A/HRC/45/47 and fellowships. It currently engages, communicates and consults with these actors efficiently and directly on issues related to the Decade. 52. Furthermore, OHCHR has been coordinating a fellowship programme for people of African descent since 2011, to help empower young people of African descent by sharing knowledge and exposing them to the United Nations human rights system. The fellows are expected to contribute to the development of legislation, policies and programmes in their countries and to carry out effective awareness-raising activities in their communities. Eightythree fellows from 31 countries – Australia, Barbados, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, France, Germany, Guyana, Honduras, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Netherlands (and Curaçao specifically), Norway, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Republic of Moldova, Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States, Uruguay and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) – have taken part in the fellowship programme. Women have comprised more than 70 per cent of the fellows. Since 2015, OHCHR has provided financial and substantive support to initiatives and projects undertaken by former fellows through grants for the implementation of the Decade and other schemes. It will continue to strengthen its fellowship programme, as requested in the programme of activities.42 I. Conducting research, gathering information and capacity-building 53. OHCHR, in collaboration with UNESCO, academic institutions and civil society organizations, has carried out substantive research in relation to the three pillars of the Decade: recognition, justice and development. Some of that research has contributed to the recognition of the historical legacy of enslavement and the contributions of people of African descent to society. Several projects have been carried out with UNESCO, such as the production of a joint UNESCO-OHCHR academic publication on enslavement in Latin America and the Caribbean, the creation of a blog about the cultural heritage of people of African descent and the publication of Slavery, Resistance and Abolitions: A Plural Perspective.43 54. Research has been conducted by OHCHR on a number of relevant thematic issues, including access to justice, racial profiling, data collection and indicators, racial stereotyping, women and girls of African descent, multiple and aggravated discrimination, incitement to racial hatred and hate speech, slavery and the slave trade, and the right to development. Numerous briefings and training sessions about the Decade and its thematic content have also been held to build the capacity of States, entities of the United Nations system, civil society and other partners. 55. In response to a request in the programme of activities, OHCHR has included an online section in the anti-discrimination database on the Decade44 that is updated regularly with information and documentation relevant to the programme of activities.45 J. Communications and raising awareness about the Decade 56. Since the start of the Decade, OHCHR has been working closely with the Department of Global Communications on awareness-raising and promotional materials on the Decade,46 including by updating the official website on the Decade.47 57. OHCHR has produced a number of materials, including a bound notebook with USB key, several posters, postcards and publications on: women and girls of African descent;48 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 General Assembly resolution 69/16, annex, para. 29 (f). Ali Moussa Iye, Nelly Schmidt and Paul E. Lovejoy, eds., Slavery, Resistance and Abolitions: A Plural Perspective (2020). General Assembly resolution 69/16, para. 29 (g). See https://adsdatabase.ohchr.org/SitePages/Anti-discrimination%20database.aspx. See www.un.org/en/observances/decade-people-african-descent/promotional-materials. See www.un.org/en/observances/decade-people-african-descent/articles-publications. See www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/women_and_girls_of_african_descent_web.pdf. 11