““We are made up of diverse members working together with one voice. Together, we are powerful. Amongst us there is not an individual standing tall - we are a collective, strengthening each other through collective power and action. Together we are growing a feminist humanitarian ecosystem.””
Strategic Committees
All major decisions are made collectively by members of the FHN. Our work is driven by our four Strategic Committees, each working to implement the Network’s strategy. Collective leadership through our Strategic Committees ensures diverse voices contribute to the Network’s strategic direction, that decision-making is inclusive and leaves no one behind, and that the FHN does not reproduce the patriarchal, exclusive decision-making processes so prevalent in the INGO/Humanitarian space.
Steering Committee
The Steering Committee has overall oversight of the Network and is appointed by our membership. Our Steering Committee is comprised of Feminist Humanitarian Network members, and reflects the 70/30 ratio of grassroots and national organisations in the Global South to international NGOs, federations and organisations headquartered in the Global North, that our Network is committed to upholding.
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Lipi Rahman
Lipi Rahman has worked with NGOs to advance women’s and girls’ rights and end violence against women since 2002. She is co-founder of Badabon Sangho, an organization that supports women, particularly vulnerable women, to increase their access to, and control over, land, property, and water-bodies. Badabon Sangho also works on climate justice for women and girls and has mobilized over 4,000 women and girls through 107 grassroots groups, providing legal support and training to support them to engage with local government on their rights. Lipi is an active member of national and international networks including the Feminist Humanitarian Network, and contributes to national-level advocacy campaigns.
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Naomi Tulay-Solanke
Naomi Tulay-Solanke is a Liberian feminist, human rights activist, humanitarian, and the Founder and Executive Director of Community Healthcare Initiative (CHI), a local NGO that provides healthcare and social services to women and children in underserved and hard to reach communities in Liberia. Naomi has nurtured a career in female advocacy with an interest in working with underprivileged young people, through advocacy, awareness raising and basic health and social services, especially for women and girls. She is passionate about the role local actors play at the community and national levels. She holds a Master’s Degree in Public Health specialized in Community Health.
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Jacqueline Hart
Jacqueline Hart, PhD, is a feminist sociologist and thought leader in gender justice. Jacqueline has served as: the Senior Director for Strategy at the Women's Refugee Commission; the VP for Strategic Learning, Research, and Evaluation at American Jewish World Service (AJWS), an international human rights grant-making and advocacy organization; faculty in the health advocacy master’s program at Sarah Lawrence College; the Director of Research at Planned Parenthood of NYC; a consultant for the Solidarity Center and the World Bank; and as a community capacity building scholar at the Scribe Video Center.
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Mimidoo Achakpa
Mimidoo Achakpa is a women’s rights activist with over a decade of experience in project management, governance, gender, humanitarian and disarmament issues. She is currently the Executive Director of Women’s Right to Education Programme (WREP) an NGO with United Nations Consultative Status at the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). Mimidoo coordinates and belongs to various platforms in Nigeria and and consults and engages with other civil society organizations around the world. Mimidoo is also a FHN Steering Committee member and the National Coordinator of the Women in Humanitarian Response in Nigeria Initiative Network, launched in September 2019.
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Sandra Macías del Villar
Sandra Macías del Villar is a passionate intersectional Latinx feminist with extensive experience working in the human rights philanthropic sector. She has specialized in feminist grantmaking with women’s funds as well as resourcing social justice movements and grassroots organizations for more than a decade. Sandra is currently the Co-Director for the Alliance of Feminist Movements and has deep expertise in the crises, development, and humanitarian sectors. In these spaces Sandra has been a strong advocate with and for women, girls, trans and gender nonconforming people as well as historically marginalized populations.
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Sara Almer
Sara Almer is the Humanitarian Director of ActionAid International, a global justice federation working in more than 45 countries. Promoting women’s rights and leadership is central to ActionAid’s humanitarian programming, alongside accountability to disaster and crisis affected communities and embedding emergency response within broader development and resilience building initiatives. Sara has more than 18 years’ experience of leading large-scale humanitarian, rehabilitation, advocacy and policy work, including work with local partner organisations, at a global level and in Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
The FHN Secretariat
The FHN Secretariat team supports the implementation of the FHN’s strategic workplans; coordinating day-to-day activities on fundraising, events, communications and advocacy.
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Anusanthee Pillay
Anusanthee Pillay is Co-Lead of the Feminist Humanitarian Network. Anusanthee is a South African feminist activist on social and gender justice. She is motivated by personal experiences of social transformation. She believes that a feminist transformation of systems is not only possible, but achievable, having spent over 30 years working across the globe to advance a feminist perspective to social transformation, focused in the humanitarian and development sectors. She specializes in working with people in inspiring yet practical ways to operationalize transformation goals. Her work is distinguished by an emphasis on relationship building using creative and innovative approaches that harness years of life experience and expertise in management, humanitarian programming, conflict resolution and personal transformation. Anu loves to cook, share food and ideas, and find humour in difficult situations.
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Holly Miller
Holly Miller is Co-Lead of the Feminist Humanitarian Network. She is a feminist committed to building power through meaningful connections and relationships, to change through creativity, and to nature. Holly has worked in feminist spaces for 15 years - including in feminist movement building, and collective learning and reflection processes – prior to which she campaigned alongside disarmament and disability rights activists. Holly has facilitated feminist leadership and protection trainings for teams in Jordan, Lebanon, Somaliland, the UK and Australia. She has been a member of humanitarian teams responding to crises in multiple countries. She loves walking and swimming in the Australian bush (her home), reading, and dancing around her living room with her son, partner and dog.
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Ene Ijato
Ene Ijato is the Communications Lead of the Feminist Humanitarian Network. She is a Nigerian feminist based in Abuja passionate about African feminism and the diverse cultural stories of feminism worldwide. Identifying as a feminist from a young age, her awareness of and personal experiences with misogyny fueled her drive for social justice. With over five years of experience in grassroots women’s rights, youth activism, social enterprise, and humanitarian organizations, Ene advocates for feminist leadership grounded in a strong voice and a clear, strategic vision, with cross-cultural and intergenerational insight. Her areas of expertise span communications, media and advocacy. Ene enjoys following science and tech developments, connecting over a good cup of coffee or matcha, cooking, singing, playing instruments, and spending quiet time in nature. Her motto? “Feminist power is collective power.”
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Maliha Fairooz
Maliha Fairooz is a fundraising whiz and program development pro with nearly a decade of experience turning big ideas into real impact across three continents. As the resource mobilization lead at the Feminist Humanitarian Network, she’s all about championing feminist, anti-racist, and decolonial approaches while making sure women’s rights organizations’ voices take center stage. With a knack for strategy and a love for collaboration, Maliha has helped secure millions in funding to drive meaningful change. Off the clock, she’s either cooking up new ideas or exploring the world—100+ countries and counting—sharing stories that inspire more inclusive, authentic travel. She believes in making a difference with equal parts dedication, humor, and a dash of adventure.
