Mary Wilson
Well-known member
Sep 24, 2021, 10:53 AM
Sean Campbell and Mara Kardas-Nelson
... MSF is perhaps the most famous of all international relief organizations. It's been around for nearly 50 years and employs 63,000 people from around the world, many of whom leave behind comfortable lives to tend to the sick and wounded in some of the world's most difficult settings. It promotes an image of stoic neutrality in the face of intractable conflict, with its volunteers bearing sober witness — témoignage, in MSF parlance — to the horrors they confront. It is hard not to be moved by the public perception that MSF has cultivated of dashing young physicians spurning well-paying jobs in global capitals to save lives in conflict zones. MSF's tenacity helped it earn a Nobel Peace Prize in 1999 and grow into a $2 billion-a-year behemoth today.
But on the eve of its 50th anniversary this December, and four years after Ali N'Simbo faced down a boardroom threat, MSF confronts a deepening crisis. Current and former staffers are bearing witness with stories of racism, discrimination, and inequitable treatment they say are baked into the organization's global operations.
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https://www.businessinsider.com/doc...-allegations-of-racism-and-segregation-2021-9
Sean Campbell and Mara Kardas-Nelson
... MSF is perhaps the most famous of all international relief organizations. It's been around for nearly 50 years and employs 63,000 people from around the world, many of whom leave behind comfortable lives to tend to the sick and wounded in some of the world's most difficult settings. It promotes an image of stoic neutrality in the face of intractable conflict, with its volunteers bearing sober witness — témoignage, in MSF parlance — to the horrors they confront. It is hard not to be moved by the public perception that MSF has cultivated of dashing young physicians spurning well-paying jobs in global capitals to save lives in conflict zones. MSF's tenacity helped it earn a Nobel Peace Prize in 1999 and grow into a $2 billion-a-year behemoth today.
But on the eve of its 50th anniversary this December, and four years after Ali N'Simbo faced down a boardroom threat, MSF confronts a deepening crisis. Current and former staffers are bearing witness with stories of racism, discrimination, and inequitable treatment they say are baked into the organization's global operations.
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https://www.businessinsider.com/doc...-allegations-of-racism-and-segregation-2021-9