In the long-standing resistance against a socially stratified society in the West Africa region, and particularly in the Upper River Region (URR) of The Gambia, a legal case and the following High Court judgement brought to light the persistence of caste practices and associated discrimination based on work and descent in the region. Case Citation:…
Global Forum of Communities Discriminated on Work and Descent (GFoD) is the global advocacymechanism of Communities Discriminated on Work and Descent (CDWD). More than 270 millionpeople across the world are discriminated against on the basis of this specific type of discriminationdescribed by the UN as “discrimination based on work and descent” (DWD). Even though it…
The 68th annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68) – the UN’s largest annual gathering on gender equality and women’s empowerment – took place from 11 – 22 March under the priority theme
Understanding the many faces of poverty Discrimination based on work and descent (DWD) is the UN terminology used in international contexts to describe the systemic marginalization experienced by certain communities, like Roma in Europe, Dalits in Asia, Burakumin in Japan, Haratin in Africa, and Quilombola in Brazil, due to their caste or similar inherited forms…
Save the dates ! March 13, 2.15 pm – 2.30pm ET UN HQ room F (UN ground pass needed for in-person participation) Please RSVP for in-person or online participation : https://bit.ly/CDWD-CSW68 March 15, 10:30am – 12pm ET, Remote on zoom Registration link for all : https://bit.ly/3UHPMqX March 20, 2.30pm – 4pm ET, UN Church Center, 11th floor Registration link for online participation …
