This is the first of a two-part blog. In part 1, I explore how cultures of urgency and time-management approaches are affecting non-profit staff and the impact of the work they are able to do. I take an intersectional lens to understand how dominant approaches to time management interact with…

This blog is the second part in the series ‘Feminist Leadership Journeys’. To read the first in the series, visit this page. This year, We Are Feminist Leaders asked recent participants on our 12-week online feminist leadership programme to share some thoughts about how they engaged with the course content…

We Are Feminist Leaders’ 12-week online programme is a collective learning experience that is greatly enriched by the individual stories of every feminist who generously shares their experiences and change-making dreams with others on the programme. We wanted to capture how participants engage with the programme and explore what impact…

Quite often these days, I am lucky enough to find myself in discussions with people talking about feminist leadership. We collectively explore what it is and what it might be able to offer us, our organisations, groups and…

All names have been changed to protect the identities of those interviewed. I am part of an activist collective. We meet online every two-three months and have done so for a couple of years. Before the start of the pandemic, our meetings were full of planning, organising and strategising. As…

In May 2020, a few weeks after offices and schools closed due to the pandemic in the UK, I spoke to Tariq*. He works for a large international non-profit organisation in London. I asked him how he was coping with lockdown and working from home. At the time, I was…

Last week, I had to apologise to someone I had played a part in harming. I’m part of a collective of women, and one of the people we support had felt unheard and undervalued by us. We thought hard about this apology, how to frame it, how to demonstrate what…

In the US, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) is a multi-billion dollar industry. US universities, corporations and non-profits have been implementing DEI programmes for decades. Yet, many point out that there has been little to show for this investment. Take Google, for example. In 2014 and 2015, it is reported…

When the UK Children’s charity Barnados published a blog post earlier this year discussing racial inequality and white privilege, they faced an avalanche of vitriol. Not just from the usual suspects — internet trolls and far-right extremists — but also from the Common Sense Group, a cluster of Conservative MPs…