Sunday, March 1, 2020

Civics Education : Zero Discrimination Day : some information



Zero Discrimination Day 2020
Today March 1 is Zero Discrimination Day, a chance to celebrate diversity and to reject discrimination.
The United Nations has kicked off the 2020 global edition of Zero Discrimination Day as part of the Organization's wider effort to spur solidarity towards ending discrimination.



Zero Discrimination Day

Theme 2020:
"Zero discrimination against women and girls.” 
On Zero Discrimination Day, 1 March, we celebrate the right of everyone to live a full and productive life, and live it with dignity. 
Zero Discrimination Day highlights how people can become informed about and promote inclusion, compassion, peace and, above all, a movement for change. 
Zero Discrimination Day is helping to create a global movement of solidarity to end all forms of discrimination



credits: Festivaltime.in
On 1st March Zero Discrimination Day, will celebrate the right to live life. UNAIDS is challenging the discrimination faced by girls and women in all their diversity in order to raise awareness to promote equality and mobilize action and empowerment for women and girls.
Geneva International center of Justice
Millions of women and girls in every region of the world, for instance, experience violence and abuse on a daily basis and struggle to access adequate health care and education.
The United Nations (UN) has celebrated 1st Zero Discrimination Day on 1st March 2014, UNAIDS has launched Zero Discrimination on World Aids Day in Dec 2013.
On Zero Discrimination Day this year, UNAIDS is challenging the discrimination faced by women and girls in all their diversity and raising awareness and mobilizing action to promote equality and empowerment for women and girls.

credits: Time Bulletin
Although some countries have made laudable progress towards greater gender equality, discrimination against women and girls still exists everywhere. Intersecting with other forms of discrimination based, for example, on income, race, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or gender identity. These rights violations disproportionately harm women and girls. 
Ultimately, gender inequality affects everyone’s health and well-being. In many countries, laws that discriminate against women and girls remain in force, while laws that uphold women’s basic rights and protect them against harm and unequal treatment are far from the norm.
Education:

Zero Discrimination Day is a pedagogical activity teachers must include into school curriculum.
We know  that discrimination exists at school between students. How often teachers are called to help some students who are suffering some stigma and discrimination from their schoolmates.

And on these days there is violence against girls by boys as boy friends. Or at home between mother and father. 

Teachers must discuss clearly these subjects at the classroom. Violence against girls and women is a huge problem in our society.

Not only today but everyday, in our lessons, at school, teachers and students have the chance to celebrate diversity and reject discrimination.

It's time to develop some important values in everyday lessons as comprehension, compassion, tolerance, solidarity, encouragement, friendship.






Teachers will prepare some activities to include Zero Discrimination Day into their lessons next week.

Being inspired by the butterfly, the symbol for zero discrimination, students can debating the role of women and girls in the XXI century.

Of course teachers will adapt resources and activities to the level they are teaching and age of students.


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01.03.2020

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