Miski Abdi
Profile:
Miski Abdi was formerly a Policy and Advocacy intern at CARE International UK. She worked on CARE’s Financial Inclusion and Women’s Economic Empowerment programmes. She previously worked as a fundraising assistant on Liz Kendall’s Labour Leadership Campaign, and as a rapporteur on the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa’s high-profile 9th African Development Forum. She has an MPhil in International Relations from the University of Oxford.
Blog posts
Realistic and achievable: Why the 0.7% figure is so important
Wednesday, 08 June 2016 12:38The Mail on Sunday’s recent petition calling on the UK government to renege on its fixed 0.7% foreign aid commitment received a
Gender-based violence: Let’s end the silence about this global epidemic
Tuesday, 03 May 2016 15:17Why is violence against women so prevalent? What is perpetuating and fuelling this trend of misogyny? Is society to blame? And, most importantly, how can we prevent gender-based violence? Advocacy intern Miski Abdi argues that GBV should have no
