Dakar Draft Declaration
This declaration represents a unified commitment to address discrimination based on work and descent, untouchability, contemporary forms of slavery, and analogous forms of discrimination.
Discrimination Based on Work and Descent and Untouchability: Global Profile and a Common Framework to Eliminate the Practice
This report provides a common framework emphasizing the need for concerted efforts to eradicate the practice of discrimination based on work and descent worldwide.
Right to Freedom from Segregation Right to Livelihood and Social Security SDG Goal 10 - Reduced Inequalities SDG Goal 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth Stories
Pakistan: Government Scrambles to Cover up an Ugly Story on Manual Sewage Workers
An AFP report mentioned how public bodies specifically reserve menial cleaning jobs for “non-Muslims”. These are jobs for Christians and Hindus. On April 19, the Municipal Corporation of Sialkot showcased sanitation workers utilizing machines to clear obstructed sewage. It was a public relations exercise to combat a stinging AFP report earlier in the month showcasing…
Right to Education Right to Fair Access to Justice SDG Goal 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth Stories
India: Dalit Children go Missing, Get Trafficked or Work for a Living
About 10.1 million children aged between 5 to 14 work in India. Recent deaths in factories in Delhi, home to the country’s capital city points to the enslavement of children in risky factories. A total of 59,262 children were reported to go missing in India in 2020, according to the National Crime Records Bureau’s ‘Crime…
SDG Goal 1 - No Poverty SDG Goal 10 - Reduced Inequalities SDG Goal 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions SDG Goal 4 – Quality Education SDG Goal 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth UN Statements & Reports
SDG 10.2 Report – Empowering People and Ensuring Inclusiveness and Equality
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with its focus Ensuring No One is Left Behind in the development planning and implementation has captured and gravitated the world attention. SDGs talks about people-centric approach and principles of accountability, transparency and participation, which ensures this developmental methodology as a near perfect model for holistic development.Additionally, theoretically, SDGs are especially…