Vision
A world where no one is treated as untouchable.
To live in a world where our communities are never treated as impure, polluted or untouchable, but with dignity, respect and personhood.
About us
A survivor-led movement to end untouchability.
The Inclusivity Project (TIP) is a survivor-led global non-profit based in New York, with 501(c)(3) status. Since 2017 we have worked to eliminate untouchability and all forms of discrimination based on work, descent, caste, inherited status and descent-based slavery - affecting more than 330 million people across Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America.
Our story
Voices that have been silenced for generations - now reaching the United Nations.
TIP brings visibility, voice and action to descent-based discrimination at national, regional and international levels. We work with grassroots leaders to build inclusive coalitions that drive lasting change.
This form of discrimination is prevalent in many parts of the world - affecting the Osu, Haratin and Mbororo in Africa; Roma in Europe; Dalits and Burakumin in Asia; Quilombola and Palenque in Latin America. Together, more than 330 million people are denied the equal enjoyment of human rights because of who they were born as.
We strengthen these communities through capacity building, partnerships and evidence-based research that informs policy and advocacy at every level - from village councils to the UN Human Rights Council.
What untouchability means
Inherited at birth. Enforced for life.
Untouchability is inherited - it is there from the moment you are born. The social group you are assigned at birth determines your worth, your work, your future, and the walls you will spend your life pushing against.
Communities are identified by the work society forces on them: cleaning sewers with bare hands, removing carcasses and waste from the streets, and - for too many women and girls - forced servitude to dominant castes. Children are turned away from schools. Whole communities are denied care in hospitals, barred from shared wells, and told who to marry, where to worship, even where to bury their dead. Those who assert their rights are met with social boycotts, violence and worse.
We inherited it. We are determined our children will not.
Mission
Make inherited discrimination impossible to sustain.
To harness the collective voice, power and lived experience of affected communities and dismantle untouchability and discrimination based on caste, descent and inherited status - by changing the norms that normalise exclusion, holding global institutions to account, and building movements powerful enough to make inherited discrimination impossible to sustain.
What we believe
Because we live it, we are best placed to lead the fight against it.
We are survivor-led: lived experience isn't just our story, it's our strategy. We invest in long-term capacity for communities to advance their own rights, and we work to shift the entire ecosystem around them.
Our board
Visionary leaders from across the world help guide TIP's mission.
Our board brings together academics, lawyers, grassroots organisers and global advocacy leaders. Their combined experience shapes the strategic direction of TIP and the GFoD coalition we anchor.
Annual reports
Our annual reports detail key milestones, programmes and the strategies that advance human rights for CDWD across continents.
Read 2020-2023 →Get involved
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Where TIP holds a seat.
We bring community voices into the rooms where global policy is made.
- Stakeholder Group on Communities Discriminated on Work and Descent
- NGO Committee for Social Development
- NGO Committee on Financing for Development
- NGO Committee for Dignity