Should we discriminate in order to act? Profiling: a necessary but debated practice - World
Should we discriminate in order to act? Profiling: a necessary but debated practice Format by Françoise Duroch and Michaël Neuman In October 2020, MSF organised a workshop in Dakar on staff profiling in operations in the Sahel. Profiling involves the selection of staff based on non-professional criteria, including nationality, skin colour, gender and religion. As such, it raises a number of ethical and practical concerns. As a result of profiling, US nationals have not been deployed in MSF operations in Colombia because of the risk of kidnapping, and Chadians and Rwandans have been excluded...