29 November-1 December 2023, São Paulo
Hosted by the Government of Brazil
The third edition of the Global Forum against Racism and Discrimination will be held in São Paulo, Brazil, from 29 November to 1 December 2023.
This edition will focus on the importance of placing race at the center of developing and implementing strategies for socioeconomic development. Government officials, including ministers, policymakers, practitioners, academics and members of civil society and artistic communities, will be invited to discuss effective strategies to address systemic racism.
The 2023 issue will mark the launch of the UNESCO Network of Anti-Racism and Anti-Discrimination Officials, with the goal of bolstering the development of innovative and inclusive policy solutions towards peace, equity and non-discrimination. There will also be the announcement of new UNESCO initiatives.
The agenda will cover various topics such as building inclusive policies; advancing gender equality; enhancing the capacities of civil society; approaching artificial intelligence and its role in perpetuating racism; protecting the rights of indigenous peoples; bolstering the roles of cities, civic spaces, artistic and academic communities; and leveraging social philanthropy to address racial inequity.
High-level representatives from Governments, Mayors from the Intertional Coalition of
Inclusive and Sustainable Cities - ICCAR, public policy experts, academia, scientists, civil society actors, NGOs, artists and creatives, the private sector and media will exchange ideas and recommendations on the way forward.

9:00 – 9:30 – Opening Ceremony
9:30 – 12:00 – Ministerial Panel: Equal Before the Law: How come racism still persists?
12:00 – 13:30 – Lunch Break
13:30 – 14:30 – Scrub the Data: Is equality data the answer?
14:30 – 15:30 – The Cost of Racism: Evaluating what societies have to lose (and have already lost)
15:30 – 16:00 – Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:00 – It Takes a Village: Building the capacities of civil society
17:00 – 18:00 – Unlearning hate: How do we confront racism, hate speech and violent pasts through education?
9:00 – 10:00 – From Local to Global: Cities and their roles in the worldwide anti-racism efforts
10:00 – 11:00 – Resilience against Racism: Building media and information literacy and rights-respecting platform governance
11:00 – 12:00 – Racism not Race: Unraveling history and memory
12:00 – 13:30 – Lunch Break
13:30 – 14:30 – “Their” Culture is Our Culture: Protecting indigenous peoples’ rights
14:30 – 15:30 – Break with the Status Quo: Advancing gender-based resilience
15:30 – 16:00 – Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:00 – Say it Different: Gendered language and women’s participation in the labour market
17:00 – 17:30 – Fireside Chat with Minister Stephen Par Kuol, Minister for Peacebuilding (South Sudan) and Gabriela Ramos, Assistant Director-General for Social and Human Sciences of UNESCO
17:30 – 18:30 – Melting pot: Optimizing the “Arab Latinos!” project
9:00 – 10:00 – Ending Disability Discrimination through more Inclusive Policy Frameworks
10:00 – 11:00 – Labor Rights and Jobs with Dignity for Everyone: Combatting Racism and Discrimination
11:00 – 12:00 – Let’s Talk: The impact of narratives on discrimination against migrants
12:00 – 13:30 – Lunch Break
13:30 – 14:30 – Pride in our Laws: Advancing LGBTQIA+ rights
14:30 – 15:30 – Transforming MEN’talities: Engaging men and boys for gender equality
15:30 – 16:00 – Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:00 – The Ball is in Our Court: Using sport as a tool to combat racism
17:00 – 18:00 - System Re-set: Tackling racism and discrimination in generative AI
18:00 – 19:00 – Closing Ceremony
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