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Mark Galloway

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Writer and charity director www.ibt.org.uk

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Mark Galloway @markgalloway.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Like all our members, we at IBT are dismayed by the cuts to the aid budget. This cut to aid has only been possible because of low levels of public support for aid - the result of years of hostile coverage by papers like Daily Mail. ibt.org.uk/opinion/ibt-...
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IBT members condemn the government’s decision to cut foreign aid
The announcement on Tuesday that the government is slashing the foreign aid budget to increase defence spending was met with alarm and dismay across the INGO sector. Henry Roberts looks at some of the...
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Mark Galloway @markgalloway.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
AID CUTS: It’s hard to believe that this is a Labour government. What do they actually stand for?? I would have expected lots of ministers to resign over this but they are all staying put. Quite shocking. Together with dozens of other NGO leaders I have signed this letter to the Government.
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International Broadcasting Trust @ibtrust.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
We had a fantastic morning co-hosting this panel discussion with @odi.global on media representations of migration and refugee stories. Many thanks to our panel and for everybody who attended.
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Mark Galloway @markgalloway.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Have you watched Channel 4’s new reality show, Go Back to Where You Came From? Is your blood boiling? Read this opinion piece by my colleague @zungumza.bsky.social @ibtrust.bsky.social in today’s Guardian www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Channel 4's Go Back to Where You Came From is shocking. I’m glad it was made | Gareth Benest
The backlash to the reality series misses a key point: if this was an educational documentary, would anyone watch it? asks Gareth Benest of the charity International Broadcasting Trust
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Mark Galloway @markgalloway.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Today we publish our new report, Decolonisation - the media challenge. It explores how charities and the media can work together more effectively to promote a decolonisation agenda. Please share with friends and colleagues ibt.org.uk/reports/deco...
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Decolonisation - the media challenge
IBT encourages NGOs to work with the media. But the two sectors are not always aligned.This report examines the media's stance on decolonisation. The report interrogates areas of divergence between th...
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Mark Galloway @markgalloway.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Reddit overtakes X in the UK according to latest Ofcom research www.ofcom.org.uk/media-use-an...
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Digital differences between men and women revealed
Stark differences in the online lives of men and women in the UK are today revealed in Ofcom’s annual report into the nation’s digital habits.
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Mark Galloway @markgalloway.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
'Our whole life is a secret". The BBC's Crossing Continents takes us into the world of 'Leila' who tells us what her life is like on a daily basis under the Taliban. It's a shocking and moving account of how difficult life is for women in Afghanistan. A must listen. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC Radio 4 - Crossing Continents, Our whole life is a secret
One young woman's story from Taliban controlled Afghanistan.
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