The global charity’s new guidebook to using inclusive language also bans the word headquarters as it smacks of colonialism
Oxfam has urged staff to avoid the terms “mother” and “father” and instead use “parent” following the publication of its Inclusive Language Guide.
The charity, which aims to combat global poverty, published its new guidebook warning staff against a string of potentially “offensive” terms.
For example, when using mother and father, it warns employees to “avoid assuming the adoption of gendered roles by transgender parents”.
A bit holier than thou for a very rapey NGO.
