Campaigns
#Justice4TigrayWomen – May 07, 2022
May 7, 2022
1. The Int’l community has ignored the cries of Tigrayan women for far too long. On #MothersDay2022 we are still pleading for the @UN and @IntlCrimCourt to take meaningful steps to seek #Justice4TigrayWomen. @antonioguterres @mbachelet @UNFPA @UNAIDS https://apnews.com/article/africa-180f41945ae512e8170ca05b0cc65540
2. Survivors were savagely raped in front of family members. These victims still need psychological support, and health facilities across Tigray are in need of restoration. End the siege. #Justice4TigrayWomen #MothersDay2022 @UNDP @UNICEF @UN_HRC https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/08/ethiopia-troops-and-militia-rape-abduct-women-and-girls-in-tigray-conflict-new-report/
3. “I have survived my pregnancy on hardly one meal a day,” says a displaced mother. Mothers across Tigray are enduring a harsh reality this #MothersDay2022. Please help demand #Justice4TigrayWomen. @EmmaWatson @jessicaalba @Alyssa_Milano #TigrayGenocide https://shar.es/af1wpP
4. In 2022, about 450,000 children are malnourished in Tigray and of this, more than 115,000 are severely malnourished. Moreover, about 120,000 pregnant and lactating women are malnourished. #MothersDay2022 #Justice4TigrayWomen @Ilhan @RashidaTlaib @AOC https://omnatigray.org/situation-report-april-2022/
5. “Mothers were forced to tie up their sons. A pregnant woman was shot, her husband killed. Some of the survivors hid under the bodies of the dead.” #TigrayGenocide must not be forgotten. #Justice4TigrayWomen #MothersDay2022 @unwomenchief @UNOSAPG @SFCG_ https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/26/africa/ethiopia-tigray-dengelat-massacre-intl/index.html
6. “Soldiers and militias subjected Tigrayan women and girls to rape, sexual mutilation and other forms of torture, often using ethnic slurs and death threats.” #Justice4TigrayWomen #MothersDay2022 #TigrayGenocide @ngowgwps @NDIWomen @endrapeinwar https://www.tghat.com/2022/03/28/let-them-be-the-last-of-their-kind-anatomy-of-tigray-genocide-intentions-acts-and-the-un-convention-on-genocide/
7. “The world needs to see what we and our children are going through,” a mother cries as she recalls the night she was gang-raped, just moments after witnessing her husband’s execution. #Justice4TigrayWomen #MothersDay2022 @aliciakeys @jessicaalbahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOIhNSJSE_U
8. “There is a mother here who was impregnated when 3 Eritrean soldiers & 2 Ethiopian soldiers raped her. Now she can’t move her legs.” Rape victims are still in need of medication and mental health support. @LindaT_G @UN_Women #Justice4TigrayWomen https://news.sky.com/story/ethiopias-conflict-in-tigray-women-describe-how-rape-is-used-as-a-weapon-12257465
9. Tigrayans in western Tigray are still under attack by Amhara Fano militias. Where is the International outcry to save millions from #TigrayGenocide? #Justice4TigrayWomen #MothersDay2022 @IBVprev @RichardGowan1 @NLatICC @MinPres @RWBAHolocausthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOIhNSJSE_U
10. The Int’l community has abandoned the most vulnerable. Women were subjected to gang rape, sexual slavery, and sexual mutilation. We are ask that you amplify their voices on this #MothersDay2022. #Justice4TigrayWomen @rihanna @Oprah @violadavis https://edition.cnn.com/2021/08/12/africa/tigray-ethiopia-sexual-violence-amnesty-report-intl/index.html
11. At least 6 million in Tigray live under a de facto blockade imposed by Ethiopian and Eritrean forces. Millions face an imminent death if action is not taken today by world leaders. #Justice4TigrayWomen #MothersDay2022 @MichelleObama @HillaryClinton https://omnatigray.org/situation-report-april-2022/
13. Some of the most vulnerable are enduring the brunt of the #TigrayGenocide. When will world leaders ensure sufficient humanitarian access to all of Tigray? #MothersDay2022 #Justice4TigrayWomen @USAmbUN @SecBlinken @AmbMKimani @USTreasury https://twitter.com/OmnaTigray/status/1520771872652238851?s=20&t=y1WL3zUu3MEcOWAsJO74rg
14. “It is very deeply hurting and unacceptable to see mothers, children and adults who are dying every single minute for being deprived of their God-given rights to life..” #MothersDay2022 #Justice4TigrayWomen #TigrayGenocide @Pontifex @VaticanNewshttps://www.tghat.com/2022/04/06/catholic-eparchy-adigrat-humanitarian-aid-to-save-millions-of-people-dying-from-merciless-man-made-famine-in-tigray/
- “They tied me up and five soldiers took turns with me. I crawled out of there because I couldn’t walk anymore. On the field there was nothing to eat. I was eating leaves.” #TigrayGenocide #Justice4TigrayWomen @ClaraLionelFdn @Blklivesmatter @Essencehttps://news.sky.com/story/ethiopias-conflict-in-tigray-women-describe-how-rape-is-used-as-a-weapon-12257465
2. Per @amnesty, “there are limited, if any, protection, rehabilitation and livelihood services available to survivors.” On this #MothersDay2022, we demand an immediate end to the siege and #Justice4TigrayWomen. @dreynders @CharlesMichel @eucopresident https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/08/ethiopia-troops-and-militia-rape-abduct-women-and-girls-in-tigray-conflict-new-report/
3. Due to the genocidal siege imposed on Tigray, hundreds of thousands of SGBV survivors are languishing without access to critical post rape care. This #MothersDay2022, help us amplify their plight and demand #Justice4TigrayWomen! @NAACP @NBCBLK @ABChttps://www.hrw.org/news/2021/11/09/ethiopia-blocking-tigray-aid-harms-rape-survivors
4. On #MothersDay2022 we must stand against the humanitarian blockade imposed by the Ethiopian + Eritrean govts, as they deprive countless rape victims of health kits and dignity supplies. The siege must end. #Justice4TigrayWomen @StateDept @UN_Women @WHO https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/11/09/ethiopia-blocking-tigray-aid-harms-rape-survivors
5. Since the onslaught of the #TigrayGenocide, over 120K have been victims of SGBV. Survivors have been left without psychological & medical care. Where is the int’l community on this #MothersDay2022? #Justice4TigrayWomen @VeraJourova @vonderleyen@vestager https://www.hrw.org/report/2021/11/09/i-always-remember-day/access-services-survivors-gender-based-violence-ethiopias
6. Widespread SGBV has been carried out by Ethiopian, Eritrean + Amhara forces in Tigray. Their victims include children, pregnant women, the elderly and men. Survivors still need medical care. #MothersDay2022 #Justice4TigrayWomen @Atayeshe @DenisMukwege https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/08/12/africa/tigray-ethiopia-sexual-violence-amnesty-report-intl/index.html
7. “Senayit grieves for her 12-year-old son. She was drugged, tied to a tree, and raped by Eritrean soldiers for 10 days. At one point she awoke to find her son dead at her feet.” @KJP46 @Ilhan @AmbAlyaAlThani @Malala #Justice4TigrayWomen #MothersDay2022 https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2021/06/a-grave-humanitarian-crisis-is-unfolding-in-ethiopia-i-never-saw-hell-before-but-now-i-have
8. Tigrayan mothers were raped in front of their children by invading soilders. Parts of Tigray still remain under genocidal occupation. Why is nothing being done to protect mothers & children? @unicefchief @UNDP #Justice4TigrayWomen #MothersDay2022 https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2021/06/a-grave-humanitarian-crisis-is-unfolding-in-ethiopia-i-never-saw-hell-before-but-now-i-have
9. Due to the deliberate destruction of the healthcare system in Tigray by invading forces + the humanitarian blockade, rape survivors are without proper care. On this #MothersDay2022, we demand #Justice4TigrayWomen. @ahunnaeziakonwa @AminaJMohammed @UNFPA https://www.hrw.org/report/2021/11/09/i-always-remember-day/access-services-survivors-gender-based-violence-ethiopias
10. “I told them, ‘I am HIV-positive. Be careful, please don’t do this.’ And they didn’t care. They didn’t even use protection. They said, ‘The Tigrayan race must be eliminated.’” #Justice4TigrayWomen #MothersDay2022 @AyodejiOsowobi @StandtoEndRape @YIAGA https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/ethiopia-grave-humanitarian-crisis-unfolding-never-saw-hell-before-now-have
11. “Senayit was raped by soldiers on two separate occasions—in her home in Edagahamus and as she tried to flee to Mekele with her 12-year-old son.” 18 months on, we have yet to receive #Justice4TigrayWomen. #MothersDay2022 @UNICEFCHIEF @TeenVogue @intalert https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2021/06/a-grave-humanitarian-crisis-is-unfolding-in-ethiopia-i-never-saw-hell-before-but-now-i-have
12. A woman was raped for days as she was tied to a tree, while her son was made to watch. When she regained consciousness, her son was dead at her feet. When will there be #Justice4TigrayWomen? #MothersDay2022 @PalomaUnicef @JuttaUrpilainen @VDombrovskis https://twitter.com/robyncurnowcnn/status/1402181476255477762?s=27&t=4HpuD8sLLs9fsZrM_BPocA
13. Shewit is among the 120,000 rape victims in Tigray. She was gang raped repeatedly, despite pleading with soldiers because she was HIV+. Join us in urging int’l leaders to demand #Justice4TigrayWomen. #MothersDay2022 @ICRW @blackvoices @Blklivesmatter https://twitter.com/RobynCurnowCNN/status/1402181476255477762?s=20&t=BG3DVFtl0BiodeVcDQEUJw
14. A woman was tied to a tree and gang-raped for 10 days by Eritrean soldiers, as her son was forced to watch. One day she woke up to him dead at her feet, with his throat slit. We are still demanding #Justice4TigrayWomen. #MothersDay2022 @UNWomenLA @UNDP https://twitter.com/robyncurnowcnn/status/1402181476255477762?s=27&t=4HpuD8sLLs9fsZrM_BPocA