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When couples work in development aid but disagree about whether they're helping or harming

My partner and I both work for nonprofits focused on global development but we can't agree on whether our organizations are actually helping or perpetuating the systems we claim to oppose, and it's affecting how we see our shared future and financial decisions.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Two people sharing a life must reckon with the possibility that their professional identities rest on a moral contradiction.

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