{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Women’s Refugee Commission Live","title":"From Funding to Freedom: Global Refugee Leadership and Safety in Syria","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2453,"description":"\nWhat does it really mean to put power in the hands of refugees, and what happens when those closest to a crisis are the ones making decisions?\n\nIn this episode of Women’s Refugee Commission Live, WRC President and CEO Dr. Xanthe Scharff speaks with Sana Mustafa, Independent Consultant at Sila Global Consulting, about challenging traditional humanitarian systems, advancing refugee-led leadership, and rethinking who controls resources and decisions.\n\nDrawing on her experiences as a forcibly displaced Syrian woman and her leadership across the refugee rights movement, Sana discusses why organizations closest to humanitarian crises are often the least resourced. She shares how the Resourcing Refugee Leadership Initiative helped demonstrate the value of placing funding decisions in refugees’ hands and how her latest work aims to establish a community-led fund for Southwest Asia and North Africa.\n\nThe conversation also turns to Syria following the fall of the Assad regime. Sana reflects on the country's uncertain future, the leadership of Syrian women, and why the historic political transition does not mean it is safe to force displaced Syrians to return.\n\nTune in for a thought-provoking conversation about who holds power in humanitarian response, what it takes to build lasting change, and why the voices and leadership of displaced communities must remain central to decisions affecting their lives.\n\nIn This Episode\n\nWhy refugee-led organizations need greater control over humanitarian funding\nSana's work to develop a community-led displacement fund for Southwest Asia and North Africa\nHow the Resourcing Refugee Leadership Initiative helped advance refugee-led philanthropy\nWhat community-led funding looks like in practice, from grant applications to governance\nWhy conflict and disagreement should be expected in movement building\nLessons from Sana's leadership at Asylum Access and her efforts to shift institutional power\nHow refugee-led movements are changing...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/hBbbgR4TKgPymWMZxbh-f3nmm7HQZd79X5r84MyNqj8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS84OTY1/OWUwM2VjOGI1ZTQz/NjlmMGRmZDM0NDk5/YmQ0Ni5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}