The reality of Senegalese women, as in most African countries, plays a distinctly secondary role. In rural communities this fact is much more accentuated and organized in associations, they are dedicated to the harvesting of vegetables and legumes in order to provide financial aid to their families, as well as improve their diet. In addition, they take care of...
In 2007, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed February 20 as World Social Justice Day. They based this decision on the assertion that global justice is a fundamental principle for peaceful and prosperous coexistence, and that it constitutes the core of their own mission to promote development and...
The School Day of Nonviolence and Peace (or its acronym DENIP), also known as World or International Day of Nonviolence and Peace, was founded in 1964 by the Mallorcan poet and educator Llorenç Vidal Vidal, and is an initiative of Nonviolent and Pacifying Education disseminated internationally. Every January 30, since 1964, the...
We begin our notes that echo celebrations of days dedicated worldwide to a string of causes, struggles, achievements, realities, rights..... January 24th is the World Day of African and Afro-Decendent Culture, and with this recognition we can approach a reality that is often very distant and unknown to us. The...
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (DUDH) is a document that marks a milestone in the history of human rights. Drawn up by representatives from all regions of the world with different legal and cultural backgrounds, the Declaration is considered a common ideal for all peoples and nations as it establishes the fundamental human rights that must...
In 1959, the United Nations approved a Declaration of the Rights of the Child which included 10 principles contemplated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), but it was not enough to protect those of children because it was legally not mandatory. It is an international document that promotes the rights of the child. These rights are collected...
The most classic definition of Health goes back to the statement that the WHO made in 1948 and which still endures and prays: "Health is a state of complete physical, mental (mental) and social well-being, and not only the absence of conditions or diseases". Later, at the meeting on Health Promotion organized by the WHO in Ottawa (1986) there was...
In 2001, the General Assembly decided that International Day of Peace be observed every September 21, in accordance with Resolution 55/282. He stated that "International Day of Peace will be observed from now on as a day of ceasefire and non-violence worldwide, so that all nations and peoples feel motivated by...
On May 25th we celebrate the International Day of Africa, honoring a 25 of May of 1963 when it constituted the O.U.A. (Organisation by the African Unity) and from the year 2002 replaced by the U. (African Union) Africa, a conglomerate of 55 countries, 54 of them like sovereign states, more than 2000 ethnic and tongues, naïve quantities of...
