How we can all make concrete changes to improve gender equality in humanitarian innovation. Effective innovation requires diversity of thinking. Diverse teams are more productive and creative, and collaborations that reflect the world outside are more likely to...
Rich Wiles’s intimate, evocative photography has been praised as art that gives voice to the voiceless. That’s a compliment Wiles couldn’t be less happy to receive. For the longtime “participatory photographer” whose current work documents the experiences of refugees...
UNHCR continues to innovate in its work with refugees, asylum seekers and host communities, and in 2018 for the first time, it tested out a new way of engaging NGO partners who are doing the same. The first-of-its-kind Innovation Awards recognized two local...
Where’s Waldo would have a hard time laying low in any country these days. Wireless interconnectivity has largely become the norm, providing opportunities to connect seven billion people to resources and organizations. The luxury of quickly accessing information and...
How an innovative partnership with the media delivers mutual benefits in Angola. The night the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) was evacuated from its office building in Luanda, Angola, journalists helped Margarida Loureiro carry her boxes to her apartment. At the time,...
In a previous blog post on creating a grassroots humanitarian project, I alluded to the idea that funding is not a barrier to innovation, but an opportunity to build a community around your project. Although raising the necessary funds to ensure your project is as...
