From confronting the lack of representation in the publishing industry to understanding the significance of writing through a gender, race and class lens, here are six key things I’ve discovered while writing my first book.
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How do you find a mentor? What are the benefits of having one? And how does that relationship play out? Here’s my experience of finding and approaching professional mentors, and what it’s taught me along the way.
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To coincide with Bangladesh Independence Day, I’ve written about the complexities of identity and what it means to me to be a Brit Bengali in a post-Covid world.
Continue ReadingTo coincide with International Women's Day 2022 I’ve reflected on my experiences of female leadership over the years – from being a suited warrior in my 20s, through to the female CEOs that inspire me now.
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Remittances are worth billions of dollars more than global international aid. Yet it’s the money given by rich countries and wealthy people that’s accepted as the default for how poorer countries and peoples are supported. Why aren’t remittances given the credit they deserve?
Continue ReadingWhether we're talking about the children of Arroub Refugee Camp, Palestine or the young people in the Navarro College cheer team, sport can have a transformative effect on the mental health and life trajectories of the individuals involved.
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The current system for delivering international aid has spun out of control. It's bureaucratic, inefficient and broken. So I've worked with colleagues to rethink, redesign and transform things.
Continue ReadingI’ve worked in the charity sector for more than 12 years, and something that’s become clear to me is how startlingly it mirrors UK race dynamics. Here’s a snapshot of some of my key observations.
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TV interview on-line. How to get it right, clothes, make-up, content, language, desk set-up.
Continue ReadingTwo parallel conversations run when it comes to donors. The points donors raise time and again and the alternative answers playing out unsaid. These conversations do not meet in any middle because of the power discrepancy between donor and local organisation. Donors mainly being white, Western
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