Who Does She Think She Is!

Warrior for Women

Speaker, Author

Consultant

Executive Director, Women’s Centers International

Member – International Association of Professionals in Humanitarian Assistance and Protection (PHAP)

SBL Speaker Dossier Nov 2019

View her latest video HERE

NEW BOOK by Susan Burgess-Lent

Trouble Ahead: Dangerous Missions with Desperate People

These are the stories of a woman’s fifteen solo journeys to places that, for awhile, riveted public attention because of their terrifying and elaborate violence: Rwanda, Darfur, the slums of Kenya. Witness, enabler and critic, Susan worked just outside the corporate web of humanitarian aid. Her journals explore ‘what happens after’ a crisis – the grief, resilience, and astonishing aspirations of people struggling to recover. She reveals, through unblinking observations, the nuances of cultures and tragedies that have defined the world of humanitarian relief

Out of these missions grew the author’s inspiration for Women’s Centers International, a movement to respond to the global wildfire of women’s needs.

Trouble Ahead offers new ways to think about how we can help when it’s needed. And compassionate help is always needed … somewhere.

Available at Amazon in paperback and e-book.

A Woman’s Place is in the Revolution

December 10, 2019December 11, 2019 by Susan Burgess-Lent, posted in About Women, WCI

Reality checks Global demonstrations marked the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on November 28th. Large protests in Latin America and Europe. Their focus: femicide. Approximately 87,000 women and girls were murdered around the world in 2017, according to the United Nations, which says that violence against women and girls is one … Continue reading A Woman’s Place is in the Revolution

Women’s Funding: Talk is Easy. Access – Not So Much

November 29, 2019November 29, 2019 by Susan Burgess-Lent, posted in About Women, WCI

The funding landscape for women-oriented programs appears to be getting curiouser and curiouser. I read lots of declarations about forming strategic partnerships, but find little understanding of the non-linear and often lengthy process of producing actual “outcomes” and “impact.” Development work in poor countries – and even in poor neighborhoods of rich countries – encounters … Continue reading Women’s Funding: Talk is Easy. Access – Not So Much

Taking the Cutoff

October 27, 2019October 27, 2019 by Susan Burgess-Lent, posted in About Women, WCI

The Donner Party’s fiasco in the Sierras grew from two bad decisions. One was to take an new untested ‘cutoff’ from the main trail. The other was getting a late start over forbidding mountains where an early and brutal winter awaited. When asked about lessons learned, one surviving Donner party member offered: “Don’t take no … Continue reading Taking the Cutoff

Evidence Pileup

September 7, 2019September 6, 2019 by Susan Burgess-Lent, posted in About Women, Howling Women, WCI

I felt slammed by an article this week. It radicalized – even further – my belief that too many women in the US are laboring under the illusion that we don’t need to fight for basic rights. The article, An Epidemic of Disbelief by Barbara Bradley Hagerty in the August 2019 issue of The Atlantic, … Continue reading Evidence Pileup

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