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…
The report portrays the situation of CDWD at a glance in Bangladesh and the response of state, national, and international mechanisms to safeguard their rights.
Like other states in South Asia, CDWD in Nepal are often faced with intergenerational, discrimination, segregation
