Speech by Simona Torotcoi at Consultative Advocacy Workshop for Roma and Sinti Women (2 June) and the launching event of ODIHR Handbook on Advocating for Roma and Sinti Women’s Rights (3 June) that took place in Warsaw, Poland.Photo by OSCE/Piotr Dziubak Status According to the OHCHR Universal Human Rights Index there are about 500 recommendations concerning Roma women issued by 24…
Written Contribution to the Draft General Recommendation No. 41 on Dismantling Gender Stereotypes and the Unequal Power Relations that Sustain them; Perspectives from Women affected by Work and Descent based Discrimination The Global Forum of Communities Discriminated on Work and Descent (GFoD) presents this submission in response to the Committee’s call for input on Draft…
Global Forum of Communities Discriminated on Work and Descent (GFoD) & The Inclusivity Project (TIP) AFRICA | ASIA | EUROPE | LATIN AMERICA Who We AreThe Global Forum of Communities Discriminated on Work and Descent (GFoD) and The Inclusivity Project (TIP) are committed to voicing the rights of communities discriminated on work and descent (CDWD)….
By Cheikh Sidati Hamadi, Senior Expert on CDWD Rights (GFoD), Essayist, Research Associate, Specialist in Structural Discrimination The harrowing image of a woman giving birth outdoors in Néma, followed by her horrific death on June 9, 2025, should haunt the conscience of every citizen and policymaker in Mauritania. This was not just a tragic incident—it…
“I had three daughters. He took all of them. And my only son.” 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…
