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The core of the session introduces students to the major humanitarian funding reform debates, especially the outcomes of the 2016 World Humanitarian Summit and the resulting Grand Bargain—a set of commitments aimed at making emergency aid finance more efficient and effective. She walks through the original workstreams (in plain language), then describes the later review and shift into a “Grand Bargain 2.0” framing.
Topics covered in this segment
* Professional pathway & early field exposure
* Early academic focus on forced migration and refugee crises
* Research on the UN monitoring/reporting mechanism for grave violations of child rights
* First field experience in a refugee camp setting and early professional roles in crisis contexts
* How funding became central to real-world humanitarian operations
* Grand Bargain (2016): 10 workstreams explained
* Transparency in funding data
* Local spending / localization (moving beyond a tiny share going to local responders)
The session closes with a brief exchange about the phrase “butts in seats”—a practical reminder that credibility and access to funding often starts with showing up consistently in coordination meetings and learning to navigate those high-pressure, multi-actor environments.