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International Women's Day is coming! 🌹

→ Let's celebrate the women who make QCEA's work possible: Feblezi Huebi, Celina Bebenek, Laëtitia Sédou, Monica Espinoza, and Beatrice Romagnoli.

Thank you for everything you do! 🫶

#IWD2026 #Internationalwomensday2026

"A pamphlet written by a woman in prison in 1666 has gone viral on Facebook.

Margaret Fell, co-founder of the Quakers, wrote ‘Women’s Speaking Justified’ whilst jailed in Lancaster for her beliefs."

New today in Inside Time:

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#InternationalWomensDay

📍 What has happened at QCEA since December?

Check out our newsletter and find out! 😉

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Thank you for your help! Good luck to all of the applicants!

Thank you for your support. We are excited about receiving your applications! <3

We are #hiring! Apply by March 6, 2026, to become our next Rethinking Security Programme Officer!

More info 👉 www.qcea.org/wp-content/u...

📍Save the date: 30 November-4 December 2026!
Join the exciting retreat organized by us and @qva.org.uk.

Register here 👉 qva.org.uk/qcea/

📜 Chapter 3 of our Migration Handbook is now available in Arabic!

👏 Thank you, Yosra Salah, for your your excellent translation!

👉 Read it here: www.qcea.org/wp-content/u...

"There is God in me" - A Young Quaker on Faith and Global Quakerism YouTube video by FWCC World Office

"I feel like there is God in me... like there is a candle in me. God is not 'there' but he is here." Sikhuphukile Nare, a Quaker from Zimbabwe, shares her inward experience of worship. You can watch it here, and if her words speak to you, please do help us share her message. youtu.be/6DvxC9N5tZI?...

Thank you for being with us in 2025. Have a quick look at what we achieved in the last year! 👇

📍We are back! Observe this channel to learn how we turn hope into action in 2026!

📍 Good news! 10 key messages from the migration handbook have just been translated to Arabic!

Thank you, Iman Soliman, for your work!

Read it here 👉
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→ Martin Touwen (Clerk of the QCEA Executive Committee)

→ Niamh Hardiman (Churchtown Meeting, Dublin, Ireland).
@quakerireland.bsky.social

→ Michael Eccles (FWCC Europe & Middle East Section).
@mijecc.bsky.social @globalquakers.bsky.social

→ Loretta O’Brien (Limerick Meeting House, Southville Gardens Limerick, Ireland. Western Regional Monthly Meeting (WRMM))

→ Roger Edmund Cassidy (QCEA Executive Committee, Norway Yearly Meeting, Psychosocial health care provider in rural Sweden).

→ Rachel R. Cave (Galway Particular Meeting (Ireland) and Fermanagh Worship Group (Northern Ireland)) @quakerireland.bsky.social

→ Jessica Walker-Keleher (Missoula (Montana) Monthly Meeting, North Pacific Yearly Meeting, Quaker United Nations Office - QUNO)

@quakerunoffice.bsky.social

🗨️ Read 7 inspiring quotes from quakers in our network explaining what human rights mean to them!

#HumanRIghtsDay

See you at 17:30 (Brussels Time)! 👋

Still haven't registered? Do it here 👉 www.qcea.org/events/webin...

→ Yona Roseman: Conscientious objector, Mesarvot מסרבות- Israel

→ Yan Kormilitsyn: Conscientious objector - Ukraine

→ Zaira Zafarana: International Advocacy Coordinator, Connection e.V.

→ Merve Arkun: Coordinator at Conscientious Objection Watch Vicdani Ret İzleme - Türkiye

→ Andreas Michos: Member of the Greek Association of Conscientious Objectors and conscientious objector.

🗨️👤 Meet 5 campaigners & conscientious objectors to military service who will join our webinar tomorrow!

Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Join Quakers from around Europe & the Middle East at an All Age Gathering in August 2026, to build community through worship, discussion and play. More info: fwccemes.org/calendar/eme...
@globalquakers.bsky.social @quaker.org.uk @quakerireland.bsky.social @woodbrooke.bsky.social @qcea.bsky.social

📍 Join @warresistersint.bsky.social, Pax Christi International, @qcea.bsky.social , Pax Christi Scotland, Pax Christi Italy, Connection e.V. and Un Ponte Per!

🗨️Listen to campaigners, experts, and conscientious objectors!

Webinar “Europe is rearming once again: is our right to conscientious objection at risk?”

📍Join us next week for a webinar about conscientious objection!

📅 December 9 (Tuesday)
🕒17:30 Bxl Time, 16:30 UK Time
🌐 Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...