‘Artivism’, flash mobs and cake: the creative climate action of Mothers Rise Up

Maya MailerClimate Change, Influencing, Private sector

Maya Mailer unpacks the theory of change of an innovative climate change group, which uses artistic, eye-catching stunts outside corporate HQs, narratives of hope and the social status of mothers to talk to parts of the private sector that other climate activists often struggle to reach.

The day after ISIS in Iraq

Maya MailerConflict, Emergency, Fragile contexts, Humanitarian

Maya Mailer, Head of Humanitarian Policy & Campaigns, argues that the challenges facing Iraq go beyond Isis’ presence and that we must plan beyond short-term militarism to create a new, peaceful environment.  “Isis is like a mushroom. It was able to grow here, in Iraq, because there is a fertile environment. It didn’t just come from nowhere.” That is what …

European governments’ treatment of refugees is doing long term damage to international law

Maya MailerConflict, Disasters, Governance, Humanitarian, In the news, Rights

OPINION: The EU’s stance towards migration sets a dangerous precedent argues Maya Mailer, Head of Humanitarian Policy & Campaigns. Today, as Oxfam launches a new campaign calling on world leaders to stand as one with refugees, the right to seek protection in another country is under threat. I visited some of Europe’s refugee camps recently. Oxfam was founded in 1942 …