Mark NormingtonWe need to talk about the way we talk about menHow progressives may be inadvertently fuelling toxic anti-refugee attitudes in the way we speak about menNov 19, 20201Nov 19, 20201
Mark NormingtonCould a Commonwealth Free Trade Area be a success?Trade is back on the agenda. Following the UK’s vote to leave the European Union and the election of Donald Trump in the USA, trade policy…Oct 8, 2018Oct 8, 2018
Mark NormingtonThe Forgotten Victims of Gender-Based ViolenceThe Rohingya Crisis continues to make headlines, as more and more evidence of shocking human rights violations comes to light. Gender-based…Apr 26, 2018Apr 26, 2018
Mark NormingtonInternational development is under attack. Charities need to rethink their fundraising messagingGlobal citizenship is under attack in the UK. Attitudes are hardening towards those living in poverty overseas, and it is becoming…Apr 26, 2018Apr 26, 2018
Mark Normington‘Aid money is spent on the wrong things’There is a widespread belief that overseas aid money is either handed over to corrupt dictators and never reaches the people it is supposed…Apr 26, 2018Apr 26, 2018
Mark Normington‘They’re poor because they’re lazy’A common attitude nowadays is that people are rich because they work hard and deserve to be wealthy, whereas people are poor because they…Apr 26, 20182Apr 26, 20182
Mark Normington‘Why has nothing been achieved?’The fight to eradicate global poverty has been going on for decades. Yet despite all the money that has been donated and all the work that…Apr 26, 2018Apr 26, 2018
Mark Normington‘I’d rather give them the money myself’Widespread concerns about dodgy and unscrupulous overseas aid charities not sending donations where they’re supposed to have led some…Apr 24, 2018Apr 24, 2018
Mark Normington‘Their own government should help them’It is without a doubt true that governments should help their own people. However, this phrase is often used to mean that the welfare of…Apr 24, 2018Apr 24, 2018
Mark Normington‘Foreign aid fuels overpopulation’Concerns about overpopulation, or the ‘population explosion’ as it’s sometimes called, are widespread at the moment. The logic surrounding…Apr 24, 2018Apr 24, 2018
