Call for Expressions of Interest: GFoD Civil Society Preparations for the 2026 Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs)
The Global Forum of Communities Discriminated on Work and Descent (GFoD) invites civil society organizations (CSOs), advocates, and experts to participate in our 2026 Voluntary National Review (VNR) preparation process....
Featured Event at the Civil Society Forum – World Summit for Social Development
Room #14, Exhibition Hall #7 Doha, QatarIntersectional Justice for Women and Girls: Structural Change and Leadership 📍 Doha, Qatar – 5 November 2025, 11:45 AM–12:45 PM(AST / UTC+3) Register here The Inclusivity Project (TIP), in partnership...
Designing Inclusive Futures: People-First Solutions for Social Inclusion and Equal Opportunities for Communities Discriminated on Work and Descent
Online: Zoom#HEARUSNOW Background:As the WSSD-2 convenes, this Solutions Session will spotlight community-led and multi-stakeholder initiatives addressing those most affected by social crises. Youth groups, stakeholders, IGOs, and Member States will present...
A Step Forward at the UN to Address Hierarchical Oppression – Strengthening International Standards to Protect Descent Communities
Discrimination based on Work and Descent (DWD) affects over 270 million people globally, often manifesting as social exclusion based on inherited status, practices of untouchability, and notions of "purity and...
Dismantling Systemic Barriers to Equitable Participation in Local Governance and Public Life
Church Center for the United Nations (Drew Room)The Asia Dalit Rights Forum, in collaboration with the The Inclusivity Project, Feminist Dalit Organisation (FEDO Nepal), and Dalit Women Forum/Nagorik Uddyog, will host an in-person parallel event during CSW70....
Women from Communities Discriminated on Work and Descent Claim Climate Justice
Climate change disproportionately impacts women from Communities Discriminated on Work and Descent, compounding entrenched structural inequalities. Caste- and descent-based discrimination, landlessness, inherited livelihood insecurity, and poverty intensify their exposure to...
Hidden and Normalized Inequality and Violence: The Realities of Women from Communities Discriminated on Work and Descent
Drew Room, UN Church CenterAcross the world, women from communities discriminated on work and descent (CDWD)—including Dalit, Quilombola, Haratine, and Roma women—continue to face extreme, multidimensional, and often invisible forms of gender-based violence. Despite...
Algorithmic Bias, Gender Justice, and Descent-Based Discrimination: Ensuring AI Works for All Women and Girls
Conference Room E, UN Headquarters New York, United StatesGender discrimination remains deeply rooted in many societies and is often experienced through intersectional forms of inequality shaped by factors such as descent, race, ethnicity, socio-economic status, and digital access....