Sandra Pertek, PhD
@sandrapertek.bsky.social
UKRI Future Leaders Fellow. Senior Research Fellow @University of Birmingham. Gender, Violence, Religion, Forced Migration & Humanitarianism. Connecting Research, Policy & Practice Cross-Culturally
A call for Expressions of Interest for Refugee-led organisations and community-based researchers for data collection in Nairobi, Cox's Bazar, Ankara/Istanbul, Quetta, London/Bham as part of ‘Making Aid Work for Displaced Women’. makingaidwork.org/maw-news/cal...
Call for Expressions of Interest (EOI) for Refugee-Led Organisations/Community-based Researchers: Data Collection Collaboration
“Making Aid Work for Displaced Women: Integrating Islamic Philanthropy and the International Humanitarian System to Improve Outcomes for Women” is a UKRI- funded project (2024-2028) led by the Univers...
makingaidwork.org
October 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
A call for Expressions of Interest for Refugee-led organisations and community-based researchers for data collection in Nairobi, Cox's Bazar, Ankara/Istanbul, Quetta, London/Bham as part of ‘Making Aid Work for Displaced Women’. makingaidwork.org/maw-news/cal...
Great to see a piece on our work at @unibirmingham
with partners! Experts, academics and humanitarian leaders gather to explore how Islamic philanthropy and humanitarian policy can address the urgent needs of displaced women. www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/un...
with partners! Experts, academics and humanitarian leaders gather to explore how Islamic philanthropy and humanitarian policy can address the urgent needs of displaced women. www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/un...
University of Birmingham hosts global symposium on gender, displacement, and Islamic philanthropy - University of Birmingham
Experts, academics and humanitarian leaders gather to explore how Islamic philanthropy and humanitarian policy can address the urgent needs of displaced women.
www.birmingham.ac.uk
October 2, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Great to see a piece on our work at @unibirmingham
with partners! Experts, academics and humanitarian leaders gather to explore how Islamic philanthropy and humanitarian policy can address the urgent needs of displaced women. www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/un...
with partners! Experts, academics and humanitarian leaders gather to explore how Islamic philanthropy and humanitarian policy can address the urgent needs of displaced women. www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/un...
My reflections on #UNGA80 side events:
Faith in Humanitarianism: Stronger Than Ever at UNGA80.
As humanitarian budgets shrink, faith in humanitarianism not only fills gaps - it reshapes the system. Its transformative potential depends on who is included. makingaidwork.org/maw-news/fai...
Faith in Humanitarianism: Stronger Than Ever at UNGA80.
As humanitarian budgets shrink, faith in humanitarianism not only fills gaps - it reshapes the system. Its transformative potential depends on who is included. makingaidwork.org/maw-news/fai...
Faith in Humanitarianism: Stronger Than Ever at UNGA80
Dr Sandra Pertek reflects on UNGA80 side events highlighting the growing interest in values and faith driving humanitarianism. As humanitarian aid shrinks, faith-based giving is rising — but women may...
makingaidwork.org
October 2, 2025 at 10:31 AM
My reflections on #UNGA80 side events:
Faith in Humanitarianism: Stronger Than Ever at UNGA80.
As humanitarian budgets shrink, faith in humanitarianism not only fills gaps - it reshapes the system. Its transformative potential depends on who is included. makingaidwork.org/maw-news/fai...
Faith in Humanitarianism: Stronger Than Ever at UNGA80.
As humanitarian budgets shrink, faith in humanitarianism not only fills gaps - it reshapes the system. Its transformative potential depends on who is included. makingaidwork.org/maw-news/fai...
Reposted by Sandra Pertek, PhD
2/ Prof Patricia Hynes & I edited a Special Issue on the #ModernSlavery #HumanTrafficking & #Asylum Interface exploring legal, conceptual & empirical overlaps w/ @juliaocd.bsky.social Angelo Martins Jnr, Chung Pham, @gaucjp.bsky.social, @sandrapertek.bsky.social
www.mdpi.com/journal/socs...
www.mdpi.com/journal/socs...
www.mdpi.com
April 25, 2025 at 8:35 AM
2/ Prof Patricia Hynes & I edited a Special Issue on the #ModernSlavery #HumanTrafficking & #Asylum Interface exploring legal, conceptual & empirical overlaps w/ @juliaocd.bsky.social Angelo Martins Jnr, Chung Pham, @gaucjp.bsky.social, @sandrapertek.bsky.social
www.mdpi.com/journal/socs...
www.mdpi.com/journal/socs...
Reposted by Sandra Pertek, PhD
Had the pleasure of attending this excellent symposium today—exciting work from UKRI Future Leaders Fellow @sandrapertek.bsky.social and team! IDD @unibirmingham
Call for papers! Submission deadline fast approaching! Join our Symposium in September - women in displacement and philanthropy in Muslim-majority/-minority settings. Join this event as global aid cuts deeply affect humanitarian efforts @unibirmingham @iddbirmingham @IndianaUniv
September 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Had the pleasure of attending this excellent symposium today—exciting work from UKRI Future Leaders Fellow @sandrapertek.bsky.social and team! IDD @unibirmingham
We made it to #CSW69 #Bejing+30 last month!
Grateful to work together and co-host the event “Women on the move: Inclusive, intersectional and faith-sensitive approaches in the humanitarian sector” with @Refugees and @IslamicRelief
#makingaidwork
Grateful to work together and co-host the event “Women on the move: Inclusive, intersectional and faith-sensitive approaches in the humanitarian sector” with @Refugees and @IslamicRelief
#makingaidwork
April 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
We made it to #CSW69 #Bejing+30 last month!
Grateful to work together and co-host the event “Women on the move: Inclusive, intersectional and faith-sensitive approaches in the humanitarian sector” with @Refugees and @IslamicRelief
#makingaidwork
Grateful to work together and co-host the event “Women on the move: Inclusive, intersectional and faith-sensitive approaches in the humanitarian sector” with @Refugees and @IslamicRelief
#makingaidwork
Call for papers! Submission deadline fast approaching! Join our Symposium in September - women in displacement and philanthropy in Muslim-majority/-minority settings. Join this event as global aid cuts deeply affect humanitarian efforts @unibirmingham @iddbirmingham @IndianaUniv
April 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Call for papers! Submission deadline fast approaching! Join our Symposium in September - women in displacement and philanthropy in Muslim-majority/-minority settings. Join this event as global aid cuts deeply affect humanitarian efforts @unibirmingham @iddbirmingham @IndianaUniv
Grateful we co-authored this important briefing:
"Addressing the needs of women and girls on the move: Toward an inclusive, intersectional and culturally
sensitive approach".
We offer actionable recommendations to support humanitarian efforts to help improve displaced women's health and well-being
"Addressing the needs of women and girls on the move: Toward an inclusive, intersectional and culturally
sensitive approach".
We offer actionable recommendations to support humanitarian efforts to help improve displaced women's health and well-being
🔊 Just launched: our policy brief addressing the needs of women on the move, by @sandrapertek.bsky.social Esther Asazi and myself.
🔗 makingaidwork.org/wp-content/u...
🔗 makingaidwork.org/wp-content/u...
makingaidwork.org
March 25, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Grateful we co-authored this important briefing:
"Addressing the needs of women and girls on the move: Toward an inclusive, intersectional and culturally
sensitive approach".
We offer actionable recommendations to support humanitarian efforts to help improve displaced women's health and well-being
"Addressing the needs of women and girls on the move: Toward an inclusive, intersectional and culturally
sensitive approach".
We offer actionable recommendations to support humanitarian efforts to help improve displaced women's health and well-being
Wonderful to see this brief is out. It's been great working with GBV Learning Network at Western University. Hope many will find it useful to support survivors and people at risk of all forms of gendered violence
Helpful brief on integrating faith sensitivity into gender-based violence work and intersectional understanding of risk and protective factors - by @sandrapertek.bsky.social via the #GBVLearningNetwork www.gbvlearningnetwork.ca/our-work/bri... #GBV
Integrating Faith Sensitivity into Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Work
Mobilizing knowledge to end gender-based violence.
www.gbvlearningnetwork.ca
February 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Wonderful to see this brief is out. It's been great working with GBV Learning Network at Western University. Hope many will find it useful to support survivors and people at risk of all forms of gendered violence
During #CSocD63 and Civil Society Forum at UNHQ, I called on #SocialSummit2025 to make the inclusion and protection of displaced women in conflict and displacement a top priority. More: Women, Peace, & Security for Social Development: A Duty, Not an Option sandrapertek.org/women-peace-...
February 20, 2025 at 1:41 PM
During #CSocD63 and Civil Society Forum at UNHQ, I called on #SocialSummit2025 to make the inclusion and protection of displaced women in conflict and displacement a top priority. More: Women, Peace, & Security for Social Development: A Duty, Not an Option sandrapertek.org/women-peace-...
Thrilled to host this brilliant panel as we mark the launch of 'Making aid work for displaced women'.
We aim to initiate a global conversation on the role of—and engagement with—Islamic philanthropy in supporting women.
📅: 25 Feb, 11am GMT
Register at:
bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
We aim to initiate a global conversation on the role of—and engagement with—Islamic philanthropy in supporting women.
📅: 25 Feb, 11am GMT
Register at:
bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Making Aid Work for Displaced Women: Starting a Global Conversation. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Making Aid Work for Displaced Women: Integrating Islamic philanthropy and the international humanitarian system
This event aims to initiate a global conversation on the role of—and engagement with—Is...
bham-ac-uk.zoom.us
February 9, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Thrilled to host this brilliant panel as we mark the launch of 'Making aid work for displaced women'.
We aim to initiate a global conversation on the role of—and engagement with—Islamic philanthropy in supporting women.
📅: 25 Feb, 11am GMT
Register at:
bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
We aim to initiate a global conversation on the role of—and engagement with—Islamic philanthropy in supporting women.
📅: 25 Feb, 11am GMT
Register at:
bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
📢 Exciting PhD Opportunity for UK Students at
@idd @unibirmingham! We're inviting applicants for a fully-funded PhD studentship linked to the UKRI FLF project: “Making Aid Work for Displaced Women” in collaboration with IFRC and ICRC
🗓️ Deadline: 16 Feb 2025
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
@idd @unibirmingham! We're inviting applicants for a fully-funded PhD studentship linked to the UKRI FLF project: “Making Aid Work for Displaced Women” in collaboration with IFRC and ICRC
🗓️ Deadline: 16 Feb 2025
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Making aid work for displaced women: Integrating Islamic philanthropy and the international humanitarian system to improve outcomes for women at University of Birmingham on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Making aid work for displaced women: Integrating Islamic philanthropy and the international humanitarian system to improve outcomes for women at University of Birmingham, listed on FindA...
www.findaphd.com
January 9, 2025 at 9:02 PM
📢 Exciting PhD Opportunity for UK Students at
@idd @unibirmingham! We're inviting applicants for a fully-funded PhD studentship linked to the UKRI FLF project: “Making Aid Work for Displaced Women” in collaboration with IFRC and ICRC
🗓️ Deadline: 16 Feb 2025
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
@idd @unibirmingham! We're inviting applicants for a fully-funded PhD studentship linked to the UKRI FLF project: “Making Aid Work for Displaced Women” in collaboration with IFRC and ICRC
🗓️ Deadline: 16 Feb 2025
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
📢 To organise my content developed over the years, I’m thrilled to finally share www.sandrapertek.org — a resource web featuring:
📚Publications
🌐Projects
📖Resources
📰Policy Contributions
✍️Blogs
🎤Webinars.
A heartfelt tribute to all engaged communities & collaborators. Looking forward to⏩2025
📚Publications
🌐Projects
📖Resources
📰Policy Contributions
✍️Blogs
🎤Webinars.
A heartfelt tribute to all engaged communities & collaborators. Looking forward to⏩2025
Sandra Pertek | Senior Researcher and Policy Advisor
Dr Sandra Pertek is an interdisciplinary senior researcher and social development practitioner with over a decade of practical and policy experience in international development. Areas of interest: wo...
www.sandrapertek.org
December 23, 2024 at 11:57 PM
📢 To organise my content developed over the years, I’m thrilled to finally share www.sandrapertek.org — a resource web featuring:
📚Publications
🌐Projects
📖Resources
📰Policy Contributions
✍️Blogs
🎤Webinars.
A heartfelt tribute to all engaged communities & collaborators. Looking forward to⏩2025
📚Publications
🌐Projects
📖Resources
📰Policy Contributions
✍️Blogs
🎤Webinars.
A heartfelt tribute to all engaged communities & collaborators. Looking forward to⏩2025
Reposted by Sandra Pertek, PhD
The study, @sandrapertek.bsky.social explains, "highlights the importance of religious coping in supporting displaced populations emotionally and spiritually, and offers implications for mental health responses in forced displacement contexts".
academic.oup.com/jrs/article/...
academic.oup.com/jrs/article/...
Adaptive religious coping with experiences of sexual and gender-based violence and displacement
Abstract. This article examines the religious coping strategies among forced migrant women survivors of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV). While it i
academic.oup.com
December 16, 2024 at 10:55 PM
The study, @sandrapertek.bsky.social explains, "highlights the importance of religious coping in supporting displaced populations emotionally and spiritually, and offers implications for mental health responses in forced displacement contexts".
academic.oup.com/jrs/article/...
academic.oup.com/jrs/article/...