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We are excited to be approaching the ninth anniversary of World Afro Day, 15th September 2025. Our campaign work “Fix the Law, Not Afro Hair” continues and we have hosted two events in Parliament in 2024 and in 2025. We are sponsored by Paulette Hamilton MP and Liam Conlon MP and we recently met with the Equality Minister, Seema Malhotra to discuss law change to protect Afro hair. We will continue to engage with the government, schools and businesses for greater protection of Afro hair and to become a greater Britain.
This World Afro Day, September 15th, we will be uniting everyone for a Guinness World Record attempt for the “largest cultural awareness lesson in 24 hours” – The Big WAD Lesson. This is a great opportunity to educate everyone, but especially schools, institutions and businesses about the struggle and celebration around Afro hair. Education has always been at the heart of everything we do so we are excited to be creating this record, which lines up with this year’s theme: “Learning, Creating, Uniting”. We hope that thousands of schools, businesses and everyday Britons will take up the challenge to become record breakers!
World Afro Day with the backing of Paulette Hamilton MP, is calling on all MPs to vote for the recognition and prevention of Afro hair discrimination by updating the 2010 Equality Act to make Afro hair a protected characteristic. Research shows that Afro hair discrimination negatively affects jobs, education and health, which is why our Open Letter calls for action on the law. The letter has been signed by 100 influential supporters, like Mel B, Beverley Knight, Patrick Hutchinson, Fleur East, Sarah-Jane Crawford, Evelyn Forde MBE, Professor Patrick Vernon OBE and more. Now we hope that you can help us create positive change for the next generation.
This September 15th, 2023, we are launching a workplace initiative to address long-overdue hair discrimination at work. Global problems need global solutions and we are ready to rise to the challenge so we hope you will join us. More information coming soon, watch this space!
Register 1-2pm BST, June 7th for the World Afro Day – Linkedin Audio event with discussion, Q&A, guests and SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.
The Big Hair Assembly livestream and resources are free and available all year round.
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“World Afro Day is a global day of celebration and liberation for Afro hair and identity, endorsed by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human rights. We work with organisations, companies, authorities and people from all backgrounds to tackle hair discrimination. We produce events, tools and training to empower people with Afro hair and to equip everyone for change”
There is deep historical, cultural and spiritual significance that connects African people, across thousands of miles and thousands of years. Afro hair is a human rights issue, affecting hundreds of millions of people internationally. We want to be free from discrimination and we want to be free to express our African identity, through our hair.
World Afro Day is a global day of change, education and celebration of Afro hair, culture and identity. Join us on this journey.
World Afro Day is a global day of celebration and liberation for Afro hair and identity.