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Even though her afro remains her noblest garment, she showcases it beautifully through neo-vintage looks. As a great fashion lover, Imani is always ahead of the curve.
Amara La Negra shares her journey of embracing her natural hair and her thoughts on the policing of Black women's hair.
Afro hair should be made a protected characteristic, says a campaign backed by Mel B. The World Afro Day (WAD) group has written to MPs calling on them to amend the 2010 Equality Act to add the ...
My hair was viewed as a problem, a barrier. Hair discrimination in society and the workplace is nothing new. For several decades Afro-hair has been politicised and demonised.
World Afro Day is on 15 September every year. It's a time where people are encouraged to celebrate kinky, coiled or curly afro textured hair and to learn more about it. Michelle De Leon is the ...
According to the commission, hair-based discrimination disproportionately affects girls and boys with Afro-textured hair or hairstyles.
Afro hair in the workplace is likely to impact a person's job prospects, a new report has found. Respondents in a survey were given a real incident of Afro hair discrimination - when a woman did ...
A group of young East Londoners have designed emojis with Afro hairstyles in a bid to increase equality and representation. Community support group Rise.365 says that despite there being almost ...
We recently launched a new Afro Hair Discrimination Reporting Platform, which offers an innovative way for people across the UK to report instances of race-based hair discrimination.
Aiming to break down beauty stereotypes and make the digital world more inclusive, a group of young students and professionals from London have designed what they hope will become the first ever ...