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Tackling Anti-Black Racism at the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)
Karen Taylor, ENPAD Member, and ENAR Board Member spoke on the 7th of September at the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) about the state of Racism against Black People in Europe. You can watch the session here from 03:10. Read more about the matter in her article for The Parliament Magazine…
Read MoreOpen Letter regarding the Decade for People of African Descent to the European Union Delegation to the United Nations
Your Excellency Mr. João Vale de Almeida, We, as the European Network of People of African Descent (ENPAD), are contacting you as the Head of the European Delegation to the United Nations regarding the Decade for People of African Descent. The Decade is in its third year in 2017 and yet there has been no…
Read MoreDiscussing Anti-Black Racism in Europe at the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)
Karen Taylor ISD Member and ENAR Board Member spoke on the 7th of September at the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) about the state of Racism against Black People in Europe. Watch her input here after 3:10. Read more about the matter in her article for The Parliament Magazine.
Read MoreDiversity in the European Commission: Open letter to Jean-Claude Juncker and Günther Oettinger
ENPAD co-signed the Open Letter to Jean-Claude Juncker and Günter Oettinger published by the European Network Against Racism. The full letter can be found below: Dear President Juncker and Commissioner Oettinger, We welcome the European Commission’s Diversity and Inclusion Strategy ‘A better workplace for all: from equal opportunities to towards diversity and inclusion’ published on 19th July…
Read MoreWhat's This with Dan Biss! The Ubuntu Campaign for Black Refugees: Paving the Way to Safety with the Boldness of a Bike
“We’re against all forms of discrimination and that’s why we are using all of our power against what is happening to Black bodies in Libya.” Zerai’s voice was low and level, and although we spoke over the phone I could feel the unwavering conviction in his words. The power he is talking about is…
Read MoreWHAT’S THIS WITH DAN BISS! The Quest for Asylum: Refugees Welcome?
In November 2016 The United States elected Donald Trump as president, despite Hillary Clinton winning the popular vote. At the time, the world was still reeling from #Brexit, a long anticipated referendum to determine whether the UK would stay in the EU, or exit; The decision to leave after 40 years of unity shocked the…
Read MoreStatement by Continental Network for Indigenous Women in the Americas—North America and the European Network of People of African Descent (ENPAD) at the EMRIP 10th Session, UN Geneva 12th July 2017
Thank you Chair, This is a joint statement by the Continental Network for Indigenous Women in the Americas—North American Region and the European Network of People of African Descent (ENPAD). I am Dr Michael McEachrane and I address you as a representative of ENPAD.
Read MoreStatement by Michael McEachrane, European Network of People of African Descent (ENPAD), at the EMRIP 10th Session, UN Geneva 10th July 2017
Thank you Chairperson, I am here as a member of the European Network of People of African Descent (ENPAD), invited by the Continental Network of Indigenous Women of the Americas. ENPAD is an umbrella organisation of 18 organisations in 9 European countries.
Read MoreEuropean Development Days 2017
Advocacy team coordinator Modi Ntambwe participated as rapporteur at the roundtable working session regarding the role of the diasporas in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) implementation; offering the opportunity to share with specific EU agencies the underuse of the the tools embedded in the International Decade for People of African Descent.
Read MoreENPAD at the funders conference Turin
ENPAD General Coordinator Jessica de Abreu attended a funders conference Turin, Italy, on the 8th & 9th of April. Jessica spoke on a panel about funding feminist grassroots activism. The panel was held under the title “Working through the cracks: experience of feminist activism”.
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