Once There's Life, There's Hope

Funmi Balogun is the head of Humanitarian Action at UN Women, supporting some of the world's most vulnerable women and girls - people who are displaced or refugees. She works to make sure that the humanitarian response does not perpetuate gender inequality. Funmi's upbringing in Nigeria spurred her to fight against gender inequality  - it's something she has experienced in her own community. The rolling back of rights for women across the globe in recent years keeps Funmi awake at night. "There's been a lot of pushback on women's rights in particular. Still, I also see a lot of fightback from the young women, I read a lot of what people are seeing on Twitter, how people are fighting for these things in a place like Nigeria that is very patriarchal. That, you know, misogyny is very high. And I see the battles and I see the women pushing back fighting. And I'm like, you know what? maybe all is not lost?"