Niamh Harris – A United Nations agency has been branded ‘Orwellian’ after it told staff not to use the term ‘Englishman’ in the latest crackdown on ‘gendered’ language

The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), one of the 15 specialized UN agencie has started cracking down on the use of so-called masculine terminology in its communications and documentation.

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