Climate Justice Cannot Leave Some Behind: Women Affected by Work and Descent Based Discrimination

When we talk about climate change, we often focus on rising temperatures, extreme weather, and environmental damage. But behind these headlines are human stories and many of them are still not being heard. Read more here. At a recent event during the Commission on the Status of Women, activists and community leaders came together to…

Roma Women on the Frontlines of Strategic Litigation — Why It Matters Now More Than Ever

Roma Women on the Frontlines of Strategic Litigation — Why It Matters Now More Than Ever

“When Roma women bring cases to court, they are not only defending their own rights. They are challenging systems that have excluded generations and reshaping the meaning of equality in Europe“ ~ Senada Sali On International Women’s Day, we recognise the vital role Roma women play in advancing justice and equality across Europe. Through courage,…

Beyond the Margins: A CDWD Youth Vision for a Post-Doha Declaration World

For centuries and ages, Communities Discriminated on Work and Descent (CDWD) have lived at the harshest edges of social and economic exclusion. Yet across regions from Dalit and Burakumin communities in South Asia to Roma settlements in Europe, from Haratin groups in Mauritania to Palenque and Quilombola and Palenque territories in Latin America  youth are…