Breaking barriers: How paid internships can transform inclusivity in the international development sector

Written by on November 8, 2023


Whose fault is it that the ones most in need, are the ones who get shunted aside?

Helen Turner

Helen Turner’s question in her song ‘If Only’ perfectly echoes the structural inequalities in the international development sector.

Representative of this inequality is an alarming lack of access, with positions in aid organisations remaining largely exclusionary, from senior staff all the way down to interns.

This is an issue that Helen felt particularly passionate about. Helen had faced difficulty in getting a . . .



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