The notion of partnership is a wide topic, and regularly discussed in the context of a good donor relationship, the generation of lasting impact or others. Upholding high quality partnerships are not an easy undertaking, but when doing so from exile, it is even more challenging, and crucial. Stephen Nyein Han Tun is a social scientist and anthropologist, and he is also a human rights defender from Myanmar now in exile in Thailand. In this episode, he will share with us his experiences on the importance of partnerships for successful human dignity work from, and in exile.

Today’s topic is around the importance of supporting and nourishing each person’s individual strengths to improve the impact of human dignity work. Providing those you work with or participating yourself in opportunities for training and capacity building is one of the mainstream ways how to better identify and use your individual strengths. Another still very much unexplored way in the human rights sector lies in personal mentoring and coaching. We are honored today to have Vicki Prais on the microphone. Vicki is an award winning human rights lawyer and independent human rights consultant with over 28 years of experience, stretching from working with civil society organizations such as Penal Reform International, international actors such as the Council of Europe or the United Nations or government actors such as the UK government. She is also an avid defender of the importance and value of mentoring and coaching and offers individual coaching session for human rights defenders.