Published inAn Injustice!·Mar 1, 2021How to Create More Effective Human Rights NarrativesThat are successful in building public support. — Have you ever had the impression that your campaigns or communications efforts are not as effective as you would like them to be? Or, worse, that they are actually having the opposite effect on your audience? Talking about human rights is not easy — it’s emotional and personal to say…Human Rights4 min readHuman Rights4 min read
Feb 18, 20213 Lessons on Storytelling I Learnt from Working with Local and Indigenous Communities in CameroonAnd that I have treasured ever since. — In 2017, I spent ten days in Cameroon as part of a project by UK-based organization Forest Peoples Programme. My job was to help Baka and Bagyeli communities tell the story of their land and explain why it was so essential to their livelihoods. Given the on-going human rights violations…Storytelling3 min readStorytelling3 min read
Feb 15, 20215 Ways to Improve Your Climate Change CommunicationAnd achieve real impact. — We have been knowing about climate change for a long time, but never before has the world been so keen to engage in the conversation. The public opinion is finally shifting and everyone is talking about it, brands and individuals alike. It’s undoubtedly an opportunity to send out a message…Climate Change3 min readClimate Change3 min read
Nov 20, 2020Fighting diamonds in Zimbabwe, an interview with Melanie ChipondaA few years back, I had the pleasure to interview Melanie Chiponda who has been working with rural communities in Zimbabwe for 11 years, 5 of which with the Chiadzwa Community Development Trust. Here’s what she told me about her work and experience. What is your personal experience with regards…Womens Rights4 min readWomens Rights4 min read
Nov 20, 2020Mining and indigenous rights in the Philippines, an interview with Jane Lingbawan Yap-EoIn 2015, I interviewed Jane Lingbawan Yap-Eo, Executive Director from the Center for Development Programs in the Cordillera. Jane is born in the Cordillera, North of the Philippines, where one of the longest running mining companies is in operation: the Lepanto Mining Corporation. …Indigenous People5 min readIndigenous People5 min read
Published inAn Injustice!·Nov 20, 2020Does the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights support women’s rights?In 2015, I had the pleasure to interview Andrea Shemberg, an international human rights lawyer with more than 12 years of experience in business and human rights. From 2007, Andrea served as Legal Advisor to the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative John Ruggie (SRSG), advising on a range of international law…Womens Rights6 min readWomens Rights6 min read
Published inCurious·Sep 28, 2020The Beauty of Eating AloneOne of the things that concerned me the most about travelling solo was having to eat alone. This is how Cambodian food changed my mind. I had travelled alone many times before Cambodia, but never for this long and never this far. To say that I was confident in my…Cambodia7 min readCambodia7 min read
Published inCurious·Sep 28, 2020Where Elephants Roam FreeI spent two days at the Elephant Valley Project in Cambodia, an elephant sanctuary that has both elephants and local people at heart. Places have a strange way of communicating to those who explore them. Sometimes a single detail, a glimpse, a smell is all it takes for our mind…Elephants7 min readElephants7 min read
Published inAn Injustice!·Sep 28, 2020Interview with Arnobia Moreno on Women and Indigenous Land Rights in ColombiaArnobia Moreno lives in the indigenous Resguardo Cañamomo Lomaprieta, one of the oldest colonial reserves in Colombia. Over the years she has played a key role in involving women in the protection and conservation of their traditional land. …Indigenous4 min readIndigenous4 min read
May 17, 2020A Life for Land Rights: International Day of the World’s Indigenous PeoplesIt’s Wednesday morning at La Mandragora, a small finca (ranch), with colourful walls in the indigenous Resguardo of Cañamomo Lomaprieta, four hours north of Medellin, in Colombia. Faustino Rotavista is sitting in the front garden under a gazebo made of bamboo canes and stares away at the near town of…Indigenous5 min readIndigenous5 min read
