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Moderator - @NaomiAyot 🎙️ The second panel session shifts the conversation to the relationship between local women-led organisations, international organisations, donors, government and the UN. The discussion will explore two key questions: how funding decisions are made and how partnerships can support genuine local leadership. With women-led local organisations continuing to face funding challenges, the panel will examine who carries the risk when funding is interrupted and what international partners are willing to change to make localisation meaningful. #C4CAt10 #LocallyLedUG

Jean Christabel Asipkwe – Leading through an organisational crisis 🎙️ Jean Christabel Asipkwe, Executive Director of Community Empowerment for Rural Development (CEFORD), Uganda, shared how she found herself leading an organisation at one of its most difficult moments. After four executive directors had been dismissed, she was appointed during a leadership crisis that had left the organisation struggling. She admitted that she cried when she received the appointment, not out of joy, but fear. The organisation had lost funding, Oxfam had withheld support pending improvements in its management systems, and the board itself did not initially believe in her ability to lead. However, a management consultant brought in by a partner recognised her potential and helped identify her as someone who could take up the responsibility. #C4CAt10 #LocallyLedUG