Advancing Equity and Social Justice for People of African Descent
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Celebrating People of African Descent
Let's agree to make racism history.
This International Day for the People of African Descent, UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem reminds us that all the steps towards recognition, justice and development for Black people are needed everywhere.
#BlackLivesMatter
International Day for People of African Descent 2021
31 August - 31 August 2021
Global
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Statement
UNFPA welcomes new Permanent Forum of People of African Descent
04 August 20211
See Us, Hear Us, Count Us In: Voices of the Decade
23 July - 23 July 2021
YouTube
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UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem's Message on the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
To mark the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem honours the memory of those forced from their homelands and calls for the end of slavery's legacy of racism and discrimination that continues to oppress people of African descent today.