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  Inclusive development

  Inclusive development

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

  9 Feb 2021

  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.

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  Inclusive development

  Inclusive development

  Opinion: The hustle — white saviors and hashtag activism

  12 Jun 2020

  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.

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  Inclusive development

  Inclusive development

  Opinion: International development has a race problem

  17 May 2019

  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.

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  Inclusive Development

  Inclusive Development

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

  12 Oct 2018

  #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.

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  #AidToo

  #AidToo

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

  30 May 2018

  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.

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  #GlobalDevWomen

  #GlobalDevWomen

  Opinion: But wait until they see your black face

  10 Apr 2018

  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.

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  Gender balance and diversity

  Gender balance and diversity

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

  6 Mar 2018

  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.

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