Center for Global Development controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2021
Employment appeal overturns initial Forstater ruling
The Employment Appeal Tribunal reversed the initial decision and held that the relevant belief was capable of protection under the Equality Act. CGD criticized the outcome, and staff members publicly defended the original tribunal’s concern about the impact of exclusionary language on transgender people.
2019
Initial employment tribunal ruling in Forstater dispute
A UK employment tribunal initially ruled in favor of CGD in a belief-discrimination claim brought by former visiting fellow Maya Forstater, finding that her gender-critical views did not qualify as a protected philosophical belief.