting with refugees and hearing their stories. As always, I am in awe of their strength & resilience in the face of unimaginable adversity. Photos by

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  12. Jul 5

    University of Reading tells people unhappy it is going to give scholarships to refugees to ‘jog on’ . 😀 👏

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    Jul 5

    Every. Day.

    'Only he deserves power that everyday justifies it.' -Dag Hammarskjold
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    Jul 4

    “A lot of things are said about people like me - young people, black people, Muslim people, women...I perform to answer those things, to be a voice I didn’t really have growing up.”- GWA ⁦⁩ on using poetry to stand

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  15. Jul 5

    Augustine hasn’t seen her six-year-old daughter in a year. She has steeled herself for the worst. “There is no hope,” she says. “I will never see my daughter again.” This story from the Democratic Republic of Congo is hard to read, but deserves to be.

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    Jul 5

    My statement of today on the critical situation of civilians in South-West Syria.

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  17. Jul 5

    "Thousands of innocent lives are going to be lost, once again, if urgent action is not taken." A strong statement from UN Filippo Grandi on south west

    UN Filippo Grandi is gravely concerned about the civilian population caught in the crossfire in south-west Syria, including airstrikes and heavy shelling. An estimated 750,000 lives are in danger. His statement ⤵️
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    Jul 5

    . and I are spending the day teaching workshops with staff in Nairobi. Watch for tips via . • MY SLIDES:

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  19. Jul 5

    Street art in an underpass near to HQ. 's flag surrounded by messages of welcome from around the world.

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    Jul 4

    This tweet ⤵️ x 1,000. ... If we don't educate refugees, who will rebuild their countries when the time comes to go home?

    Replying to @UniofReading @SaulPeb
    Maybe so, but by proactively bringing refugees into campus you actually may well be edging a step closer towards peace in the Middle East. Tomorrow’s leaders might well be amongst them 👍
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  21. Jul 4

    This tweet ⤵️ x 1,000. ... If we don't educate refugees, who will rebuild their countries when the time comes to go home?

    Replying to @UniofReading @SaulPeb
    Maybe so, but by proactively bringing refugees into campus you actually may well be edging a step closer towards peace in the Middle East. Tomorrow’s leaders might well be amongst them 👍
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