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Caricom Reparations Manifesto Links Gender Violence, Climate Justice

6/20/2026

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Mottley Launches Reparations

The updated Caricom manifesto uniquely foregrounds gender-based violence and climate justice as core reparations pillars.
Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley presented reparations manifesto in Ghana, creating three working groups on leadership, restitution and legal matters.
It cites women as 30% of 20 million enslaved Africans, with 1.2 million experiencing sexual violence.
The manifesto links reparations to climate justice and notes UN vote of 123, UK abstaining.

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AU adopts reparations

Ghana President John Dramani Mahama said the summit bears collective responsibility, not personal guilt, for the transatlantic slave trade.
African Union and CARICOM adopted 19-point reparations plan in Accra, creating three working groups on leadership, restitution and legal matters.
Delegates urged formal apologies, debt cancellation and Global Reparations Fund for nations impacted by slavery.
French President Emmanuel Macron said reparations should not be treated as a final cheque.

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Mottley Launches Reparations

The updated Caricom manifesto uniquely foregrounds gender-based violence and climate justice as core reparations pillars.
Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley presented reparations manifesto in Ghana, creating three working groups on leadership, restitution and legal matters.
It cites women as 30% of 20 million enslaved Africans, with 1.2 million experiencing sexual violence.
The manifesto links reparations to climate justice and notes UN vote of 123, UK abstaining.

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