Manal Taha Al Najjar is a 22-year-old Syrian refugee living in Jordan. She heard about the Mahali lab through Facebook: ‘What attracted me, I still remember, was the first sentence of the Mahali advert, ‘If you are a changemaker in your community and…
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On International Women’s Day, the Start Network is paying tribute to the unsung warriors of this world. The mothers. The carers. The workers. And, the women responding on the front line when an emergency strikes.
On International Women’s Day, Start Network's Laura Louise Fairley pays tribute to the unsung warriors of this world, telling the stories of women in the highlands and the lowlands of Vietnam caring for their families in times of crisis.
This case study, produced on International Women's Day 2017, focuses on Daw Hla, a community resilience leader in the remote and hilly region of Southern Shan, Myanmar.
This case study, produced on International Women's Day 2017, focuses on Millet Morante from Philippines. She is a member of the Kaisa Ka organisation (volunteers who seeks to advance the rights of Filipino women) and of the People-Based Humanitarian…
This case study, produced on International Women's Day 2017, focuses on Laily Begum from Bangladesh, Women’s Group Member and former elected women member of Union Parishadh.
This case study, produced on International Women's Day 2017, focuses on two women from the Philippines, one of the world’s most disaster-prone countries. Women are among those most affected by disasters; women as change-makers are needed to identify…
This case study, produced on International Women's Day 2017, focuses on two women from Jordan, where women are discouraged from humanitarian work by cultural norms and expectations and are under-represented in humanitarian leadership positions.