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Making Sense of Violence
This week we have a post by a fellow humanitarian health coach, Claire Higgins, on not just working with violence in a professional sense but also experiencing (and healing from it) on a personal level. This is not a topic … Continue reading
7 things every woman needs to speak truth to power
Women Working in Aid and Development is honored to have a guest blog written by Jennifer Lentfer. Named as one of Foreign Policy Magazine’s “100 women to follow on Twitter,” Jennifer Lentfer (@intldogooder) has worked across southern and east Africa over the past decade. … Continue reading
Baby of mine
The below post has been written by Paula Gil Baizan. Paula is a relatively new mum (7 month child) and an experienced manager within the emergency aid sector. She is guest blogging for us on her honest reflections on being pregnant and … Continue reading
Long Distance Relationships: Keeping the Home Fires Burning
Originally posted on MadamInsideOut:
This was originally written just before my husband returned from a 14 week stint overseas and recently appeared as a guest post on Wanderlust, as a twin to Morealtitue’s wonderful post: In Which an Expat Talks Long…
In Which an Expat Aid Worker Talks Long Distance Relationships
Originally posted on WanderLust:
My wife and I just celebrated our two-year wedding anniversary. By celebrated, I mean, we shared a 25-minute Skype chat via grainy video, which had to be curtailed fairly promptly after staff started queuing outside my…
LinkedIn: Top Tips for Use
LinkedIn (www.LinkedIn.com) is a social networking site focused on professional networking around careers. The mission of LinkedIn is to “connect the world’s professionals to make them more productive and successful. When you join LinkedIn, you get access to people, jobs, news, … Continue reading
What do the statistics really tell us? Do they tell us anything at all?
Recently a number of my close friends posted a link to a chart that ranks countries based on how good they are for working women. Take a look at it and then continue to read. This chart used five different … Continue reading
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Work life balance: How we can put “work” and “life” on equal levels
We are VERY excited to have our first post guest post below by Claire Grauer who is a social anthropologist, consultant and blogger working with and interested in NGOs and organizational development, child rights, participatory approaches and Social Media. She … Continue reading
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Sexual harassment anyone? Just on the side, please.
The aid sector is an enlightened one filled with codes of conduct and HR handbooks filled with how to deal with being sexually harassed. I’m not getting into SEA issues when we are in communities but rather within our own … Continue reading
The queen bee syndrome?
This is a place where we would like women in aid and development to come and feel supported and find resources and a community but then you have articles like this that pop up in the Wall Street Journal. The … Continue reading
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