Published Writings

Words that
shift the frame.

Opinion, analysis, and advocacy writing published across international humanitarian media. Each piece is an effort to reframe the conversation — putting refugees, not institutions, at the centre.

Ishimwe speaking on panel
Featured — The New Humanitarian

Why Refugee-Led Organisations Are Key to a Humanitarian Reset

The humanitarian system is overdue for transformation. Refugee-led organisations aren't just part of that transformation — they are the blueprint for it. A case for centering the led over the leaders.

The New Humanitarian · 2025
All Published Pieces
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Why Refugee-Led Organisations Are Key to a Humanitarian Reset A case for centering refugee-led organisations in humanitarian system reform.
The New Humanitarian · 2025
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Centering Those Who Are Closest: How Funders Can Ensure Refugee-Led Organizations Lead What genuine localization looks like — and the accountability gap funders must close.
Hilton Foundation
003
Let Refugees Lead On the gap between rhetoric and reality in refugee participation in humanitarian decision-making.
The New Humanitarian · 2024
004
Digital Disruption and Refugee Voices How digital tools are reshaping refugee-led advocacy and community communication.
Forced Migration Review
005
UNHCR at 75 — Event Report Reflections on UNHCR's anniversary and the state of refugee protection and leadership.
LERRN / Carleton University · 2025
006
Human Rights Activists Call for Refugee Integration Voices from civil society on what meaningful refugee integration looks like in Kenya.
People Daily
Speaking & Video
Audio · Podcast

Think Change Ep. 27 — Refugee Leadership: How Do We Move from Talk to Action?

ODI · 2024
Audio · Podcast

What's Unsaid — Let Refugees Lead

The New Humanitarian
Video · Speaking

Panel on Refugee Leadership & Advocacy

YouTube
Video · Speaking

Community-Led Media and the Humanitarian Sector

YouTube
Panel Discussion

Analytical Dialogue on Forced Displacement

Forced Displacement Conference
Speaking

Refugee Leadership at the State Level — East Africa

R-SEAT Regional Summit

"The most powerful stories are never told from the outside looking in."

— Ishimwe Jean Marie

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