In this episode of Across Archives, host Desmond Asakitikpi speaks with Riziki Kalibanya, Founder and Executive Director of Women Stand Up and Care and Director of RIZIAGRAPHY.

Riziki discusses building a photography and storytelling business in Kakuma Refugee Camp while facing gender barriers, entrepreneurship, community leadership, and single motherhood. She also explains how ethical storytelling can protect dignity, challenge stigma, and connect refugee women’s experiences with advocacy and practical support.

Key Topics

• Building RIZIAGRAPHY in Kakuma• Leading Women Stand Up and Care• Gender barriers in photography• Refugee entrepreneurship and single motherhood• Consent, dignity, and trust in storytelling• Women’s leadership and economic empowerment

Resources and LinksFacebook:https://www.facebook.com/celine.kalibanya

IsraAID Videos:https://www.youtube.com/@israaidvideosThe Refugee Archive: https://therefugeearchive.org

About Across ArchivesAcross Archives is produced by The Refugee Archive. It highlights archives, oral histories, and storytelling projects that preserve the experiences of migrants, immigrants, internally displaced people, and refugees worldwide.

Together with our companion series, The Archive Speaks, we explore how archives can amplify refugee voices, build solidarity, and reshape how displacement is remembered.

🎧 Continue the journey on The Archive Speaks, featuring the real voices of displaced women and single mothers around the world.