Power Analysis Research

Published 28 February 2024

The Manson Unit is proud to have commissioned this research on power and inequality within MSF. It has been undertaken by independent researchers who have analysed documents and conducted interviews to create a resource for people to spark critical reflection and change within MSF.

I would like to thank OCA for its brave commitment to openness and transparency which can further the discourse on discrimination within MSF and the humanitarian endeavour at large.

While some of us will not recognize the observations in the research as a reflection of our own personal experiences with MSF, we can all appreciate this work for its insight into what MSF is for some of us somewhere. Everything is true for some of us, and I value the opportunity to hear these perspectives that may have otherwise gone unheard.

This research doesn’t have prescriptive recommendations: we encourage you to use it as a radical call to reflect on power dynamics within your own teams, and to think about what each of us needs to change in order for MSF to change.

Chiara Lepora, Director of Manson Unit, MSF UK