Advice to my younger self on social work and case management
I always asked myself about the things that I would do if I went back on time and what kind of advice I would give myself to have a better career and less stress are Today I...
5 Essential steps to integrate gender-based violence in other programs
Day after day, we start realizing that humanitarian action is most effective when it focuses not only on meeting the immediate needs of those most affected but also on protecting...
Girl Child Education and COVID-19
Child’s education is a Human Right guaranteed and recognized by the legal instruments such as The Convention on the Rights of the Child, Article 11 of the African Charter on...
Gender Equality and Economic Benefits
For years, many in the development community have focused primarily on trying to improve girls' and women's capabilities — making them more educated, healthier, and better...
The Future of Humanitarian Workers after COVID19
"Where have you been recently" is a common question during small talk in the hallways of international organizations For a community of professionals who see travel as...
Schools out forever? Supporting resilient learning in the face of COVID-19
To contain the continuous spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world has seen, at the latest count, 188 countries taking the unprecedented action of closing their nation’s...
How NGOs’ leaders can fight Coronavirus
We all have a role to play in preventing the spread of the #Coronavirus (COVID-19) The advice from health experts has been clear: social distancing, washing our hands with soap...
Women also crave what men want— power and freedom
Girls are made of sugar and spice, and everything nice That nursery rhyme should have ended at “sugar and spice” because women are people first, not an undifferentiated mass...
Gender and the Coronavirus Epidemic
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) snakes its way around the world, closing borders, cancelling events, shutting down offices, suspending classes, and barricading cities Reading about...
How Will COVID-19 Affect Women and Girls in Low- and Middle-Income Countries?
Policymakers should be thinking—and worried—about how COVID-19 is expected to disproportionately affect women and girls Gender inequality can come into even starker focus in...
