Angela Bruce-Raeburn

Angela Bruce-Raeburn

Angela Bruce-Raeburn is the founder of DiverseDEV, a boutique consultancy established in 2018 following the very public scandals about racial discrimination, harassment, and sexual misconduct to focus on mission-driven institutions in the international aid and development communities. Previously, Bruce-Raeburn served as the regional advocacy director for Africa and Asia at the Global Health Advocacy Incubator where she focused on locally led advocacy for policy change in public health.

Latest Articles

Opinion: Addressing DEIA myths is critical to global development equity

Opinion: Addressing DEIA myths is critical to global development equity

over 2 years ago // Inclusive development

What can be done in development organizations to embed DEIA despite political headwinds already swaying organizational commitments?

Opinion: Why diversity, equity, and inclusion alone won't dismantle structural racism in globaldev

Opinion: Why diversity, equity, and inclusion alone won't dismantle structural racism in globaldev

almost 5 years ago // Inclusive development

DEI cannot be relegated to a side strategy that organizations support while maintaining privileged status groups, favoritism, and other inequities. They must build consensus and be crystal clear about what DEI can and can't accomplish.

Opinion: The hustle — white saviors and hashtag activism

Opinion: The hustle — white saviors and hashtag activism

over 5 years ago // Inclusive development

Aid organizations: You are on notice. Your black staff can see your complicity and hear your hypocrisy loud and clear, writes Angela Bruce-Raeburn, Africa regional advocacy director at the Global Health Advocacy Incubator, in this guest commentary.

Opinion: International development has a race problem

Opinion: International development has a race problem

over 6 years ago // Inclusive development

It's time for the aid sector to acknowledge that "diversity" isn't as inclusive as it sounds. Global health executive Angela Bruce-Raeburn explains.

Opinion: Systemic racism and sexism undermine efforts to make aid sector safer

Opinion: Systemic racism and sexism undermine efforts to make aid sector safer

about 7 years ago // Inclusive Development

#AidToo and safeguarding. Locally led development. Women's empowerment. None of these industry initiatives will have the outcomes we need unless we become more inclusive, says humanitarian leader Angela Bruce Raeburn.

Opinion: Without systemic change, safeguarding will only keep INGOs safe — not people

Opinion: Without systemic change, safeguarding will only keep INGOs safe — not people

over 7 years ago // #AidToo

Safeguarding policies won't be successful until organizations commit to addressing the long-standing power differential between local staff and expatriates, writes humanitarian expert Angela Bruce-Raeburn.

Opinion: But wait until they see your black face

Opinion: But wait until they see your black face

over 7 years ago // #GlobalDevWomen

Angela Bruce Raeburn of the Global Health Advocacy Incubator explains what the evidence — and personal experience — reveals about the lack of black women in global development leadership.

Opinion: Why we can't separate sexism from racism in the humanitarian and development sector

Opinion: Why we can't separate sexism from racism in the humanitarian and development sector

almost 8 years ago // Gender balance and diversity

Angela Bruce Raeburn, associate director for Advocacy at the Global Health Advocacy Incubator and former humanitarian advisor for Oxfam, writes on what "doing good" means in the wake of #MeToo.