The World Food Programme has now lost a goodwill ambassador over its response to the war in Gaza, adding to pressure on Executive Director Cindy McCain.
Also in today’s edition: Divisions over plastics pollution, the U.K.’s gender pay gap, and assessing Larry Kramer’s time at the Hewlett Foundation.
The Israel-Hamas conflict continues to roil the foreign aid sector, with Tunisian-Egyptian actor Hend Sabry announcing on X, formerly Twitter, Wednesday that she is resigning from her post as a goodwill ambassador for the World Food Programme.
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Vince Chadwick is a contributing reporter at Devex. A law graduate from Melbourne, Australia, he was social affairs reporter for The Age newspaper, before covering breaking news, the arts, and public policy across Europe, including as a reporter and editor at POLITICO Europe. He was long-listed for International Journalist of the Year at the 2023 One World Media Awards.
