Thursday, November 29, 2012  White Western Agenda Within Charity
Organizations such as World Vision  found here  * This post has
been revised and updated as of November 29, 2012*   Some
interesting topics were brought up in my WMST class today... We
were going through our end of semester project presentations and
one woman mentioned UNICEF and UNICEF's attempts to eradicate
female genital cutting in Egypt. This led to a conversation
about the practice in class and how charity organizations
operate and the framework they work within. It became clear that
oppression, inequality etc was not being properly addressed due
to many organizations' adherence to a westernized, colonialist
agenda.  When I think of UNICEF, I often think of a Christian
group that is similar to say, World Vision. I have just learned,
however, that UNICEF stemmed from the UN, although.
Nevertheless, as many of you may remember, some Christian groups
would often send out their children to gather money for UNICEF
during Halloween, usually done