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…
The Global Forum of Communities Discriminated on Work and Descent (GFOD), in collaboration with The Inclusivity Project, launched their landmark report titled ‘Communities Discriminated on Work and
Les Communautés victimes de discrimination fondée sur le travail et l’ascendance (CDWD selon l’accronyme anglais) sont opprimées par une discrimination basé sur la profession ou la caste, et sont souvent contraintes à des conditions d’esclavage traditionnel ou moderne ou de travail forcé. En outre, les CDWD sont confrontées à des formes extrêmes d’isolement et de…
La Mauritanie, officiellement connue sous le nom de République islamique de Mauritanie, est un pays araboafricain situé au nord-ouest de l’Afrique, entre le Maghreb et l’Afrique noire subsaharienne. Elle est membre de l’Union africaine, de la Ligue arabe, de l’Union du Maghreb arabe, de l’Organisation de la coopération islamique et de l’Organisation pour la mise…
Mauritania, officially known as the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is an Arab-African country locatednorthwest of Africa, between the Maghreb and Sub-Saharan Black Africa. It is a member of the African Union, the Arab League, the Arab Maghreb Union, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, the Organisation for the Development of the Senegal River (OMVS) and the…
The inclusivity Project et le Forum mondial des communautés discriminées sur le travail et l’ascendance ont lancé leur rapport intitulé “Communautés discriminées sur le travail et l’ascendance au Niger et le statut de l’esclavage moderne” afin d’aider les lecteurs, les chercheurs et les décideurs politiques à comprendre l’ampleur de la discrimination à laquelle sont confrontés…
The Inclusivity Project and the Global Forum of Communities Discriminated on Work and Descent will launch their “Communities Discriminated on Work and Descent in Niger and the Status of Modern Slavery” to help readers, researchers and policymakers understand the extent of discrimination faced by CDWD in Niger. Niger, officially known as the Republic of Niger,…
December was an important and exciting month for us, and we are glad to present our work in three languages for your perusal. From Global Forum of Communities Discriminated on Work and Descent visits to Ghana and Cameroon in Africa to GFoD at the UN Forum of BusinessHuman Rights and Forum on Minority Issue, we cover…
To help our readers understand the various forms of discrimination and exploitation they face and emphasise the need for further research and collaborative action to address these issues, we have prepared a PowerPoint Presentation based on a field visit to the University of Ghana to help understand the condition of CDWDs, the steps being taken…
Africa has a long-standing history of slavery and slavery practices through domestic slavery, which intensified extensively through the trans-Saharan, Indian Ocean and the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Today, hundreds of thousands of formerly enslaved people in and from Africa can trace back their modern forms of slavery and discrimination – to the caste-based slavery of the…
