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Our programmes in the region
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), Sub-Saharan Africa (Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya,… …
Engaging Media and Minorities to Act for Peacebuilding (EMMAP) - Duration: 1 March 2022 – 28 February 2024 Countries: Ghana, Senegal, Sierra Leone What is this programme about? This programme seeks to raise awareness of… …
Furthest Behind First (FBF) - Duration: 1 October 2021 - 30 September 2024 Countries: Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe Community: Turkana, Endorois, Ogiek, Awer, Batwa, Benet, Maasai, Hadzabe,… …Our archive
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- HRC40 – SR on minority issues: MRG’s call for a better inclusion of non-Tswana tribes in Botswana (13 March 2019)
- MRG applauds official recognition of Wayeyi chief in Botswana (6 April 2017)
- Botswana: Tribal recognition and equality for the Wayeyi (19 November 2016)
- MRG applauds government on recognition of Wayeyi tribe in Botswana (1 June 2016)
- MRG Chair wins prestigious award in South Africa for her work against apartheid (11 December 2015)
- Say my Name – Using street theatre to address racism and discrimination (3 July 2015)
- A world of extremes – the paradox that is Luanda (23 May 2014)
- African countries dominate global ranking of communities facing greatest risk of mass killings (28 April 2014)
- “Freedom”, “Reconciliation”, “Viva!”, “Comrade”, “Robben Island”… (10 December 2013)
- Development with identity (14 March 2012)
- God does not discriminate (31 October 2011)
- Botswana appeal court gives Bushmen access to water in Kalahari desert (28 January 2011)
- Court’s ruling rides roughshod over Basarwa right to water, says MRG (6 August 2010)
- Botswana must amend discriminatory tribal policies says UN Committee (31 March 2005)
- Botswana tribal coalition calls for end to ‘assimilationist policies’ (15 March 2004)
- Namibian minorities workshop sparks debate over commitment to constitutional rights (24 July 2003)
- Namibian development policies failing to assist most marginalized minorities (27 January 2003)
All publications
- Namibia: Lack of water access and scarcity rock Tsumkwe settlement (2023)
- Zimbabwe: The disconnection of the San community from the modern economy (2022)
- Minority and Indigenous Trends 2021 – South Africa: In the midst of the pandemic, anti-foreigner sentiment has flourished (2021)
- Namibia: Sharing local ecological knowledge through digital tools among the Ju|’hoansi (2019)
- Minority Tribes in Botswana: the Politics of Recognition (2009)
- Minorities in Independent Namibia (2002)
- Voices From Angola (1995)
- Indian South Africans (1977)
- The Asian minorities of East and Central Africa (up to 1971) (1971)
- The San of the Kalahari (1970)
- The Namibians of South-West Africa (1970)
Our past programmes
- Deepening engagement: Achieving rights for Minorities and Indigenous Peoples in Africa (2020)
- Securing recognition of minorities and marginalised people and their rights in Botswana (2019)
- Street Theatre (2016)
- Strengthening the capacity of African minorities and indigenous peoples to advocate for the implementation of African regional and international standards (2015)
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- A world of extremes – the paradox that is Luanda
- “Freedom”, “Reconciliation”, “Viva!”, “Comrade”, “Robben Island”…
- Development with identity
- God does not discriminate
Press releases
- MRG applauds official recognition of Wayeyi chief in Botswana
- MRG applauds government on recognition of Wayeyi tribe in Botswana
- MRG Chair wins prestigious award in South Africa for her work against apartheid
- African countries dominate global ranking of communities facing greatest risk of mass killings
- Botswana appeal court gives Bushmen access to water in Kalahari desert
- Court’s ruling rides roughshod over Basarwa right to water, says MRG
- Botswana must amend discriminatory tribal policies says UN Committee
- Botswana tribal coalition calls for end to ‘assimilationist policies’
- Namibian minorities workshop sparks debate over commitment to constitutional rights
- Namibian development policies failing to assist most marginalized minorities
What we do
- Realizing Rights for All: tackling the structural drivers of economic, social and cultural rights deprivations facing marginalized groups
- Engaging Media and Minorities to Act for Peacebuilding (EMMAP)
- Furthest Behind First (FBF)
- Deepening engagement: Achieving rights for Minorities and Indigenous Peoples in Africa
- Securing recognition of minorities and marginalised people and their rights in Botswana
- Street Theatre
- Strengthening the capacity of African minorities and indigenous peoples to advocate for the implementation of African regional and international standards
Publications
- Namibia: Lack of water access and scarcity rock Tsumkwe settlement
- Minority Tribes in Botswana: the Politics of Recognition
- Minorities in Independent Namibia
- Voices From Angola
- Indian South Africans
- The Asian minorities of East and Central Africa (up to 1971)
- The Namibians of South-West Africa
- The San of the Kalahari
