Oxfam has been slammed for a "bizarre" new "inclusive" language guide issued to staff that warns against using a whole slew of normal words like "stand", "pregnant mother" and "people" - and even ...

Oxfam came under fire last night for issuing a bizarre 'inclusive' language guide to staff. The 92-page report warns against 'colonial' phrases such as 'headquarters', suggests 'local' may be ...

Amid massive backlash within and beyond its academic community, Stanford University has backpedaled on a language initiative that deemed words such as “American" and “brave” to be “harmful.” Aimed ...

British humanitarian organization Oxfam called English "the language of a colonising nation" that must be "addressed in order to decolonise our ways of working and shift power," according to its newly ...

Oxfam's new 92-page "inclusive language guide" has sparked controversy for asking charity workers to avoid using a selection of phrases deemed "colonial" and "patriarchal". The new internal guidance ...

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