Third World Network
@3rdworldnetwork.bsky.social
Promoting just, equitable & ecological development.
Third World Network Berhad 198701004592 (163262-P)
🔗 https://twn.my/
Third World Network Berhad 198701004592 (163262-P)
🔗 https://twn.my/
CSOs filed a complaint with the OHCHR to scrutinize if the EU, Norway, Japan & Switzerland are living up to their human rights commitments in the WHO #PABS negotiations.
Join us Thursday to discuss where they stand.
📅 10 Sept | 3pm CEST
🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/mrensk2p
Join us Thursday to discuss where they stand.
📅 10 Sept | 3pm CEST
🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/mrensk2p
September 8, 2026 at 3:40 PM
CSOs filed a complaint with the OHCHR to scrutinize if the EU, Norway, Japan & Switzerland are living up to their human rights commitments in the WHO #PABS negotiations.
Join us Thursday to discuss where they stand.
📅 10 Sept | 3pm CEST
🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/mrensk2p
Join us Thursday to discuss where they stand.
📅 10 Sept | 3pm CEST
🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/mrensk2p
🇮🇩 Landmark ruling in Indonesia
Constitutional Court reinstated a key safeguard against pharmaceutical patent evergreening, helping prevent unjustified patents & affirmed that civil society & patient groups can challenge patent grants.
Full report 🔗 tinyurl.com/j5hs4rka
Constitutional Court reinstated a key safeguard against pharmaceutical patent evergreening, helping prevent unjustified patents & affirmed that civil society & patient groups can challenge patent grants.
Full report 🔗 tinyurl.com/j5hs4rka
September 1, 2026 at 3:16 PM
🇮🇩 Landmark ruling in Indonesia
Constitutional Court reinstated a key safeguard against pharmaceutical patent evergreening, helping prevent unjustified patents & affirmed that civil society & patient groups can challenge patent grants.
Full report 🔗 tinyurl.com/j5hs4rka
Constitutional Court reinstated a key safeguard against pharmaceutical patent evergreening, helping prevent unjustified patents & affirmed that civil society & patient groups can challenge patent grants.
Full report 🔗 tinyurl.com/j5hs4rka
📘 NEW BOOK
TWN’s new book traces the negotiations behind the landmark amendments to the International Health Regulations, documenting the twists & turns of the process.
Download for free 🔗 twn.my/title2/books...
TWN’s new book traces the negotiations behind the landmark amendments to the International Health Regulations, documenting the twists & turns of the process.
Download for free 🔗 twn.my/title2/books...
August 26, 2026 at 7:17 PM
📘 NEW BOOK
TWN’s new book traces the negotiations behind the landmark amendments to the International Health Regulations, documenting the twists & turns of the process.
Download for free 🔗 twn.my/title2/books...
TWN’s new book traces the negotiations behind the landmark amendments to the International Health Regulations, documenting the twists & turns of the process.
Download for free 🔗 twn.my/title2/books...
📌 Webinar
Join TWN & the Centre for Health Equity, Law & Policy (C-HELP) for a discussion on WHO's Global Strategy for Digital Health.
🗓️ 19 Aug 2026
⏰ 10:30 AM (UTC)
🔗Register: bit.ly/3ROXmBk
Join TWN & the Centre for Health Equity, Law & Policy (C-HELP) for a discussion on WHO's Global Strategy for Digital Health.
🗓️ 19 Aug 2026
⏰ 10:30 AM (UTC)
🔗Register: bit.ly/3ROXmBk
August 12, 2026 at 3:25 PM
📌 Webinar
Join TWN & the Centre for Health Equity, Law & Policy (C-HELP) for a discussion on WHO's Global Strategy for Digital Health.
🗓️ 19 Aug 2026
⏰ 10:30 AM (UTC)
🔗Register: bit.ly/3ROXmBk
Join TWN & the Centre for Health Equity, Law & Policy (C-HELP) for a discussion on WHO's Global Strategy for Digital Health.
🗓️ 19 Aug 2026
⏰ 10:30 AM (UTC)
🔗Register: bit.ly/3ROXmBk
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@pid-us.bsky.social
@3rdworldnetwork.bsky.social
@lissawarren.bsky.social
#blacksky #politics #podcast
@pid-us.bsky.social
@3rdworldnetwork.bsky.social
@lissawarren.bsky.social
#blacksky #politics #podcast
July 10, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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@keiwashdc.bsky.social and @3rdworldnetwork.bsky.social at the ACANU press briefing moderated by John Zarocostas. @WHO #WHA79
May 22, 2026 at 10:46 AM
@keiwashdc.bsky.social and @3rdworldnetwork.bsky.social at the ACANU press briefing moderated by John Zarocostas. @WHO #WHA79
In Geneva for #WHA79?
Don't miss this crucial side event with experts in global health representing civil society, Member States, and the WHO.
📅 19 May 2026
⏰ 18:00–19:30 CEST
📍 Salle C, WHO Headquarters
🥪 Sandwiches & drinks provided
💻 Online: tinyurl.com/484tvc4c
Don't miss this crucial side event with experts in global health representing civil society, Member States, and the WHO.
📅 19 May 2026
⏰ 18:00–19:30 CEST
📍 Salle C, WHO Headquarters
🥪 Sandwiches & drinks provided
💻 Online: tinyurl.com/484tvc4c
May 18, 2026 at 4:54 PM
In Geneva for #WHA79?
Don't miss this crucial side event with experts in global health representing civil society, Member States, and the WHO.
📅 19 May 2026
⏰ 18:00–19:30 CEST
📍 Salle C, WHO Headquarters
🥪 Sandwiches & drinks provided
💻 Online: tinyurl.com/484tvc4c
Don't miss this crucial side event with experts in global health representing civil society, Member States, and the WHO.
📅 19 May 2026
⏰ 18:00–19:30 CEST
📍 Salle C, WHO Headquarters
🥪 Sandwiches & drinks provided
💻 Online: tinyurl.com/484tvc4c
Norway is accused of protecting the pharmaceutical industry, by Mathilde Becker @panoramanyheter.bsky.social
"It is not an exaggeration to compare these uneven and exploitative relations between North and South with colonialism" says KM Gopakumar (TWN).
www.panoramanyheter.no/global-helse...
"It is not an exaggeration to compare these uneven and exploitative relations between North and South with colonialism" says KM Gopakumar (TWN).
www.panoramanyheter.no/global-helse...
WHO-strid: Norge anklages for å beskytte legemiddelindustrien
Utviklingsland krever bindende vaksineavtaler. Kritikerne mener Norge bidrar til å bevare en skjev og farlig orden.
www.panoramanyheter.no
May 11, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Norway is accused of protecting the pharmaceutical industry, by Mathilde Becker @panoramanyheter.bsky.social
"It is not an exaggeration to compare these uneven and exploitative relations between North and South with colonialism" says KM Gopakumar (TWN).
www.panoramanyheter.no/global-helse...
"It is not an exaggeration to compare these uneven and exploitative relations between North and South with colonialism" says KM Gopakumar (TWN).
www.panoramanyheter.no/global-helse...
Strong editorial by @theguardian.com on how Europe is putting the world's response to the next pandemic at risk.
Europe is treating negotiations at @who.int as "technocratic haggling" rather than aiming to correct the inequities that defined COVID-19.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Europe is treating negotiations at @who.int as "technocratic haggling" rather than aiming to correct the inequities that defined COVID-19.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on the WHO pandemic treaty: the west’s fantasy negotiations have put the world at risk | Editorial
Editorial: After five years of deliberation the global south has forced the question that defined the Covid crisis: who will get the vaccines?
www.theguardian.com
May 11, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Strong editorial by @theguardian.com on how Europe is putting the world's response to the next pandemic at risk.
Europe is treating negotiations at @who.int as "technocratic haggling" rather than aiming to correct the inequities that defined COVID-19.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Europe is treating negotiations at @who.int as "technocratic haggling" rather than aiming to correct the inequities that defined COVID-19.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Timely piece in the @thelancet.com Brazilian virologists Gabriel da Luz & Túlio Campos from @oficialfiocruz.bsky.social.
"A fair genomic order would treat genomic information as both a global public good and a strategic public health asset".
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
"A fair genomic order would treat genomic information as both a global public good and a strategic public health asset".
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Genomic sovereignty for health equity in Latin America and the Caribbean
www.sciencedirect.com
May 5, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Timely piece in the @thelancet.com Brazilian virologists Gabriel da Luz & Túlio Campos from @oficialfiocruz.bsky.social.
"A fair genomic order would treat genomic information as both a global public good and a strategic public health asset".
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
"A fair genomic order would treat genomic information as both a global public good and a strategic public health asset".
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Our comicbook on #biodiversity credits / #offsets is finally available in print! You can order a copy for the price of $10 here: twn.my/title2/books...
And you can still download the pdf for free here:
greenfinanceobservatory.org/wp-content/u... Happy reading!
And you can still download the pdf for free here:
greenfinanceobservatory.org/wp-content/u... Happy reading!
March 27, 2026 at 9:41 AM
Our comicbook on #biodiversity credits / #offsets is finally available in print! You can order a copy for the price of $10 here: twn.my/title2/books...
And you can still download the pdf for free here:
greenfinanceobservatory.org/wp-content/u... Happy reading!
And you can still download the pdf for free here:
greenfinanceobservatory.org/wp-content/u... Happy reading!
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Today, MSF is going public with something we've been fighting behind closed doors for months: Gilead will not sell us their new HIV drug, lenacapavir.
The sticking point isn't even price, they just refuse to sell.
Open letter linked + explainer 🧵1/
www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/gilea...
The sticking point isn't even price, they just refuse to sell.
Open letter linked + explainer 🧵1/
www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/gilea...
Gilead refuses to sell groundbreaking HIV prevention drug to MSF
Blocking humanitarian organizations from accessing a medical breakthrough puts vulnerable people across the world in danger.
www.doctorswithoutborders.org
March 30, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Today, MSF is going public with something we've been fighting behind closed doors for months: Gilead will not sell us their new HIV drug, lenacapavir.
The sticking point isn't even price, they just refuse to sell.
Open letter linked + explainer 🧵1/
www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/gilea...
The sticking point isn't even price, they just refuse to sell.
Open letter linked + explainer 🧵1/
www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/gilea...
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The cost of meds was too high for thousands of #CF patients.
We worked with Vertex Save Us & @3rdworldnetwork.bsky.social to approach a Bangladeshi company to make a generic version at a fraction of the price - it’s now on the way.
This will change lives.
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
We worked with Vertex Save Us & @3rdworldnetwork.bsky.social to approach a Bangladeshi company to make a generic version at a fraction of the price - it’s now on the way.
This will change lives.
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
‘We were sitting with our calculator saying “we can afford that!”’ Joy for families as cystic fibrosis drug prices fall within reach
The cost of medication was too high for thousands of CF sufferers around the world. Now a Bangladeshi company is making a generic version that will change lives
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:09 PM
The cost of meds was too high for thousands of #CF patients.
We worked with Vertex Save Us & @3rdworldnetwork.bsky.social to approach a Bangladeshi company to make a generic version at a fraction of the price - it’s now on the way.
This will change lives.
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
We worked with Vertex Save Us & @3rdworldnetwork.bsky.social to approach a Bangladeshi company to make a generic version at a fraction of the price - it’s now on the way.
This will change lives.
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Sanya Reid-Smith takes us back into the history of the international agreement that established intellectual property rules: TRIPS.
In simple terms, clear examples & numbers, she gives a class on TRIPS, trade agreements & their impact on health.
Listen▶️ tinyurl.com/FTAsimpacton...
In simple terms, clear examples & numbers, she gives a class on TRIPS, trade agreements & their impact on health.
Listen▶️ tinyurl.com/FTAsimpacton...
February 19, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Sanya Reid-Smith takes us back into the history of the international agreement that established intellectual property rules: TRIPS.
In simple terms, clear examples & numbers, she gives a class on TRIPS, trade agreements & their impact on health.
Listen▶️ tinyurl.com/FTAsimpacton...
In simple terms, clear examples & numbers, she gives a class on TRIPS, trade agreements & their impact on health.
Listen▶️ tinyurl.com/FTAsimpacton...
"A new form of colonialism.”
That’s how Dr Taime Sylvester describes the double bind facing developing countries.
Pressured by the US into bilateral deals where aid is conditioned on sharing pathogens & by the EU to accept risks of 🏴☠️ biopiracy in the world’s largest pathogen-access system.
That’s how Dr Taime Sylvester describes the double bind facing developing countries.
Pressured by the US into bilateral deals where aid is conditioned on sharing pathogens & by the EU to accept risks of 🏴☠️ biopiracy in the world’s largest pathogen-access system.
January 28, 2026 at 3:06 PM
"A new form of colonialism.”
That’s how Dr Taime Sylvester describes the double bind facing developing countries.
Pressured by the US into bilateral deals where aid is conditioned on sharing pathogens & by the EU to accept risks of 🏴☠️ biopiracy in the world’s largest pathogen-access system.
That’s how Dr Taime Sylvester describes the double bind facing developing countries.
Pressured by the US into bilateral deals where aid is conditioned on sharing pathogens & by the EU to accept risks of 🏴☠️ biopiracy in the world’s largest pathogen-access system.
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We're launching the #DigitalJusticeNow campaign at the @intgovforum.bsky.social. Join us in reclaiming the digital future we want 👇
www.apc.org/en/news/glob...
#IGF2025 #WSIS20 - with @itforchange.bsky.social
www.apc.org/en/news/glob...
#IGF2025 #WSIS20 - with @itforchange.bsky.social
Global Digital Justice Forum: Building a more inclusive digital future together
The Global Digital Justice Forum (GDJF) is launching the #DigitalJusticeNow campaign during this year's IGF to reclaim a digital order that prioritises people and the planet over profit. The campaign ...
www.apc.org
June 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
We're launching the #DigitalJusticeNow campaign at the @intgovforum.bsky.social. Join us in reclaiming the digital future we want 👇
www.apc.org/en/news/glob...
#IGF2025 #WSIS20 - with @itforchange.bsky.social
www.apc.org/en/news/glob...
#IGF2025 #WSIS20 - with @itforchange.bsky.social
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Kicking off Day Zero of #IGF2025, the Global Digital Justice Forum launched "Digital Justice, Now", our global online advocacy campaign for a just and democratic digital future!
June 23, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Kicking off Day Zero of #IGF2025, the Global Digital Justice Forum launched "Digital Justice, Now", our global online advocacy campaign for a just and democratic digital future!
🔴 WE ARE LIVE
TWN is thrilled to organize with the United Nations University - IIGH (@unu-iigh.bsky.social) the Symposium Strengthening Global Health Governance: Defending the Public Interest and Holding Powerful Private Actors Accountable.
Watch here ▶️ shorturl.at/eSMyO
TWN is thrilled to organize with the United Nations University - IIGH (@unu-iigh.bsky.social) the Symposium Strengthening Global Health Governance: Defending the Public Interest and Holding Powerful Private Actors Accountable.
Watch here ▶️ shorturl.at/eSMyO
April 22, 2025 at 1:12 AM
🔴 WE ARE LIVE
TWN is thrilled to organize with the United Nations University - IIGH (@unu-iigh.bsky.social) the Symposium Strengthening Global Health Governance: Defending the Public Interest and Holding Powerful Private Actors Accountable.
Watch here ▶️ shorturl.at/eSMyO
TWN is thrilled to organize with the United Nations University - IIGH (@unu-iigh.bsky.social) the Symposium Strengthening Global Health Governance: Defending the Public Interest and Holding Powerful Private Actors Accountable.
Watch here ▶️ shorturl.at/eSMyO
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New from @cplusc.bsky.social , @ccj-ubc.bsky.social & @3rdworldnetwork.bsky.social : we ran focus groups with biodiversity & international economic experts; everyone agrees that big reforms to the global economy are needed to stem the loss of biodiversity. But agreement on how to do it is elusive.
Transformative Biodiversity Policy at a Stalemate - Climate and Community Institute
This study updates our research that shows how governments—highly constrained by financial and political conditions to implement a just ecological transition—are “Exporting Extinction.” The briefing ...
climateandcommunity.org
April 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
New from @cplusc.bsky.social , @ccj-ubc.bsky.social & @3rdworldnetwork.bsky.social : we ran focus groups with biodiversity & international economic experts; everyone agrees that big reforms to the global economy are needed to stem the loss of biodiversity. But agreement on how to do it is elusive.
Join us
TWN & @unu-iigh.bsky.social are organizing this event for civil society & academia to examine the influence of private actors in global health & discuss avenues for action.
🗓️April 22 | 9:00 MYT
📍In-person registration: shorturl.at/7TLqM
💻Attend online: shorturl.at/eSMyO
TWN & @unu-iigh.bsky.social are organizing this event for civil society & academia to examine the influence of private actors in global health & discuss avenues for action.
🗓️April 22 | 9:00 MYT
📍In-person registration: shorturl.at/7TLqM
💻Attend online: shorturl.at/eSMyO
April 20, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Join us
TWN & @unu-iigh.bsky.social are organizing this event for civil society & academia to examine the influence of private actors in global health & discuss avenues for action.
🗓️April 22 | 9:00 MYT
📍In-person registration: shorturl.at/7TLqM
💻Attend online: shorturl.at/eSMyO
TWN & @unu-iigh.bsky.social are organizing this event for civil society & academia to examine the influence of private actors in global health & discuss avenues for action.
🗓️April 22 | 9:00 MYT
📍In-person registration: shorturl.at/7TLqM
💻Attend online: shorturl.at/eSMyO
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🚨New Report
AI is now designing & modifying DNA, but its decisions are a “black box”—untraceable & risky. Impact on biodiversity, biosecurity & the environment is huge.
Read further in our latest report with @etcgroup.bsky.social & the African Center for Biodiversity.
⏬ shorturl.at/pB3ba
AI is now designing & modifying DNA, but its decisions are a “black box”—untraceable & risky. Impact on biodiversity, biosecurity & the environment is huge.
Read further in our latest report with @etcgroup.bsky.social & the African Center for Biodiversity.
⏬ shorturl.at/pB3ba
March 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Indian generic company Natco Pharma just announced rare disease drug Risdiplam could cost 97% less.
For TWN, this price difference should prime other countries to follow & allow generic manufacturing in the promotion of public interest.
Full report ▶️ shorturl.at/EN2D8
For TWN, this price difference should prime other countries to follow & allow generic manufacturing in the promotion of public interest.
Full report ▶️ shorturl.at/EN2D8
April 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Indian generic company Natco Pharma just announced rare disease drug Risdiplam could cost 97% less.
For TWN, this price difference should prime other countries to follow & allow generic manufacturing in the promotion of public interest.
Full report ▶️ shorturl.at/EN2D8
For TWN, this price difference should prime other countries to follow & allow generic manufacturing in the promotion of public interest.
Full report ▶️ shorturl.at/EN2D8
🚨New Report
AI is now designing & modifying DNA, but its decisions are a “black box”—untraceable & risky. Impact on biodiversity, biosecurity & the environment is huge.
Read further in our latest report with @etcgroup.bsky.social & the African Center for Biodiversity.
⏬ shorturl.at/pB3ba
AI is now designing & modifying DNA, but its decisions are a “black box”—untraceable & risky. Impact on biodiversity, biosecurity & the environment is huge.
Read further in our latest report with @etcgroup.bsky.social & the African Center for Biodiversity.
⏬ shorturl.at/pB3ba
March 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🚨New Report
AI is now designing & modifying DNA, but its decisions are a “black box”—untraceable & risky. Impact on biodiversity, biosecurity & the environment is huge.
Read further in our latest report with @etcgroup.bsky.social & the African Center for Biodiversity.
⏬ shorturl.at/pB3ba
AI is now designing & modifying DNA, but its decisions are a “black box”—untraceable & risky. Impact on biodiversity, biosecurity & the environment is huge.
Read further in our latest report with @etcgroup.bsky.social & the African Center for Biodiversity.
⏬ shorturl.at/pB3ba
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Trump's aid cuts are bad news for international climate finance.
I looked through the available data to work out how bad...
Around 8% of the climate finance pledged to developing countries by rich countries last year came from the US.
Those funds are now under threat.
➡️ buff.ly/BuxwfSL
I looked through the available data to work out how bad...
Around 8% of the climate finance pledged to developing countries by rich countries last year came from the US.
Those funds are now under threat.
➡️ buff.ly/BuxwfSL
March 10, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Trump's aid cuts are bad news for international climate finance.
I looked through the available data to work out how bad...
Around 8% of the climate finance pledged to developing countries by rich countries last year came from the US.
Those funds are now under threat.
➡️ buff.ly/BuxwfSL
I looked through the available data to work out how bad...
Around 8% of the climate finance pledged to developing countries by rich countries last year came from the US.
Those funds are now under threat.
➡️ buff.ly/BuxwfSL
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Bhumika Muchhala (@3rdworldnetwork.bsky.social & Civil Society Financing for Development Mechanism) reminds all that #FfD4 shd expand policy & fiscal space for structural transformation toward global South economic sovereignty.
February 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Bhumika Muchhala (@3rdworldnetwork.bsky.social & Civil Society Financing for Development Mechanism) reminds all that #FfD4 shd expand policy & fiscal space for structural transformation toward global South economic sovereignty.