"As societies build walls of separation between communities,
ICAAD works to remove each brick to illuminate our common humanity"
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Building multidisciplinary partnerships & strategies to combat structural discrimination globally

Programs

We believe that women & girls can reach their full potential when systems are designed to include their experiences and voices, and existing patriarchal systems are disabled. Our programs expand access to justice and human rights education by using evidence-based solutions that are institutionalized in local communities affecting millions of women & girls.
We believe that the identity of marginalized communities must be safeguarded. This happens when their ethnic, national, religious, linguistic, political, or cultural backgrounds are not seen as antithetical to the State, but rather, as a driving force towards creating a pluralistic society. Ensuring equal dignity for minorities helps to ensure just and equitable systems.
The U.N. Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism is central to how we monitor discrimination globally because of its universal coverage of human rights issues and ability to track States who have explicitly agreed to address human rights gaps by reforming their domestic policy. We train law students and civil society on law as an invaluable advocacy tool.

 

Featured Media

Sexual Harassment Train the Trainers Workshop

ICAAD in partnership with The Fiji Women's Rights Movement (FWRM) organised the first ever train the trainers workshop to raise ... Read More
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Addressing Racism in VR + Donor Spotlight

Dear friend of ICAAD, This season, we are grateful that ICAAD has grown to be a vibrant community of people ... Read More
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Report Sets off Flurry of Questions for Women’s Rights Review

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) recently released an 8 page list of questions for ... Read More
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Demanding Access to Vital Services in Delhi

In December 2016, Nazdeek and ICAAD launched the SMS for Justice program in Delhi to track access to vital services ... Read More
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Global Pro Bono Report: Accessing Justice – 3 Year Anniversary Review

The Global Pro Bono Report shows the breadth and depth of ICAAD's ability to leverage multidisciplinary partnerships to catalyze social ... Read More
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Serving Vulnerable Communities Globally: Introduction to ICAAD

Vision: As societies build walls of separation between communities, ICAAD works to remove each brick to illuminate our common humanity ... Read More
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International Center for Advocates Against Discrimination - ICAAD

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International Center for Advocates Against Discrimination - ICAAD

"In criminological literature we refer to it as “desistence” now. People commit crimes at a lower frequency and at a lower severity, and eventually most of those people stop committing crimes eventually. But it’s not just this linear thing of you’re either a criminal or not a criminal. And this appears with these racial extremists. They don’t go from this extreme hate to just all of a sudden like, “Oh, you know what? I’m going to give that up because”—like you said—“I read a Martin Luther King book” or something. Not that those can’t facilitate that, because they do, and things like that are important. But just to say it’s a process that people move through, and they move back and forth through this process." ... See MoreSee Less

Why Some White Supremacists Eventually Give Up on Hate

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The fascinating research on 50 “formers”—racist extremists who slowly changed.
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2 weeks ago

International Center for Advocates Against Discrimination - ICAAD

"They also concluded that scores were manipulated to give men more points than women and thus hold down the number of women admitted, since school officials felt they were more likely to quit the profession after having children, or for other reasons." ... See MoreSee Less

"Makes me shake with rage": Japan probe shows university cut women's test scores

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Scores were manipulated to give men more points than women and thus hold down the number of women admitted
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3 weeks ago

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Why White Liberals Are So Unwilling to Recognize Their Own Racism

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“All white people have internalized a racist worldview.”
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3 weeks ago

International Center for Advocates Against Discrimination - ICAAD

Amazing progress setting the bar for countries around the world.

"New Zealand has passed legislation granting victims of domestic violence 10 days paid leave to allow them to leave their partners, find new homes and protect themselves and their children.

MPs clapped and cheered as bill passed on Wednesday night with 63 votes to 57. It is the result of seven years of work by Green MP Jan Logie, who worked in a women’s refuge before she became a politician." ... See MoreSee Less

'A huge win': New Zealand brings in paid domestic violence leave

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MPs cheer after legislation passes to tackle what one called ‘horrifying’ rates of family violence
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International Center for Advocates Against Discrimination - ICAAD

4 weeks ago

International Center for Advocates Against Discrimination - ICAAD

The next time someone tells you people who do not have legal status in the US are criminals, refer them to this article.
"The [Immigration and Nationality Act (INA)] includes both criminal and civil components, providing both for criminal charges (e.g., alien smuggling, which is prosecuted in the federal courts) and for civil violations (e.g., lack of legal status, which may lead to removal through a separate administrative system in the Department of Justice). Being illegally present in the U.S. has always been a civil, not criminal, violation of the INA, and subsequent deportation
and associated administrative processes are civil proceedings. For instance, a lawfully admitted nonimmigrant alien may become deportable if his visitor’s visa expires or if his student status changes." ... See MoreSee Less

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