About #
In this present report, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights unpacks key elements of intersectionality as an essential framework to combat systemic racism and confront legacies of enslavement and colonialism. The High Commissioner draws on data and lived experiences exposing systemic racism and multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination faced by Africans and people of African descent in different regions, while showing how groups – and individuals within those groups – experience discrimination in qualitatively different ways, considering their diverse identities.
The High Commissioner finds that long-standing leadership and advocacy, notably by women of African descent, has resulted in some Governments and others increasingly seeking to apply an intersectionality framework in responses to discrimination and inequalities. However, significant challenges prevail and comprehensive implementation of all components of the intersectionality framework is lacking.
Highlights #
In English
In Spanish
In Portuguese
In French
Report #
https://docs.un.org/en/A/HRC/57/67
