WPAY30: Thirty Years of the World Programme of Action for Youth
Adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1995, the WPAY was the first comprehensive global policy framework to put young people at the heart of development.
The United Nations Youth Office
The UN General Assembly voted to establish the United Nations Youth Office (UNYO) — marking the first time youth affairs were given a permanent, system-wide home within the UN.
The Best Rooftop Bars in Manhattan: From a Former New Yorker Who Still Knows the Scene
When I launched my second book, Feminine Silence, in New York this September, something funny happened. After the event, my friends — all longtime New Yorkers — asked me where we should go next to celebrate. The irony was not lost on me: they live here, I don’t anymore, and yet somehow I still had the answer.
September, 2025
For twelve years, I have curated this blog (and by extension newsletter) as a personal journal — a window into my journey from Malawi to the United Nations, to Microsoft, and beyond. As I step into a new decade and a new chapter, I feel the need for something different: a space not just to chronicle my life, but where both you and I can make sense of the systems we are all navigating.
