Writing — LAUREN EVANS

Aid & Policy

Aid & Policy

“Somebody has to be the victim”: Has humanitarian storytelling learnt anything since Biafra?

“Somebody has to be the victim”: Has humanitarian storytelling learnt anything since Biafra?

The New Humanitarian

Hold your horses! Are humanitarian cowboys a relic of the past?

Hold your horses! Are humanitarian cowboys a relic of the past?

Devex

Why don't Americans understand aid, and what do we do about it?

Why don't Americans understand aid, and what do we do about it?

Devex

Foundations own huge amounts of stocks. Are they using them for good?

Foundations own huge amounts of stocks. Are they using them for good?

Devex

The fall of USAID changed everything — even for those it didn’t fund

The fall of USAID changed everything — even for those it didn’t fund

Devex

After USAID: Catalytic Impact Fund Aims to Create Durable Solutions Overseas

After USAID: Catalytic Impact Fund Aims to Create Durable Solutions Overseas

Inside Philanthropy

GiveWell: How a Charity Advisor Became a Powerhouse Grantmaker

GiveWell: How a Charity Advisor Became a Powerhouse Grantmaker

Inside Philanthropy

How Human Appeal Is Courting Gen Z Donors

How Human Appeal Is Courting Gen Z Donors

Inside Philanthropy

Climate & Science

Climate & Science

Climate Change Is Fueling the Spread of Deadly Tropical Diseases

Climate Change Is Fueling the Spread of Deadly Tropical Diseases

WIRED

At COP 28, countries pledged to transform their food systems. Now what?

At COP 28, countries pledged to transform their food systems. Now what?

Devex

For two rhino species on brink of extinction, it’s collaboration vs. stonewalling

For two rhino species on brink of extinction, it’s collaboration vs. stonewalling

Mongabay

Climate Change Is Making Women’s Chores Deadlier

Climate Change Is Making Women’s Chores Deadlier

Vice

How Covid-19’s Spread Could Drive an Increase in Malaria Deaths

How Covid-19’s Spread Could Drive an Increase in Malaria Deaths

Smithsonian Magazine

The Entrepreneurs Transforming Scraps Into a Fashion Statement

The Entrepreneurs Transforming Scraps Into a Fashion Statement

NRDC

Pale Male Is a Legend—But Is He Still Alive?

Pale Male Is a Legend—But Is He Still Alive?

Audubon

Rashema’s World

Rashema’s World

Waterkeeper Magazine

Gender Equality

Gender Equality

In Northern Kenya, the Climate Crisis Shifts Gender Roles

In Northern Kenya, the Climate Crisis Shifts Gender Roles

Foreign Policy

Is the aid sector still failing victims of sexual abuse?

Is the aid sector still failing victims of sexual abuse?

Devex

Women in leadership won’t solve development’s equality problem

Women in leadership won’t solve development’s equality problem

Devex

Trust and Collaboration: Women Billionaires Rewrite the Rules of Global Giving

Trust and Collaboration: Women Billionaires Rewrite the Rules of Global Giving

Inside Philanthropy

How Melinda French Gates — and Daughters — Are Backing Women’s Health with a Collaborative Fund

How Melinda French Gates — and Daughters — Are Backing Women’s Health with a Collaborative Fund

Inside Philanthropy

Why It's So Hard to Make Revenge Porn Laws Effective

Why It's So Hard to Make Revenge Porn Laws Effective

Jezebel

New Law Hasn’t Stopped Anti-Abortion “Pregnancy Centers” From Misleading Women

New Law Hasn’t Stopped Anti-Abortion “Pregnancy Centers” From Misleading Women

The Village Voice

Meet the Cholita Wrestlers Beating Down the Patriarchy in Bolivia

Meet the Cholita Wrestlers Beating Down the Patriarchy in Bolivia

Vice

Travel & Culture

Travel & Culture

The Rise and Fall of the World’s Most Unlikely Pub

The Rise and Fall of the World’s Most Unlikely Pub

Atlas Obscura

As Mourning Rituals Change, What Comes Next?

As Mourning Rituals Change, What Comes Next?

Catapult

I Went To Westfield, NJ To Track Down The Watcher

I Went To Westfield, NJ To Track Down The Watcher

Gothamist

Inside Cuba's Strange, State-Sanctioned Heavy Metal Scene

Inside Cuba's Strange, State-Sanctioned Heavy Metal Scene

Gothamist

How a Brewer and the Government Killed Colombia’s Ancestral Drink

How a Brewer and the Government Killed Colombia’s Ancestral Drink

Atlas Obscura

NYC’s Racist, Draconian Cabaret Law Must Be Eliminated

NYC’s Racist, Draconian Cabaret Law Must Be Eliminated

The Village Voice

6 Survival Skills You Can Practice in Quarantine

6 Survival Skills You Can Practice in Quarantine

Sierra Magazine

How To Scrub Ghosts Out Of Your Apartment, And Other Tips

How To Scrub Ghosts Out Of Your Apartment, And Other Tips

Gothamist