International Day for Women and Girls of African Descent

The United Nations General Assembly Resolution A/RES/78/323 , which designates July 25th as International Day for Women and Girls of African Descent to honor women and girls of African descent calls for renewed global action and accountability to eliminate racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, and related intolerance, particularly as they affect women and girls of African descent . The General Assembly, Reaffirming the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, Recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights , the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, which condemns any discrimination against women in all its forms, in particular relevant articles thereof, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Conv...