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Christine Mahoney is professor of politics and public policy, director of the social entrepreneurship department at the University of Virginia and author of “Failure and Hope: Fighting for the Rights of the Forcibly Displaced.”
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In the final installment of her series on barriers to advocacy, University of Virginia professor Christine Mahoney proposes advocacy campaigns that secure funds to create “social entrepreneurship and self-sufficiency.”
In this fourth installment of her series on refugee advocacy, University of Virginia professor Christine Mahoney draws from her observations in Nepal, Thailand and Colombia, where corruption and lack of capacity prevent effective advocacy.
In this third installment of her series on refugee advocacy, University of Virginia professor Christine Mahoney explores some of the hurdles in advocating for the displaced in their first countries of reception.
In this second installment of her series on refugee advocacy, University of Virginia professor Christine Mahoney argues that the Western media’s famously short-term interest in displacement crises is driven primarily by geopolitics.
Professor Christine Mahoney, author of “Failure and Hope: Fighting for the Rights of the Forcibly Displaced,” argues from the World Humanitarian Summit that traditional political advocacy is of limited value in improving the lives of refugees and IDPs.
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