4 January 2021: A new report An unsettled past, an uncertain future provides a summary of the findings of a pilot study of children on the move using the Southern Route in Eastern and Southern Africa. I authored the report … Continue reading →

2 December 2020: I’m currently working on a pro bono passion project and writing a hard hitting advocacy guide for Adfree Cities on how international human rights law can be harnessed in the fight against climate change and other disastrous … Continue reading →

2 December 2020: I have authored a new UNICEF case study and lessons learned on Cyclone Idai and the integration of multisectoral communication for development (C4D) interventions into the 2019 humanitarian response in Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. C4D was successfully … Continue reading →

13 October 2020: I recently had the pleasure to edit and provide gender inputs to three reports by UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO): The Climate Crisis: Climate Change Impacts, Trends and Vulnerabilities of Children in Sub-Saharan Africa … Continue reading →

3 August 2020: Having written the summary report in March for Accelerating the agenda for child rights in Africa: 30 years of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, the COVID-19 pandemic took hold, with a … Continue reading →

21 July 2020: I was part of a team conducting a synthesis of World Food Programme (WFP) policy evaluations. The report brings together evidence and lessons to inform ongoing consideration of the WFP policy cycle and function. Syntheses are issued to … Continue reading →

25 May 2020: I have written 5 poems as part of a really engaging ecopsychology course by the Natural Academy in the UK, based on an exploration of Bill Plotkins the Wild Mind (map right). I have used poetry before, … Continue reading →

1 May 2020: After many years of informal collaboration I am now officially a member of the UK-based Association of Sustainability Practitioners (ASP).  The association is highly collaborative, inspiring and committed to social change and environmental protection. Read about ASP … Continue reading →

25 April 2020: As the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC) mark 30 years, the UNICEF Evaluation Office, in partnership with the UNICEF Office to … Continue reading →

19 April 2020: I joined the Portraits for a collaborative lockdown song. Recorded in 25 different homes and gardens, mainly focussed around England’s south western counties of Somerset and Cornwall, but also including performances from Indiana, USA, La Rochelle, France, … Continue reading →