Five years have passed since the murder of George Floyd forced a global reckoning with racism. Yet in the UK international development sector, the question “what has changed?” still lands heavily, often with silence, discomfort, or defensiveness.
Equity, diversity and inclusion are not peripheral to the crises in international development, but central to both the problems we face and the solution.
It has now been a year since the 2024 race riots erupted across the UK, a powerful and painful reminder of the racial injustice that continues to shape our society. As we reflect, we must ask ourselves: what has really shifted in the past 12 months?
In the final piece in our series, we hear from Mary Ann Clements (pictured right), Co-Chief Executive Officer of ADD International.
In the second in our series, we hear from Christine Allen (pictured right), CEO of CAFOD.
Following a series of anti-racism seminars for CEOs hosted by Bond and the subsequent formation of the Bond CEO Anti-Racism Working group, we asked three CEOs to take us through their progress on anti-racism within their organisation.
The race riots in the UK over the summer were a glaring reminder of how deeply entrenched inequities can erupt into visible unrest and how far we still have to go. Our Head of Anti-Racism and Equity Lena Bheeroo looks at what progress we made as a sector in 2024, and how the ugly events over the summer are happening both on a micro and macro level across the globe, both institutionally and societally.
