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Once There’s Life, There’s Hope

Once There’s Life, There’s Hope

FromAwake At Night


Once There’s Life, There’s Hope

FromAwake At Night

ratings:
Length:
34 minutes
Released:
Oct 16, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Funmi Balogun is the head of Humanitarian Action at UN Women, supporting some of the world’s most vulnerable women and girls - people who are displaced or refugees. She works to make sure that the humanitarian response does not perpetuate gender inequality. Funmi's upbringing in Nigeria spurred her to fight against gender inequality  - it’s something she has experienced in her own community. The rolling back of rights for women across the globe in recent years keeps Funmi awake at night. "There's been a lot of pushback on women's rights in particular. Still, I also see a lot of fightback from the young women, I read a lot of what people are seeing on Twitter, how people are fighting for these things in a place like Nigeria that is very patriarchal. That, you know, misogyny is very high. And I see the battles and I see the women pushing back fighting. And I'm like, you know what? maybe all is not lost?"
Released:
Oct 16, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (96)

What does it take to be a United Nations worker in some of the world’s most difficult and dangerous locations? How are health workers, humanitarians and peacekeepers racing to protect the most vulnerable populations from the threat of the COVID-19 virus? Stationed in remote locations and far from family, how are they coping themselves? To find out, Melissa Fleming, UN Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications, meets them. Here you will discover extraordinary personal stories from people who devote their lives to helping others.