Tag Archives: humanitarian

Because it’s 2015

Posted on November 13, 2015 by Zehra

Because it’s 2015. Three simple words. The shrugged shoulders. The strong implication that it’s ridiculous to ask why gender balance is so important. Well played, Canada, well played. Other #BecauseIts2015 moments that have us cheering are below and we would love … Continue reading →

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Kashmir earthquake, gender and security

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Fiona Davidson

Lucy Morris has written a post for the blog this week. It is an important insight in to a time when reflecting on how the way in which policies and procedures were realized made a big difference to the impact … Continue reading →

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Making Sense of Violence

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Zehra

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 →

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7 things every woman needs to speak truth to power

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Zehra

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 →

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Work life balance: How we can put “work” and “life” on equal levels

Posted on March 24, 2013 by Zehra

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.

Posted on March 16, 2013 by Zehra

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 →

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