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United Nations Population Fund See Us, Hear Us, Count Us In: Voices of the Decade 23 July 2021 YouTube See Us, Hear Us, Count Us In: #VoicesOfTheDecade, an event co-organized by the United Nations Department of Global Communications, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), marks the midterm review of the implementation of the International Decade for People of African Descent (2014-2025), which advocates for justice, recognition and development to ensure people of African descent can exercise their full human rights. The a...

One year ago on Tuesday (May 25th), George Floyd was murdered by a police officer in the city of Minneapolis in the US. The city was subsequently rocked by huge racial justice protests, which spread first across the US, and then further afield, with massive demonstrations taking place in many major European cities. These protests didn’t just centre on police brutality. As the Black Lives Matter movement gained recognition in Europe, the issues of systemic discrimination and even Europe’s colonial past started to be raised. A year on since the murder that sparked a summer of protest, how m...

The European Commission (EC) has appointed Michaela Moua as its first ever Anti-Racism Coordinator, delivering on an important commitment set out in the EU anti-racism action plan, the EC said on May 17. The EC announced its intention in September 2020 to appoint a co-ordinator for anti-racism as part of an action plan against racism over the next five years. In her new role, the coordinator will liaise closely with people with a minority racial and ethnic background and relay their concerns to the EC, the statement said. Moua will interact with EU countries, the European Parliament, civil so...