Michelle Higelin, Executive Director ActionAid Australia, joined WiADs Jill Scanlon for a chat about her passion and drive for gender transformative development within humanitarian programming and working with women on the frontline of development, particularly in relation to climate change, and their ability to affect social change in their communities.

Your employees’ well-being is shaped by both big investments and small daily gestures. Here are five things emotionally intelligent managers do differently from Fast company and Liz Fosslien, head of content at Humu.

There’s nothing worse than preparing for an interview and blowing it. how can you move forward after flubbing a question — or an entire interview? Marlo Lyons at Harvard Business review offers five ways to turn a bad interview into success.

Networking is a valuable practice, and often essential for your career development. The connections that you build and maintain from networking can not only help you land a job or internship, but it can improve various aspects of your professional growth. WIAD has put together a list of our best networking tips to help you improve for your next event!

To honour International Volunteer Day (IVD) 2021, Women in Aid and Development (WIAD) curated a series of events across Australia, entitled ‘Volunteering and E-Volunteering’, delving into the world of volunteering in the aid and development sector. The WIAD teams across Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney convened speakers, facilitators and participants to unpack the meaning of volunteering, the do’s and don’ts, and valuable advice.

Read our Q&A with International Aid and Development expert Dr Bosibori Bett. A beneficiary of the Aid program (Australian Aid), Dr Bett has a vast background in the sector and lots of insights to contribute to WiAD.

To celebrate International Women’s Day, we partnered with ACFID to host an insightful, spirited and engaging discussion with incredible leaders from the sector. Watch the full video here!

At this event, our speakers discussed the very real and tangible differences they have made through development and humanitarian programs that support people with disabilities. Watch the full discussion!