U.S. Embassy in Luxembourg

The Soul of Nations Foundation is partnered with the U.S. Embassy in Luxembourg for the Advocacy and Research

The Advocacy and Research Program aims to impact the migrant community and African diaspora in Luxembourg through youth-led research initiatives that focus on countering Afrophobia and increasing the respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms.

The Advocacy and Research Program is in alignment with Embassy priorities by promoting diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in support of U.S. -Luxembourg shared democratic values; strengthening and explaining democratic institutions, principles, and norms and renewing trust in democracy; promoting human rights through education and the arts, and including university linkages; and fostering empowerment, socioeconomic recovery, and shared prosperity through education.

About the ADVOCACY AND RESEARCH PROGRAM

The Advocacy and Research Program is a hybrid fellowship designed to provide opportunities for young research Fellows to identify ways of best leveraging civil society’s skills, tools, and access to investigate and monitor policy reform strategies. The objective of the Advocacy and Research Program is to empower at-risk minority communities in the policy development sector by focusing on human rights and fundamental freedoms, governance, and environmentalism.

Support for the Advocacy and Research Program in Luxembourg is provided by the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Embassy Luxembourg.

Soul of Nations believe that successful advocacy, research, and inclusion program development and delivery must include all affected parties and be based on real dialogue and cooperation between government agents and local community members. Achieving this goal will require bottom-up, culturally appropriate, local engagement, rather than short term, top-down, centrally designed, and imposed models. Through the Advocacy and Research Program, research Fellows will have the opportunity to broaden their perspective of human rights and freedom by exploring methodologies of impact and effectiveness.

Global Research Fellows are tasked with devising regional working papers that help to further queer solidarity, climate justice and anti-blackness protective measures in their region. Fellows are also tasked with creating advocacy campaigns to increase the respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms through outreach and by providing this information through a variety of media. 

LUXEMBOURG FELLOWS

The Embassy is proud to support Soul of Nation’s new cohort of Research Fellows and new partnership in Luxembourg for the Advocacy and Research Program!

Together, Igor Tchappi Haman, Oumou Aidara, Jana Degrott, and Yasmine Ouirhrane will work on several research and advocacy issues to help progress the Black Luxembourgish and Black European community focusing on language-based discrimination, Artificial Intelligence (AI) based discrimination, Black Women in political leadership, countering anti-Blackness in academia, and strengthening minority representation in the media– in partnership with We Belong Europe.