Stopping Discrimination Based on Jobs and Family Background
Interlocking global crises, financial shocks, and other pressures are impacting the ability of civil society organizations to address human rights violations. This includes the work being done to help the more than 270 million people across the world experiencing discrimination based on work and descent. In the wake of governments and institutions dialing back or abandoning support, what can the average citizen do? Join human rights advocate N. Paul Divakar, Convenor for Global Forum of Communities Discriminated on Work and Descent, and others through the Inclusivity Project, a New York-based global nonprofit organization committed to protecting and promoting the rights of Communities Discriminated on Work and Descent to learn more.
Location: Jefferson Educational Society - 3207 State St, Erie, PA 16508
Date/Time: Monday, July 28, 7-8:30PM
Admission: FREE
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Dr. N. Paul Divakar: Convenor, Global Forum of Communities Discriminated on Work and Descent (GFoD) is a human rights advocate specifically working on the issues of the marginalised communities for almost four decades. His expertise includes economic rights, access to justice and inclusion in disasters and humanitarian crises. Paul Divakar was the Convenor of the National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights, when it received the prestigious 2007 RAFTO prize awarded to human rights defenders
