Senior Advocate for Women and Girls @refugeesintl. Formerly with @hiasrefugees @refugees & @refugept. Views are all my own, RTs not an endorsement.
Washington, DC
Joined June 2012
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Devon Cone retweeted
#Lebanon is facing its gravest escalation of violence since the 2006 war.
The U.S. government has a unique responsibility to press for an immediate de-escalation before the situation spins further out of control. Our statement from @hardinlang1.
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Devon Cone retweeted
Last words from @KholoodKhair to the #UNSC: “Though pursuit of a ceasefire in #Sudan is necessary, a ceasefire alone will not save lives. The best way to accomplish this is through a mission to protect civilians.”
Read her statement: wps.ngo/khair
Devon Cone retweeted
🎉We are proud to welcome our 2024 Refugee Fellows cohort!
These six fellows have each demonstrated outstanding leadership and a strong commitment to advocating for their communities.🧵
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Devon Cone retweeted
Today, we joined 63 organizations in calling on Senate Approps leaders to reject House cuts to critical #humanitarian #aid & #development assistance accounts. #US leadership must help prevent international crises, protect people, & the planet. Read more: buff.ly/3LxT1LM
Devon Cone retweeted
Armine Afeyan @ahafeyan, Executive Director of the Aurora Humanitarian Initiative: “The women and girls in the #DRC cannot afford to wait. They need our support, our voices, our action. We must rally together to bring hope and tangible change to their lives. It is our collective responsibility to stand in solidarity with them, to amplify their stories, and to ensure their suffering does not go unnoticed.”
Join the #AuroraDialogues online event as humanitarians and human rights experts discuss the humanitarian crisis and sexual violence in the DRC: facebook.com/AuroraPrize/vid… #EyesOnDRC
Devon Cone retweeted
Join us for an event on localizing aid in #Ukraine featuring @thesharetrust, @funds4disaster, and @Isar_Ednannia and moderated by @hardinlang1. Register today!
⏰: 17:00 to 18:30 (Kyiv) /10:00 to 11:30 a.m. ET
🗓️July 23
RSVP: refugeesinternational.org/ev…
Devon Cone retweeted
“We cannot wait any longer”.
@Malala spoke to me ahead of Malala day on July 12th, calling for world leaders to step up and push for the rights of Afghan girls.
Three years after the Taliban takeover, Afghan women and girls are still barred from high school, university, playing sports and most public places.
Devon Cone retweeted
My 2 cents on tomorrow’s debate: voters need to hear the affirmative, fact-based case for immigration (economic & labor contributions, demographic rejuvenation, safer communities, humanitarian leadership, etc). We deserve so much more than fearmongering & political grandstanding.
Devon Cone retweeted
Powerful last words to the #UNSC from Dr. Ahmed: "Sudanese women have paid the price of this war, with their lives and with their bodies…[They] are looking to this Council to act now."
Read her full statement on #WPS in #Sudan: wps.ngo/ahmed
Devon Cone retweeted
"Institutionalized deprivation is causing profound gendered harm spreading across Afghan society & cascading down through generations."
TY @SR_Afghanistan for your powerful advocacy. @UN @UNAMAnews @UNDPPA @DicarloRosemary plz take note. #StandWithAfghanWomen #EndGenderApartheid
#Afghanistan: at the @UN Human Rights Council, @SR_Afghanistan Richard Bennett called on the Taliban to reverse its system of gender oppression that deprives women and girls of their fundamental rights.
#HRC56
Devon Cone retweeted
As the UN prepares for Doha III, our message to @AntonioGuterres and the international community is simple: the credibility of this process relies on defending women’s rights in #Afghanistan and ensuring Afghan women are at the table.
Read our letter: wps.ngo/letter-doha3
Devon Cone retweeted
Biden's order — refusing even to hear asylum claims when an arbitrary threshold is reached — is illegal under the UN treaties the US helped to write, and which •it• signed. Shameful. npr.org/2024/06/04/nx-s1-499…
Devon Cone retweeted
We, @RefugeesIntl used appalling in our statement about today's announcement. So did CLINIC. I think that's today's word.
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Biden's anti-asylum EO implementation guidance basically says: "Don't ask if anyone fears persecution or torture" specifically so that his agents don't find out that they are deporting people to persecution or torture. So heinous.
Devon Cone retweeted
As the failed experiment with Title 42 showed, today’s announced policies from @POTUS will compound suffering.
These policies set a dangerous example to the world of scapegoating asylum seekers in hopes of political gain. Our statement from @YaelSchacher.
refugeesinternational.org/st…
Devon Cone retweeted
Ten years on after the genocide, displaced Ezidi survivors have little prospect of safely returning to #Iraq.
Our new joint report from @YaelSchacher & @ShRFarhad @VEzidis outlines clear ways the EU & member states can unite and integrate #Ezidi families.
refugeesinternational.org/re…
Devon Cone retweeted
In the past week, Israel’s ongoing operation has displaced 450,000 Palestinian civilians in #Rafah.
Conditions are deteriorating in #Rafah and famine is underway in northern #Gaza. An immediate ceasefire is needed to save lives. Statement from @JesCMarks
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Alongside nearly 50 humanitarian organizations, we sent a letter to the White House condemning a potential #Rafah invasion.
If Rafah is invaded, the main aid distribution hub for the territory would collapse. Read more in @politico.
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