All Outputs (6)

Addressing Afri-phobia/Afro-Phobia in UK higher education institutions (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Olaiya, H. B. A. (2017, November). Addressing Afri-phobia/Afro-Phobia in UK higher education institutions. Presented at United Nations Working Group of Experts Meeting addressing racial stereotypes of people of African descent, Palais Wilson, Geneve

ECRI General Policy Recommendation No.7 prohibits discrimination in higher education institutions; nonetheless staff and students from the African diaspora have disproportionately poorer than their white peers in the UK. This presentation was made to... Read More about Addressing Afri-phobia/Afro-Phobia in UK higher education institutions.

Statement to the UN OHCHR regional meeting for Europe, Central Asia and North America on the international decade for people of African descent (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Olaiya, H. B. A. (2017, November). Statement to the UN OHCHR regional meeting for Europe, Central Asia and North America on the international decade for people of African descent. Presented at Regional Meeting for Europe, Central Asia and North America on the International Decade for People of African Descent, 23-24 November 2017, Geneva, Palais des Nations, United Nations

This Regional Meeting on IDPAD hosted by UN OHCHR brought together stakeholders including civil society, academia, state parties and representatives of UN bodies to discuss interventions needed, where violations of ICESCR 1965 disproportionately dise... Read More about Statement to the UN OHCHR regional meeting for Europe, Central Asia and North America on the international decade for people of African descent.

Statement for input in the draft outcome document of the UN OHCHR regional meeting for Europe, Central Asia and North America on the international decade for people of African descent (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Olaiya, H. B. A. (2017, November). Statement for input in the draft outcome document of the UN OHCHR regional meeting for Europe, Central Asia and North America on the international decade for people of African descent. Presented at Regional Meeting for Europe, Central Asia & North America on IDPAD, Palais des Nations, United Nations

This statement illustrates data input linking the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to achieve outcomes sought by international civil society to address Afri-phobia/Afro-phobia/Negro-phobia globally.

How can the international decade for people of African descent be used to move Africans forward? (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Olaiya, H. B. A. (2017, August). How can the international decade for people of African descent be used to move Africans forward?. Presented at Remembering Aug. 23: International day of African resistance against enslavement, London, England

This presentation was made to the audience at an event hosted by Harrow BHM, in celebration of the International Day Of African Resistance Against Enslavement, otherwise known as the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Ab... Read More about How can the international decade for people of African descent be used to move Africans forward?.

A qualitative research study of strategic interventions to address afro-phobia in the european union (2017)
Presentation / Conference
to address afro-phobia in the european union. Presented at HAS Postgraduate Research Conference 2017, Bristol, England

Empirical evidence highlights historical and contemporary manifestations of Afro-phobia hinder the implementation of anti-discrimination norms. Black, African, African diaspora and people of African descent are used here to refer to “descendants of e... Read More about A qualitative research study of strategic interventions to address afro-phobia in the european union.

The black Mediterranean in action symposium (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Olaiya, H. B. A. (2017, June). The black Mediterranean in action symposium. Presented at The Black Mediterranean in Action Symposium, Birmingham, England

A central research question addressed by my thesis is “what bridges can be built to address structural barriers which marginalise the African diaspora from fulfilling universal human rights?” I argue thematic objectives of the International Decade fo... Read More about The black Mediterranean in action symposium.