Trudie Styler Instagram – Today is the first day of spring, but for the people now suffering in Gaza, and for the families of the hostages taken and loved ones lost in Israel, their winter of anguish will continue. I have been moved by this post by Misan Harriman, photographer, social activist, Oscar-nominated filmmaker and Ambassador for Save the Children, about the pregnant women of Gaza. Every mother, I’m certain, remembers the anxiety of taking your newborn baby out into the world for the first time. The potential for harm that we imagine in every bump in the road, every loud noise, every car exhaust. So imagine bringing your newborn baby into a war. Knowing that nothing you do will protect them in any way from the danger all around. As a humanitarian and a compassionate human being, I ask you to please listen to Misan’s words with an open mind, and to call for peace to prevail. This is not a question of taking political sides. Everyone is losing the war in Gaza. It’s time to put humanity first. To focus on what connects us all as human beings, not what drives us apart. And may the onset of spring bring with it some new hope for peace. Read more about how women’s reproductive health is being impacted by the war at the link in bio.