The Danielle Saint-Lôt Haiti Women’s Foundation
Our work is significantly impacting and empowering these women as well as their whole families so they can approach farming as a family business.
Reparations Today
Gendered Violence and Reparatory Justice: The Past is Here
For racialised women, the materiality of gendered and sexual violence is embedded in histories of colonial violence.
Women’s Resistance to Chattel Slavery
Women were often at the centre of resistance in a variety of ways – as leaders, healers, nurturers, mothers … but there are also many instances where women found ways to engage in silent or lesser-known acts of resistance.
Gender, Reparations, and Revising the CARICOM Ten-Point Plan
Chattel enslavement and the burden of production fell disproportionately on women. Therefore, I want to help to shape the review of the plan to ensure that fact is there and that there’s a specific demand for reparatory justice for what happened to women.
NRC Launches National Reparations Consultation
The Accra Reparation Conference adds to the growing demands for reparations after about 12 million Africans were forcefully taken by European nations from the 16th to the 19th century and enslaved on plantations that built wealth at the price of misery.
The Repair Campaign: November 2023 Update
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A Ghana reparations summit agrees on a global fund to compensate Africans for the slave trade
The Accra Reparation Conference adds to the growing demands for reparations after about 12 million Africans were forcefully taken by European nations from the 16th to the 19th century and enslaved on plantations that built wealth at the price of misery.
Reparatory Justice is a Priority for CARICOM Heads of Government – CARICOM Secretary-General
Dr Barnett emphasised that CARICOM Heads of Government agree that collaboration with Africa on reparations is critical to moving the reparations justice agenda further forward. “They have expressed their full support for the convening of the Accra Reparations Conference as a strategic and prime opportunity to forge a common, collaborative agenda between the Caribbean and Africa on reparations”, stated the Secretary-General.
The Accra Conference on Reparations gets underway on Tuesday Nov. 14
In various parts of the world, people of African ancestry are pushing the cause for reparations. In the United States, political leaders, religious personalities, grassroots organizations, opinion leaders have been unceasingly and increasingly calling for reparation, generations after generations.
Lloyd’s of London to invest $65 million following slavery report
Lloyd’s of London (SOLYD.UL) will invest 40 million pounds ($49.6 million) in regions affected by the transatlantic slave trade, it said on Wednesday, after a report showed the commercial insurance market had strong links to the trade.
Should reparations be part of Scotland’s approach to global affairs?
As part of Black History Month, Scotland’s International Development Alliance held an event to delve into the role of reparations in Scotland’s approach to global affairs.
UN report highlights persistent global discrimination against people of African descent, calls for reparations
The U.N. body formed to promote respect for and protect people of African descent around the world says in its first report that they continue “to be victims of systemic racial discrimination and racialized attacks” and calls for reparations.