Statement by the Global Forum of Communities Discriminated on Work and Descent (GFoD) HLPF 2024, United Nations, New York Speaking at the HLPF 2024 side event titled âGood Practices and Challenges in the 2030 Agenda â Showcasing ongoing inclusive strategies of Communities Discriminated on Work and Descent,â Ambassadors and Permanent Representatives from Canada, Spain, Colombia,…
Madam Chair, excellencies, Civil Society Friends, ladies and gentlemen I’m representing the Stakeholder Group of Communities discriminated on Work and Descent and the Asia Pacific Regional CSO Engagement Mechanism. The Agenda 2030 has been instrumental in moving towards a sustainable future through the principle of leaving no one behind, however, we see that we are nowhere near…
The 68th annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68) â the UNâs largest annual gathering on gender equality and womenâs empowerment â took place from 11 â 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…
Like other states in South Asia, CDWD in Nepal are often faced with intergenerational, discrimination, segregation
