Conversations about Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps often centre on visible needs such as food, shelter, healthcare and protection. Far less attention is given to leadership, the quiet but powerful structures that sustain community life and hold people together amid loss, disruption, and uncertainty. During my visits to IDP camps across Benue State and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) , one truth stood out clearly; displacement does not erase leadership, it reshap

(A local women's group attends a tailoring training) When she first arrived in the settlement in Faridabad, Asha (name changed)  rarely left her home. Her family had migrated from Bihar in search of work, carrying little more than their belongings and hope for stability. Without local identity documents, her children could not enrol in school. Without secure income, the family lived day to day, vulnerable to unsafe work and constant pressure to move again. Stories like Asha’s

(Youth participants engage in anti-trafficking prevention training at the Virtual Reality station during the Cyber Caravan workshop in the Philippines, November 2025) The air in Iloilo City on November 14th and 15th, 2025, was charged not just with the typical energy of the city, but with the focused dedication of young advocates from across the Visayas in Philippines. I was privileged to see the unfolding of "Youth Rise: Media and Cyber Action vs. OSAEC (Online Sexual Abuse