Third anniversary of the UN Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training
Today marks the third anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training. This landmark document recognises the right of every one of the planet’s...
View ArticleWell-being and education of women and girls is best predictor of peace
Yesterday the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva held a panel discussion on realizing the equal enjoyment of the right to education by every girl, which focused on a broad spectrum of situations and...
View ArticleWorld Humanitarian Day
Today we’re celebrating the heroes who dedicate their lives to helping those in crises. World Humanitarian Day falls on 19 August, the day when, in 2003, 22 aid workers were killed in a bombing at the...
View ArticleInternational Day of Older Persons – 1 October
Today, one in every ten persons is 60 years and older. By 2050, one out of every five will be an older person, and by 2150, one third of the people in the world are expected to be 60 years of age or...
View ArticleWorld Food Day – 16 October
October 16th is World Food Day, which was celebrated for the first time in 1981 as a result of a 1979 resolution by members of the FAO, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations....
View ArticleOrange your world!
In December 1999, the 54th session of the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 54/134 declaring November 25th the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. The...
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Human Rights Day
Today is Human Rights Day! On this day of celebrating human rights, I invite you to give children around the world an education in human rights. Children like Premalatha: Watch Premalatha’s story “I...
View ArticleInternational Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia
Today is the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. On this day in 1990, the World Health Organization (WHO) removed homosexuality from its list of mental illnesses. Like racism,...
View ArticleA record 65.3 million displaced
Today is World Refugee Day. New figures released by UNHCR show that 65.3 million people were displaced at the end of 2015, compared to 59.5 million just 12 months earlier. Of these 21.3 million are...
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Violence against women and girls is a problem of pandemic proportions. According to UN Women, at least one in three women in the world has suffered from violence, usually by someone known to her. In...
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