In March 2025, I participated in the 69th Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City, USA. As a youth journalist with international NGOs and UN Partner Organizations Global Youth Philanthropy and Peaceland Foundation’s Youth Voice Media Centre program, I was able to attend main conference meetings within the UN Headquarters and interview a wide range of conference attendees from UN officials to NGO representatives. 

After my visit to the United Nations to participate in the 69th annual Commission on the Status of Women conference in March 2025, I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to interview Lisa Doughten, the Director of the Financing and Partnerships Division at the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.