Afro-descendants speak up: "Our efforts count double if they are collective"
"Having Afro-descendant women and men serving as volunteers turns us into references for those who are and those who’re going to come," comments Glenda Joanna Wetherborn. Glenda is a UN Volunteer of Afro-descent serving as Human Rights and Gender Expert for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Guatemala. Together, she and two fellow Afro-descendant volunteers share their experience tackling inclusion and discrimination.
The diversity of cultures and identities is a stamp of the Latin America and Caribbean region. On United Nations Day, we recognize the efforts of the UN system, and the UN Volunteers who work therein, to implement solutions that are inclusive, innovative and respectful.