GFoD submits input for EU Anti-Racism strategy, makes key recommendations

GFoD submits input for EU Anti-Racism strategy, makes key recommendations

The Global Forum of Communities Discriminated on Work and Descent (GFoD) and European Roma Grassroots Organisation (ERGO) urged the European Union to confront a form of racism that, though centuries old, remains largely unacknowledged in modern policy: discrimination based on work and descent. In its submission to the EU’s ongoing consultation on the Anti‑Racism Strategy,…

Landmark Recognition for CDWD at UN Human Rights Council

Landmark Recognition for CDWD at UN Human Rights Council

In a historic development for global human rights, the 59th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council opened with a powerful statement of solidarity and recognition for Communities Discriminated on Work and Descent (CDWD), commonly affected by caste-like systems of exclusion, marginalization, and inherited inequality. During his global human rights update at the opening…

No Consent, No Childhood: Forced Conversions and the Collapse of Minority Rights in Pakistan

No Consent, No Childhood: Forced Conversions and the Collapse of Minority Rights in Pakistan

ā€œI had three daughters. He took all of them. And my only son.ā€ These aren’t the words of a woman at war. They are the pleas of a Hindu mother in Shahdadpur, Sindh, a province where being born as a minority can mean being robbed of your child, your faith, and your future. On June…

Toronto Declaration 2025 Calls for Global Action to End Caste Discrimination: See all details

Toronto Declaration 2025 Calls for Global Action to End Caste Discrimination: See all details

TheĀ Global Conference for a Caste-Free World 2025, held in Toronto from May 25–27, culminated with the adoption of theĀ Toronto Declaration, a sweeping international call to dismantle caste-based and analogous systems of discrimination worldwide. The declaration demands urgent and coordinated action across governments, civil society, and international institutions to address centuries of injustice affecting over 250…

Global leaders Call for Global Action to End Caste and Descent-Based Discrimination

Global leaders Call for Global Action to End Caste and Descent-Based Discrimination

At the Global Conference for a Caste Free World 2025, held in Toronto, Paul Divakar Namala delivered a powerful address that spotlighted the enduring global crisis of caste and descent-based discrimination.Ā  His speech, titled ā€œAddressing Caste and Descent-Based Discrimination: A Global Imperative,ā€ weaving together deep historical insight, lived experiences of oppressed communities, appealed for an…