Director of Diaspora Affairs at the Office of the President, Akwasi Awuah Ababio has emphasized the need to promote advocacy and global action on contemporary and historical crimes against the people of Africa and the Global African Diaspora.
Speaking during a high-level consultation on the mobilization of global reparations and racial healing movement, Akwasi Awuah Ababio said the government recognizes the diaspora as one of its biggest assets and would, through the policy, harness the potential of the diaspora to contribute to national development.
Justice and Repair (J & R)
Justice and Repair is a racial justice Initiative of the Africa Transitional Justice Legacy Fund(ATJLF). It seeks to promote advocacy and global action on contemporary and historical crimes against the people of Africa and the Global African Diaspora. Justice and Repair will serve as an intermediary grant maker, a convenor, a narrative builder, and a repository for research and documentation on the intersection between racial and reparatory justice and healing.
Its mission is to bridge the gap between Africans and the Global African Diaspora to drive a common advocacy for racial and reparatory justice. As an intermediary funder, we build bridges between the African continent and the diaspora through grant-making, advocacy, convenings, and storytelling. We strive for a world where the barriers and structures of inequality that continue to marginalize Africans and people of the Global African Diaspora are pulled down.
The high-level consultation on the mobilization of global reparations and racial healing movement, which was convened by the African-America Institute based in the USA, brought together, stakeholders including the Head of the Diaspora Division, AU Commission, Former Commissioner and special rapporteur on refugees, Asylum Seekers and Migrants, Maya Sahil-Fadel and Senior Coordinator for Reparatory Justice Dr. Ahmed Zanya Bugre.
Under the Justice and Repair Initiative, ATJLF organizes periodic events and programs that bring together experts and practitioners to advance the cause of reparations.
In 2022, it organized the Accra Summit where the Accra Declaration was made.
Source: Ghana/Starrfm.com.gh/Obed King Gagblo
