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Afro-Colombians Colombia Slavery South America | 04 May 2023

EVENT: Afro-Colombian Day and Life – A Sofa Talk with Angelica Ricaurte Villalobos

Join us right before Afro-Colombian Day (21 May) and hear from an inspiring human rights activist what it means to…

Realizing Rights for All: tackling the structural drivers of economic, social and cultural rights deprivations facing marginalized groups

Duration: 1 April 2022 – 31 December 2024 Country:  Latin America (Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Guatemala, Peru), North Africa (Morocco, Tunisia),…

Afro-Brazilians Anti-discrimination Brazil Disability Publications Quilombos South America Violence against women Women | 30 Mar 2023

The Situation of Black People with Disabilities in Brazil

This report considers the situation of black people with disabilities in Brazil. In particular, the authors focus on the historical…

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South America | 22 Dec 2022

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Afro-Brazilians Brazil Disability Minorities | 02 Dec 2022

UN Committee makes historic recommendations to Brazilian Government on intersectional discrimination between disability and race

Today, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) made historic recommendations relating to intersectional discrimination on grounds…

Advocacy Brazil Minorities | 16 Nov 2022

MRG concerned about the situation of black and other marginalized people with disabilities in Brazil

This statement was delivered by Luciana Viegas, director of Vidas Negras com Deficiência Importam, on behalf of Minority Rights Group,…

Advocacy Afro-Brazilians Americas Brazil Disability Quilombos UPR | 31 Oct 2022

Brazil: MRG denounces the situation faced by black and other marginalized persons with disabilities

Last week, MRG and partners submitted an alternative report on the situation for black people with disabilities in Brazil ahead…

Afro-Brazilians Brazil Disability Quilombos | 24 Oct 2022

Mecanismos internacionais de direitos humanos como forma de destacar discriminação interseccional de gênero, de deficiência e racial

Click here to read this page in English Duração: 1 de agosto de 2021 – 31 de março de 2023…

Afro-Brazilians Brazil Disability Quilombos | 21 Oct 2022

Highlighting intersectional racial, disability and gender discrimination using international human rights mechanisms

Clique aqui para ler esta página em português Duration: 1 August 2021 – 31 March 2023 Country: Brazil Communities: Black…

Americas Brazil Minorities | 15 Jun 2022

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