Episode 27 Advocating for Women and Girls in Humanitarian Crises: A Conversation with UN Gender Advisor April Pham

Ms April Pham is a Senior Gender Advisor and the Head of Gender Unit in the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. She has over 25 years of experience in social justice, human rights, gender equality, and the prevention and response to violence against women/gender-based violence in development and humanitarian settings. Twitter: @MynameisApes

She says, “People need to make visible the experiences and voices of women and girls and be their champions given that this is half of the population of the world. All humanitarian workers should have menstrual hygiene as their first order of business, if we all did this, this’d be a really good start.”