Afrodescendant Population of Latin America, UNDP

Who We Are

Afrodescendant Population of Latina America
The afrodescendants, which represent about 20 to 30% of the population in Latin America, experience disproportionate levels of poverty anof the afro-Panamanian populationd social exclusion, and continue facing a severe discrimination in every field. Even though the existence of national legal frames and the creation of a variety of institutions to ensure the exercise of the rights of the afro populations, the enforcement of the laws and regulations is...

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Bank of Experiences

Somos Afro is a blog that compiles the work of the Seminar-Workshop for Multimedia Reporting, The Afro Population in Latin America (June 7-12, 2010, Cartagena, Colombia), organized by Afrodescendant Population of Latin America Project , UNDP, the Fundación Nuevo Periodismo Iberoamericano (FNPI) and Deutsche Welle-Akademie.

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Publications

Rights of Afrodescendant Population of Latin America: Challenges for its Implementation

The book compiles four consultancy works commissioned by the project in the framework of the self titled seminar, which took place in the city of Panama on November 30 and December 1, 2009. At that meeting, the existing gaps between international agreements and conventions in issues promoting and defending the rights of afrodescendant population and their effective implementation in the signatory countries were addressed. The mentioned studies have different approaches and perspectives, which were enriched by the contributions of those attending the seminar. (Available only in Spanish)

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News

Presentations on Social Inclusion of the Afrodescendant Population

Available for our readers are three presentations from the "Social inclusion of Afrodescendant Population" Conference, held previously on August 13th in the Cultural Centre of Cali, Colombia..

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SCHOLARSHIPS 2010
Online Course “Public Policies with a Human Development Approach: Social Inclusion of the Afrodescendant Population”

The regional project “Afrodescendant Population of Latin America”; invites you to participate in the online course “Public Policies with a Human Development Approach: Social inclusion of the Afrodecendant Population,” organized jointly with the Virtual School (Escuela Virtual) for Latin America and the Caribbean of the UNDP. Start date: 14 September. Duration: 13 weeks. 100% Grant.

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COLOMBIA
Highly positive balance for the "Somos Afro " exhibition

"Somos Afro" (We Are Afro) Fair of Social Inclusion of the Afrodescendant Population of Colombia, Ecuador and Panama which was hosted by the UNDP regional project "Afrodescendant Population of Latin America" in the framework of popular XIV Petronio Alvarez Pacific Music Festival (Cali, Colombia, August 11-14, 2010) received an excellent reception.

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COLOMBIA
Seminar for the advancement of the afro Colombian Population

On July 12th the "Analysis of Policies and Interventions for the Advancement of the Afro Population" Workshop took place in Bogota organized by the “Afrodescendant Population of Latin America" Project with the cooperation of the UNDP Office in Colombia.

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