Sarah Linder
/Sarah Linder tells the stories of Israeli and Palestinian women affected by the local conflict through her initiative Political is Personal.
Read MoreSarah Linder tells the stories of Israeli and Palestinian women affected by the local conflict through her initiative Political is Personal.
Read MoreWe deep-dive into the geopolitical challenges of internet governance and a career in the field with Alex Dans, Senior Comms Manager for ICANN.
Read MoreMeet Lori Adelman, global comms director for Planned Parenthood working at the forefront of sexual and reproductive health. Here she talks about the role of technology in global health and shares advice on balancing a day job and a side hustle. Interview by Lucie Goulet and Kelsey Suemnicht.
Read MoreLaura Stebbing is the Fundraising and Partnerships Director at the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women. She is based in London
Read MoreIn December 2016, we spoke to writer and speaker Wardah Khalid about supporting Muslim voices in foreign policy in the US. She told Lucie Goulet that "It wouldn’t be a good thing if every single Muslim in the government left, because there would be nobody to be the voice of reason or counter policy that isn't good for national security and discriminates against people or violates their civil rights."
Read MoreAs part of a brand new partnership highlighting American Muslim women's role in foreign policy, Women in Foreign Policy's Lucie Goulet and Middle East Collective's Whitney Buchanan interview Ani Zonneveld of Muslims for Progressive Values. Ani shares her advice for people who want to partner with progressive Muslim organisations and explains why it's important to use religious language to counter extremism.
Read MoreAfter stints at USAID, UNICEF and the Peace Corps, Latanya Mapp Frett joined Planned Parenthood Global to run their international programs. Here, she talks to Lucie Goulet about her role, the challenges she expects from the new administration and how we can all support reproductive health worldwide.
Read MoreLucie Goulet and Kelsey Suemnicht interview Nora Hauptmann about her career, from studying psychology to making sure refugees gain equal access to education with Kiron. Read her interview for great tips on how to navigate red tape in tech and inspiration on how digital can change foreign policy for the better.
Read MoreI am involved in an initiative called Business for the Unseen (BFTU). We bring together companies in work groups to use oir collective voice to influence and improve the lives of unseen people such as workers in modern slavery, bonded labour and forced labour, in places like China, Korea, Japan, Jordan, Mauritius.
Read MoreFor the first podcast about women working at the intersection of tech and foreign policy, The Women in Diplomacy Podcast's Kelsey Suemnicht and Women in Foreign Policy's Lucie Goulet interview TechWomen program director Arezoo Riahi. Arezoo talks about the program's achievements, how tech is changing international relations by bringing people closer and how to build a successful mentoring relationship.
Read MoreIntroducing a new dynamic partnership between Women in Foreign Policy and Kelsey Suemnicht's The Foreign Policy Project. In this exclusive career interview, Kelsey talks to us about launching her career podcast on women working in foreign policy, explains why San Francisco needs to take foreign policy more seriously and discusses advice she got from the women she interviewed at NATO.
Read MoreWhat do you do as Programme Support Officer at Children in Crisis(CiC)?
I work across all of our country programmes in Afghanistan, DRC, Sierra Leone and Liberia. This includes everything from evaluation of projects, research, report writing and financial management to travel arrangements, supporting in-country field staff and working with our communications team. I also work on a small project in Kabul, Afghanistan, supporting the needs of children and young adults with disabilities who are living in orphanages.
Read MoreWhat do you do?
I manage editorial, social media and digital content for The Climate Group, an international, not-for-profit organisation which connects the world’s most powerful governments, brands and public figures to drive what we call a 'clean revolution': the rapid scale-up of low carbon energy and technology to reduce emissions and secure a safer future for all. We work with our partners on high-profile events, visual reports and technology pilots, to help develop the finance mechanisms, business models and policy frameworks we need to achieve this.
Read MoreWhat are you up to in Berlin?
I finished my master’s studies at the American University in Cairo in 2015 and I just moved back to Berlin a few months ago. I am focusing on launching Middle East Collective (MEC), and also doing some freelance research and editorial work for some German organisations.
Read MoreWhat do you do as a Programme Officer for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation?
I work on the malaria team, which has the ambitious goal of eradicating malaria. We do this by making investments in new programme strategies and new technologies to accelerate the progress towards eradication of the disease. This involves not only grant making, but also strategy development. On the grant making side, my role as a programme officer involves managing the relationship between our grantees and the Gates Foundation: making investments, managing those investments, and ensuring the outcomes are aligned with strategies that will help countries eliminate malaria.
Read MoreWhat do you do for Article 19?
I head the Europe and Central Asia programme. We're a relatively small team ofteam of five and a part-timer. We work on protecting freedom of expression across Europe and Central Asia, which includes the EU states, Eastern European states and Central Asia. We mainly focus on the former Soviet Union.
Read MoreHow did the Vision not Victim (VNV) project begin?
I had been working with adolescent girls in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as part of an internship in grad school – working on some participatory media projects. One afternoon, as we were having a discussion, I asked the group of girls I was with who their role models were – who were the heroes that inspired them. After thinking for a few minutes, they went around the circle and each named a western man – Benjamin Franklin, Martin Luther King, etc. These men, these individuals they saw as role models – were extraordinary leaders who we can all look to, but there was a disconnect between their life journey and the obstacles these girls were facing in present day Congo.
Read MoreYou are the Senior Officer for outreach and communication at Mama Cash. What does that entail?
Mama Cash is a fund for feminist activism. We support women, girls and trans people around the world who courageously organise themselves to fight for their human rights. As head of the comms team I try to bring their voices and stories to a wider audience. Since joining the organisation in 2013, my projects have included a sold-out 'artivism' festival, an online solidarity campaign that became trending topic on Twitter and a content partnership with The Guardian.
Read MoreYou’ve been working as a Communications officer for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in London for over two years now. What does it entail?
As an important player in the international community and one of only five states with a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, it is important for the ICRC to have a presence in the UK in order to be able to deal directly with the government and make its voice heard on humanitarian issues. My role is to support the work of the organisation by communicating about humanitarian crises in countries experiencing conflict and other situations of violence and gather support among policy makers, legislators, diaspora organisations, academia, and the public for the work of the ICRC in responding to those crises. The ICRC first opened its office in London in 2003, at the time of the Iraq war, and now also has an office in Belfast, where our team works to address the legacy of the Troubles.
Read MoreYou’re currently working for the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) as a UK co-ordinator. What does it entail?
As the only member of staff in a coalition of NGOs, I tend to do a bit of everything. I organise research, publications, meetings, parliamentary engagement, a social media presence, events and outreach – all with the aim of promoting ICAN’s international strategy to outlaw and ban nuclear weapons in the UK.
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