NGOs forced to make staff cuts amid the funding crisis will need to consider where those cuts are falling and if they are disproportionately affecting minority employees, an industry expert has warned.
Speaking at a Devex Pro event, Lorriann Robinson — who spent her career in international NGOs before helping to develop The Equity Index, a project to evaluate equity in the U.K. development sector — warned that ethnic minorities are more likely to bear the brunt of job cuts and reduced hours in the wider economy.
“Will the development sector be any different?” she asked. “I think we need to ask some difficult questions about that.”