A call for Expressions of Interest for Refugee-led organisations and community-based researchers for data collection in Nairobi, Cox's Bazar, Ankara/Istanbul, Quetta, London/Bham as part of ‘Making Aid Work for Displaced Women’. makingaidwork.org/maw-news/cal...

Great to see a piece on our work at @unibirmingham
with partners! Experts, academics and humanitarian leaders gather to explore how Islamic philanthropy and humanitarian policy can address the urgent needs of displaced women. www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/un...

My reflections on #UNGA80 side events:
Faith in Humanitarianism: Stronger Than Ever at UNGA80.
As humanitarian budgets shrink, faith in humanitarianism not only fills gaps - it reshapes the system. Its transformative potential depends on who is included. makingaidwork.org/maw-news/fai...

2/ Prof Patricia Hynes & I edited a Special Issue on the #ModernSlavery #HumanTrafficking & #Asylum Interface exploring legal, conceptual & empirical overlaps w/ @juliaocd.bsky.social Angelo Martins Jnr, Chung Pham, @gaucjp.bsky.social, @sandrapertek.bsky.social

www.mdpi.com/journal/socs...

Had the pleasure of attending this excellent symposium today—exciting work from UKRI Future Leaders Fellow @sandrapertek.bsky.social and team! IDD @unibirmingham

We made it to #CSW69 #Bejing+30 last month!
Grateful to work together and co-host the event “Women on the move: Inclusive, intersectional and faith-sensitive approaches in the humanitarian sector” with @Refugees and @IslamicRelief
#makingaidwork

Call for papers! Submission deadline fast approaching! Join our Symposium in September - women in displacement and philanthropy in Muslim-majority/-minority settings. Join this event as global aid cuts deeply affect humanitarian efforts @unibirmingham @iddbirmingham @IndianaUniv

Grateful we co-authored this important briefing:
"Addressing the needs of women and girls on the move: Toward an inclusive, intersectional and culturally
sensitive approach".

We offer actionable recommendations to support humanitarian efforts to help improve displaced women's health and well-being

Wonderful to see this brief is out. It's been great working with GBV Learning Network at Western University. Hope many will find it useful to support survivors and people at risk of all forms of gendered violence

During #CSocD63 and Civil Society Forum at UNHQ, I called on #SocialSummit2025 to make the inclusion and protection of displaced women in conflict and displacement a top priority. More: Women, Peace, & Security for Social Development: A Duty, Not an Option sandrapertek.org/women-peace-...

Thrilled to host this brilliant panel as we mark the launch of 'Making aid work for displaced women'.
We aim to initiate a global conversation on the role of—and engagement with—Islamic philanthropy in supporting women.

📅: 25 Feb, 11am GMT

Register at:

bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

📢 Exciting PhD Opportunity for UK Students at
@idd @unibirmingham! We're inviting applicants for a fully-funded PhD studentship linked to the UKRI FLF project: “Making Aid Work for Displaced Women” in collaboration with IFRC and ICRC
🗓️ Deadline: 16 Feb 2025
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

📢 To organise my content developed over the years, I’m thrilled to finally share www.sandrapertek.org — a resource web featuring:

📚Publications
🌐Projects
📖Resources
📰Policy Contributions
✍️Blogs
🎤Webinars.

A heartfelt tribute to all engaged communities & collaborators. Looking forward to⏩2025

The study, @sandrapertek.bsky.social explains, "highlights the importance of religious coping in supporting displaced populations emotionally and spiritually, and offers implications for mental health responses in forced displacement contexts".
academic.oup.com/jrs/article/...