by mullenm | Aug 12, 2019 | Days That Matter
International Day of Democracy September 15 is International Day of Democracy. “Democracy is showing greater strain than at any time in decades. That is why this International Day should make us look for ways to invigorate democracy and seek answers for the... 
by mullenm | Aug 12, 2019 | Days That Matter
International Literacy Day September 8 is International Literacy Day. It is an opportunity for Governments, civil society and stakeholders to highlight improvements in world literacy rates, and reflect on the world’s remaining literacy challenges. The issue of... 
by mullenm | Aug 12, 2019 | Days That Matter
International Day of the victims of enforced disappearances August 30 is International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. An enforced or involuntary disappearance is a particularly heinous violation of human rights and an international crime. Enforced... 
by mullenm | Aug 12, 2019 | Days That Matter
World Day Against Nuclear Tests August 29 is World Day Against Nuclear Tests. Since nuclear weapons testing began on 16 July 1945, nearly 2,000 have taken place. In the early days of nuclear testing little consideration was given to its devastating effects on human... 
by mullenm | Aug 12, 2019 | Days That Matter
International Day for the Remembrance of the Abolition of the Slave Trade August 23 is International Day for the Remembrance of the Abolition of the Slave Trade. The night of 22 to 23 August 1791, in Santo Domingo (today Haiti and the Dominican Republic) saw the... 
by mullenm | Aug 12, 2019 | Days That Matter
World Humanitarian Day August 19 is World Humanitarian Day. “Around the world, conflict is forcing record numbers of people from their homes, with over 65 million people now displaced. Children are recruited by armed groups and used to fight. Women are abused...