Linking celebrities with humanitarian causes has become common practice over the past few decades. However, according to Dan Brockington, Director at the Sheffield Institute for International Development (SIID) celebrity advocacy is not as effective, in the UK at least, as is commonly assumed. Continue →
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Evelyn Marsters on the unhealthy cost of discrimination
On February 25 Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni signed a bill criminalising homosexuality, meaning the ‘illegal’ and marginalised gay community in Uganda now face the risk of criminal charges and long-term imprisonment. Continue →