Hear us Now! Here’s all you need to know about challenged faced by Discriminated Youth the World over
At the 2024 High-Level Political Forum (HLPF), youth from communities discriminated on work and descent (CDWD) presented a comprehensive call for global action. The factsheet, “CDWD Youth and the SDGs: From Margins to Global Action”, underscores the urgent need to address the systemic exclusion of these youth across Latin America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. The […]
The ECOSOC President just congratulated us on our work: Will you help us continue it?
At the 4th meeting of the 2025 United Nations High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development, held on 15th June, Communities Discriminated on Work and Descent (CDWD) youth leader Naveen Gautam delivered a powerful and deeply moving intervention as the Lead Discussant during a session focused on accelerating SDG achievement in African countries, Least Developed […]
Erased Twice Over: UN Paper Highlights Urgent Reforms for Women Facing Descent-Based Discrimination
A landmark policy paper released in July 2025 by UN Women, in collaboration with the Global Forum of Communities Discriminated on Work and Descent (GFoD), casts a spotlight on the urgent need for intersectional rights-based approaches to combat structural discrimination faced by women from Communities Discriminated on Work and Descent (CDWD). These communities, estimated to […]
Born Unequal: The Silent Power of Descent in Shaping Our Lives
Imagine being told, without words, that your future was decided before you were born. No matter how hard you study, how much you dream, or how many borders you cross, society has already decided a place for you, and it’s somewhere below them. This is the lived reality for millions across the world who are […]
When Gender Meets Descent: The Double Burden No One Wants to See
There are women who fight to break the glass ceiling and there are women who were never even allowed into the building. Across the world, women from communities discriminated on work and descent (CDWD) live at the intersection of two deeply rooted systems of oppression: gender and social hierarchy. Their bodies, labour, and voices are […]
Youth on the Frontline: Redefining Leadership from the Margins
They call us ‘the future’, but we are already here, shaping the present. Across the world, young people from marginalized communities are rising not as symbols of hope, but as architects of change. They’re challenging inherited hierarchies, rewriting social norms, and proving that leadership doesn’t belong to the privileged; it belongs to those who dare […]
