Danny Sriskandarajah

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OPINION: UNLOCKING AID’S POTENTIAL

23 October 2020 | Danny Sriskandarajah | Tags: aid, poverty inequality

Hitham Ahmed / Oxfam

My article for the United Nations Association as part of a series on progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals. I wrote about how poverty and a dynamic civil society are critical to the effectiveness of aid and our ability to achieve the Global Goals. Once the politics and debates over foreign policy objectives are stripped … Continue reading “OPINION: UNLOCKING AID’S POTENTIAL”

PODCAST: THE NEW HUMANITARIAN

21 October 2020 | Danny Sriskandarajah | Tags: aid, coronavirus, humanitarianism, Inequality, power, race

It was great to kick off this important series about Rethinking Humanitarianism in conversation with Heba Aly, director of The New Humanitarian, and Jeremy Konyndyk, senior policy fellow at the Center for Global Development. We discussed how the fallout of COVID-19 and movements like Black Lives Matter have sharpened the focus on inequality and power … Continue reading “PODCAST: THE NEW HUMANITARIAN”

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DEBATE: INEQUALITY AND THE GLOBAL GOALS

23 September 2020 | Danny Sriskandarajah | Tags: coronavirus, Inequality, power, women

It was a pleasure to host this debate as part of the UN’s SDG Action Zone, a series of events to supercharge action to meet the Global Goals. I spoke with inspirational activists from Nigeria, Kenya and the Philippines about their experiences of inequality and their campaigns for a better future. They described how social … Continue reading “DEBATE: INEQUALITY AND THE GLOBAL GOALS”

DEBATE: BUSINESS AND BUILDING BACK BETTER

22 September 2020 | Danny Sriskandarajah | Tags: business, coronavirus, Inequality, tax

I joined the B-Team director Halla Tomasdottir and several corporate leaders for this important conversation about how the private sector can help to shape a future that leaves no one behind, as part of the UN’s SDG Business Forum. While some thoughtful businesses are leading the way, other less responsible companies are worsening inequalities through … Continue reading “DEBATE: BUSINESS AND BUILDING BACK BETTER”

UN SPEECH: DECADE OF ACTION ON GLOBAL GOALS

18 September 2020 | Danny Sriskandarajah | Tags: climate, coronavirus, Inequality

I was invited to address the UN as part of its SDG Moment, which brought together activists including Malala alongside heads of state and business leaders to push for urgent action to deliver the Global Goals. With time running out, I argued for fresh and bold ideas to combat inequality and poverty. For example, governments … Continue reading “UN SPEECH: DECADE OF ACTION ON GLOBAL GOALS”

INTERVIEWS: OXFAM REPORT WARNS HUNGER MAY KILL MORE PEOPLE THAN COVID19

9 July 2020 | Danny Sriskandarajah | Tags: aid, coronavirus, debt, hunger, poverty

New Oxfam research estimates that as many as 12,000 people this year could die each day of hunger because of the economic fallout of the pandemic. Disruptions to food production, unemployment, a drop in remittances are all factors pushing people to the brink of starvation. I spoke to Sky and the BBC World Service about … Continue reading “INTERVIEWS: OXFAM REPORT WARNS HUNGER MAY KILL MORE PEOPLE THAN COVID19”

PANELLIST: OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE EVENT ON FUTURE OF UK AID

7 July 2020 | Danny Sriskandarajah | Tags: aid, politics

Following the government’s announcement it will merge the Department for International Development into the Foreign Office, I joined ODI chief executive Sara Pantuliano, Kenyan High Commissioner HE Manoah Esipisu, Elissa Golberg from Canada’s Global Affairs, and Birgitta Tazelaar from the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to debate the implications for the UK’s contribution to international … Continue reading “PANELLIST: OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE EVENT ON FUTURE OF UK AID”

INTERVIEW: CHARITY TIMES MAGAZINE

6 July 2020 | Danny Sriskandarajah | Tags: coronavirus, power, race

Wael Algadi/Oxfam

I spoke to Charity Times about my career to date and what motivates me, and how the changes I’m leading at Oxfam are part of an ambition to rethink the international NGO model to shift power to the communities we serve. The interview starts on page 18.

THE GUARDIAN OPINION: WHY BORIS WAS WRONG TO SHUT DOWN DFID

21 June 2020 | Danny Sriskandarajah | Tags: aid, coronavirus, politics, poverty, race

Elena Heatherwick / Oxfam

The timing of the Prime Minister’s decision to subsume the Department for International Development into the Foreign Office is distressing, coming in the midst of a global pandemic. But his glib, inflammatory language adds insult to injury, and seems tone deaf to the Black Lives Matter movement calling for us to confront the lingering injustices … Continue reading “THE GUARDIAN OPINION: WHY BORIS WAS WRONG TO SHUT DOWN DFID”

TV INTERVIEWS ON DFID AND FOREIGN OFFICE MERGER

16 June 2020 | Danny Sriskandarajah | Tags: aid, coronavirus, politics, poverty

I was interviewed on the BBC, Channel 4 and Sky News about the Prime Minister scrapping the Department for International Development. At a time when half a billion people at risk of being pushed into poverty due to Covid19, this decision puts politics above the needs of the poorest people and will mean more people … Continue reading “TV INTERVIEWS ON DFID AND FOREIGN OFFICE MERGER”