SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
TEDx Archivorum - Activism and Global Human Rights
Politics and Prose - Loujain Dreams of Sunflowers book launch!
Women in Dev Conference - Feminist Leadership in International Development
One Young World Session with Lina AlHathloul and Uma Mishra-Newbery - #FreeLoujain Campaign
The Radhacal Good Podcast - Decolonising Aid for Women and Girls
Women in Dev - Visualising Gender Equality in the Development Space: Racial Justice
Edge Funders Alliance x The Racial Equity Index - Philanthropy’s role on racial equity. Moderator - Uma Mishra-Newbery
TEDxArchivorum
Women In Dev: Funders and Movements
Edge Funders Alliance x The Racial Equity Index
UN Foundation: Financing Feminist Futures
Women in Dev Global Conference
Girl Up's Girl Talk Virtual Panel on Gender Equality
Numerous School presentations on writing, activism, book events
Side events at the Human Rights Council - Geneva (Free Saudi Activists)
Side events at the Commission for the Status of Women (Global movements, Freedom of Association and Assembly, Free Saudi Activists)
Festival Les Créatives - Pour en finir avec les violences faites aux femmes
One Young World - Munich - #FreeLoujain Campaign
Human Rights Funders Network Conference
Giving Women - Measuring the Impact of Movements
Stockholm Philanthropy Symposium
Women’s Funding Network
Minority Veterans of America - Emerging Leaders Retreat
TEDx Grand Valley State University, MI USA
Moderated and Chaired numerous webinars on global human rights and women’s rights issues.
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PRESS
2024
Alliance Magazine - Young People are the Best Renewable Energy: We need to fund their work.
UN Foundation - Financing Feminist Futures: An Ecosystem Symposium on Innovation and Transformation in Gender Equality Financing
2023
Devex - What your organization can do to address racism in 2023
Alliance Magazine - Pluralism and Power
Global Voices - The dreams of Saudi Human Rights Defender, Loujain AlHathloul in a children’s book.
2022
New York Times - Winged Victories: 2 Picture Books Take Flight
Bond - How racism manifests itself in NGO Culture - part two: The pitfall of EDI
minedition @ AstraBooks - Loujain Dreams of Sunflowers
#ChangeTheStory - UN OHCHR - Stand up for Human Rights
Publishers Weekly - Spring 2022 Children’s Announcements - Loujain Dreams of Sunflowers
Tinybeans - The Best New Children’s Books of 2022
MSNBC - Holiday gift guide: 12 incredible books to inspire young girls to know their value.
The Almanac - Cozy up with these 7 children’s books emphasizing empathy, overcoming differences
Edge Funders Alliance - Philanthropy’s role (past and future) on racial equity.
2021
CBC - Saudi activist Loujain Alhathloul is out of prison, but 'not truly free,' says family friend
L’Illustré- La femme courage que l’Arabie saoudite veut museler
Vogue - The 2021 Women’s March is going virtual—and it needs your help (Vogue India, Italia, España)
Marie Claire - Make Your Voice Heard: The 2021 Women's March Is Going Digital This Year
The Globe and Mail - Saudi human-rights activist and UBC graduate released after 1,001 days in prison
2020
Devex - Fight ‘Shadow Pandemic’ by Overhauling Funding Strategy, Women Leaders Say
Ms. Magazine - Two Years Ago, Saudi Arabia’s Driving Ban Was Lifted. Yet Women Remain in Prison
Newsweek - Saudi Women’s Rights Activist Detained Two Years Must Be Released
Devex - What Feminist Leadership Could Look Mean for Development Organizations
Common Dreams - Millions Expected to Join Global Women’s March to Act as a Catalyst for Social and Political Change
Pressenza - Women Activists Escalate Demands for Bodily Autonomy as 19 Nations Dissent
Ms. Magazine - Why I March
Stylist - Women’s March 2020: Everything you need to know.
2018 - 2019
IPS - Campaign to Whitewash Saudi Arabia’s Image Does Little For Women In The Kingdom.
Aljazeera - Live Interview - Free Saudi Activists
CIVICUS - People cannot stay on the sidelines when their rights are being taken away.
Ms. Magazine - Lina alHathloul Speaks Out for her Sister’s Freedom
Ms. Magazine - Inside the Global Fight to Free Saudi Women
TIDES - Don’t Wait to Take Action
CNN International - Live Interview - Women’s March Global Anniversary March
Tonight With Jane Dutton - Live Interview - Activists Killed For Their Work