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Journée mondiale de lutte contre le terrorisme – 11 septembre

11 septembre 2017
Nicole Gregoire
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Mots-clés: discrimination, écoute, loi, ONGs, solidarité, SOS, soutien, terrorisme, victimes

Depuis 2008, le 11 septembre a été reconnu Journée Mondiale de Lutte contre le Terrorisme par de nombreuses associations, comme le MPCT (Mouvement pour la Paix et Contre le Terrorisme). Cette date n’est évidemment par anodine puisqu’elle rappelle l’un des actes de terrorisme les plus marquants de l’Histoire: les attentats du 11 septembre 2001.

Cette journée est l’occasion de renforcer la solidarité envers les victimes et leurs familles et de renforcer les liens entre les diverses associations d’aide aux personnes touchées par des actes de terrorisme. L’association SOS Attentats – SOS terrorisme souhaite, par ce rapprochement, créer un véritable réseau qui apportera des réponses, un soutien, une écoute aux victimes, sans discrimination aucune.

Comment agir ?
Bien que les associations et les Organisations Non Gouvernementales se chargent des actions les plus délicates, telles que la création de loi en faveur des victimes du terrorisme ou la mise en place d’un suivi psychologique, chacun d’entre nous peut agir à son niveau en intégrant une association ou en se mobilisant lors des rencontres internationales.

Un site à visiter : www.sos-attentats.org   Source: Texte & Image: Journée Mondiale

International Albinism Awareness Day – 13 June

12 juin 2017
Nicole Gregoire
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Catégories: Anglophones et anglophiles
Mots-clés: albino, awareness, dignity, discrimination, heriditary disease, inhuman degrading treatment, pigmentation, prejudices, security, social exclusion, UN

On the 13th of June 2017 is International Albinism Awareness Day. It had been proclaimed by the United Nations (UN) to spread information about albinism and to avoid mobbing and discrimination of albinos. The International Albinism Awareness Day aims to increase the global attention to human rights. Albinism is a pigmentary abnormality which leads to an extremely light hair skin and eye color.

Especially among dark skinned civilizations the risk of discrimination and social exclusion is very high whilst among light-skinned people the risk is rather low. In some cultures the so called “albino” are considered as hoodoos. International Albinism Awareness Day aims to clear people’s minds of such prejudices and inform the public about this hereditary disease. The UN-day has been initiated in 2014 but is firstly being realized in 2015.

Source: Text: www.cute-calendar.com

The Right to Dignity
International Albinism Awareness Day was adopted by the UN General Assembly on December 18, 2014. The resolution “encourages UN Member States to continue their efforts to protect and preserve the rights of persons with albinism to life, dignity and security, as well as their right not to be subject to torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and to continue their efforts to ensure equal access for persons with albinism to employment, education, justice and the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health.”

Source: Text: Timeanddate.com  Image: International Albinism Day

 

 

 

 

World Bipolar Day – 30 March

30 mars 2017
Nicole Gregoire
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Catégories: Anglophones et anglophiles
Mots-clés: awareness, bipolar disorder, discrimination, disease, émotions, mental health, mood, prejudice, stigma

Like many mental illnesses, bipolar has become a flippant by-word to describe an unpredictable, emotional person. But for the millions of people who deal with themisunderstood condition, bipolar is not a joke.

On World Bipolar Day, those living with the disease, as well as the health experts and charities who help them help to cope, raise awareness of the disease.

Nia Charpentier from Rethink Mental Illness told The Independent: “Bipolar disorder causes your mood to swing from high (mania) to low (depression). Everyone experiences changes in mood but when you have bipolar, the symptoms are severe, affecting all areas of life.

“Bipolar disorder is often misunderstood. Awareness raising is absolutely crucial to reduce the stigma that surrounds it, we know many people with mental illness say the discrimination and prejudice they face can be worse than the illness itself.

“Alongside this, people with Bipolar need a mental health service that’s fit for purpose. For too long support for mental ill health has been the Cinderella service, neglected and underfunded.”

Source: Text: Independent  Image: Pinterest

Rapport de l’ONU…

5 mars 2017
Nicole Gregoire
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Catégories: Actualité
Mots-clés: Bangladesh, Birmanie, bouddhistes, discrimination, droits humains, harcèlement, musulmans, Myanmar, ONU, persécution, réalité, réfugiés, Rohingyas, tyrannie

La photo de la bannière ci-dessus est celle d’une femme de la tribu Rohingya. La photo date d’octobre 2015 alors que ce groupe ethnique faisait les manchettes de l’actualité. À regret, il faut dire que c’est encore le cas aujourd’hui. En effet, l’ONU vient de publier un rapport (février 2017) qui affirme qu’il s’agit là de la population la plus persécutée du monde!…

Habitant le pays du Myanmar, autrefois connu sous le nom de Birmanie, on leur a enlevé leur citoyenneté et on les prive de tous leurs droits.

Dans ce pays de 54 millions d’habitants, plus de 90% sont bouddhistes. Les Rohingyas musulmans font l’objet de discrimination sans précédent : leurs maisons sont brûlées, ils sont torturés et leurs enfants égorgés. Le harcèlement qu’ils subissent a été jugé par l’ONU comme une « oppression systématique ». On estime que 45,000 d’entre eux ont été obligés de chercher refuge au pays voisin, le Bangladesh, et 22,000 ont dû fuir dans des régions autres que la leur au Myanmar.

La tyrannie dont ils font l’objet fait craindre que ce peuple soit voué à la disparition. Il semble que le but de la politique birmane à leur endroit soit leur élimination pure et simple. Un livre publié récemment a pour titre : Nous, les innommables.

 Triste actualité, terrible réalité, où en est… l’humanité?…

Source: Images: BBC, The Huffington Post

Migrants sit on their boat as they wait to be rescued by Acehnese fishermen on the sea off East Aceh, Indonesia. (AP Photo/S. Yulinnas)

World Radio Day – 13 February

13 février 2017
Nicole Gregoire
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Catégories: Anglophones et anglophiles
Mots-clés: challenges, change, dialogue, discrimination, human rights, information, problems, radio, sustainable development, truth, UNESCO

Message from Ms Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO on the occasion of the World Radio Day      

We are living a revolution in how we share and access information – and, yet, in the midst of deep change, radio has never been so dynamic, engaging and important.
This is UNESCO’s message on World Radio Day, 13 February 2017.

At a time of turbulence, radio provides an enduring platform to bring communities together. On the way to work, in our homes, offices and fields, in times of peace, conflict and emergencies, radio remains a crucial source of information and knowledge, spanning generations and cultures, inspiring us with the wealth of humanity’s diversity, and connecting us with the world. Radio gives voice to women and men everywhere. It listens to audiences and responds to needs. It is a force for human rights and dignity and a powerful enabler of solutions to the challenges all societies face.

This is why radio is important to taking forward the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Advancing fundamental freedoms and promoting public access to information is essential to bolstering good governance and the rule of law, to deepening inclusion and dialogue. In tackling new challenges, in responding to climate change, in countering discrimination, radio can provide an accessible and real-time medium to bridge divides and strengthen dialogue.

This requires a new commitment by all to radio. Broadcasters, regulators and audiences alike should nurture and make the most of its power. Listener clubs and forums are uniting communities around common issues with the power to hear themselves on the airwaves and to have others listen to them. Audience engagement policies are placing listeners at the heart of broadcasts. Media and information literacy has never been so vital, to build trust in information and knowledge at a time when notions of ‘truth’ have been challenged. This is how radio can provide a beacon for innovative solutions to local problems, and continue to advance human rights, gender equality, dialogue and peace.

On World Radio Day, UNESCO calls on everyone to nurture the power of radio to foster the conversations and the listening we need for cooperation to tackle the challenges all humanity faces.

Source: Text & Images: UNESCO

International Epilepsy Day – 8 February

8 février 2017
Nicole Gregoire
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Catégories: Anglophones et anglophiles
Mots-clés: discrimination, epilepsy, illness of the brain, neurological disorder, sickness, success

International Epilepsy Day is marked in order to recognise that epilepsy is an illness and spread the message that people who suffer from it can be successful.

It is estimated that one in every 100 people suffers from epilepsy. Despite it being a recognised neurological disorder, there is still a lot of stigma and discrimination associated with epilepsy.

Epilepsy South Africa’s Gauteng Director, Magdaleen Kruger, says many people succeed in life despite living with the condition.  

“It is not a mental illness. It is not a psychiatric disorder and it is not infectious or contagious. It is a normal illness of the brain characterised by unusual electrical activity in the brain. People who suffer from epilepsy can live a full life if their condition is accepted as an illness.”

Source: Text: SABC Image: International League Against Epilepsy

International Holocaust Remembrance Day – 27th January

27 janvier 2017
Nicole Gregoire
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Catégories: Anglophones et anglophiles
Mots-clés: Auschwitz-Birkenau, discrimination, education, génocide, Holocaust, intolerance, Jews, libération, Nazi regime, remembering, UN, violence

The International Holocaust Remembrance Day is annually observed on the 27th of January. It’s a solemn commemoration of the Holocaust which is considered to be the darkest period during the Nazi regime wherein millions of Jews including all other cultural minorities are brutally killed in mass concentration camps across the German-occupied Europe. The primary objective of the holiday is to honor both the deceased and surviving victims as well as to promote awareness of the Holocaust worldwide.

On November 1, 2005, the United Nations General Assembly has formally designated January 27 as the day of the holocaust commemoration through UN resolution 60/7. 27th of January was also specifically chosen because it was the day of liberation for Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Nazi concentration or extermination camp nicknamed as “The Death Factory.”

All UN member states and offices observe the holiday with their own respective events and activities but from 2010, the UN started designating specific annual themes to focus on.

Holocaust 2017 – Holocaust Remembrance: Educating for a Better Future
The UN charter which established the holiday also stressed the reasons why the annual commemoration is observed. The holiday primarily aims to remember and honor the Holocaust victims. Second is the development of educational programs or materials about the Holocaust and its lessons. Related to this is the establishment of a Holocaust and the United Nations outreach program to be able to achieve said education purpose.

It also rejects any denial about the veracity of Holocaust and urges the preservation of Holocaust or Nazi-related artifacts and sites like the concentration, labor and prison camps. The resolution also condemns ethnic or religious discrimination as it states “Condemns without reserve all manifestations of religious intolerance, incitement, harassment or violence against persons or communities based on ethnic origin or religious belief, wherever they occur.” But ultimately, all these aspects point to the aim of preventing a similar case of genocide today and in the future.

Source: Text & Picture: World Religion News: « 2017 International Holocaust Remembrance Day Events » http://www.worldreligionnews.com/?p=34495

World Day of War Orphans – 6 janvier

6 janvier 2017
Nicole Gregoire
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Catégories: Anglophones et anglophiles
Mots-clés: abuse, child soldiers, discrimination, disease, landmines, malnutrition, orphans, poverty, war

Civilians bear the brunt of the suffering in war. Of the big number of war victims, the most often neglected are children.

Orphans throughout the world face many challenges: Malnutrition, starvation, disease, and decreased social attention. As the most vulnerable population on planet Earth, they have no one to protect them and are most likely to suffer from hunger, disease, and many other problems.

In recent decades, the proportion of civilian casualties in armed conflicts has increased dramatically and is now estimated at more than 90 per cent. About half of the victims are children.
An estimated 20 million children have been forced to flee their homes because of conflict and human rights violations and are living as refugees in neighbouring countries or are internally displaced within their own national borders.

More than 2 million children have died as a direct result of armed conflict over the last decade.
More than three times that number, at least 6 million children, have been permanently disabled or seriously injured.
More than 1 million have been orphaned or separated from their families.
Between 8,000 and 10,000 children are killed or maimed by landmines every year.

An estimated 300,000 child soldiers – boys and girls under the age of 18 – are involved in more than 30 conflicts worldwide. Child soldiers are used as combatants, messengers, porters, cooks and to provide sexual services. Some are forcibly recruited or abducted, others are driven to join by poverty, abuse and discrimination, or to seek revenge for violence enacted against themselves and their families.

Sadly, however, they rarely receive the time, attention, and love for optimal social and personal development. Research reveals that children growing up in an orphanage experience emotional, social, and physical handicaps. Without a doubt, the best place for a child to grow up is in a stable family with a loving father and mother.

Source: Text: Q9 Canada Data Center   Image: Earth Times

World AIDS Day – 1st December

1 décembre 2016
Nicole Gregoire
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Catégories: Anglophones et anglophiles
Mots-clés: AIDS, awareness, death, diagnosis, discrimination, disease, education, health, HIV, prejudice, stigma

WHAT IS WORLD AIDS DAY?
World AIDS Day is held on the 1st December each year and is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, show their support for people living with HIV and to commemorate people who have died. World AIDS Day was the first ever global health day, held for the first time in 1988.

WHY IS WORLD AIDS DAY IMPORTANT?wad-header-logo
Over 100,000 people are living with HIV in the UK. Globally there are an estimated 34 million people who have the virus. Despite the virus only being identified in 1984, more than 35 million people have died of HIV or AIDS, making it one of the most destructive pandemics in history.

Today, scientific advances have been made in HIV treatment, there are laws to protect people living with HIV and we understand so much more about the condition. Despite this, each year in the UK around 6,000 people are diagnosed with HIV, people do not know the facts about how to protect themselves and others, and stigma and discrimination remain a reality for many people living with the condition.

World AIDS Day is important because it reminds the public and Government that HIV has not gone away – there is still a vital need to raise money, increase awareness, fight prejudice and improve education.

Source:  Text & Image: World Aids Day

Journée Mondiale de la lutte contre le SIDA – 1er décembre

1 décembre 2016
Nicole Gregoire
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Mots-clés: discrimination, espoir, infection, maladie, mort, OMS, Pape Benoît XVl, prévention, SIDA, traitement

« Notre stratégie pour l’avenir doit être de donner aux femmes les moyens d’agir dans ce combat. Les véritables héros de cette guerre, c’est parmi elles qu’il faut les chercher, et il nous appartient de leur fournir l’arme de l’espoir. »    Extrait du message de M. Kofi Annan, Secrétaire général de l’ONU

En 1988, l’Assemblée générale avait exprimé sa vive préoccupation devant la pandémie de sida. Notant que l’Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS) avait choisi sidala date du 1er décembre 1988 comme Journée mondiale du sida, l’Assemblée a souligné l’importance de cette manifestation (résolution 43/15). Aujourd’hui, plus de 41 millions de personnes sont séropositives et sidéennes. La journée mondiale de lutte contre le SIDA n’est pas la seule occasion de revenir sur ce dossier brûlant, mais en insistant sur le fait que nous devons être tous ensemble contre le SIDA, elle a toute sa place dans le calendrier des journées internationales.

La mobilisation doit rester entière
Cette année encore, la journée a pour thème « Objectif zéro: zéro nouvelle infection due au VIH, zéro discrimination, zéro décès lié au sida ». A cette occasion, la ministre des Affaires sociales et de la Santé française, Marisol Touraine, a rappelé la mobilisation totale du gouvernement pour la lutte contre le virus et l’INPES (Institut national de prévention et d’éducation pour la Santé) a relancé une campagne de sensibilisation pour inciter chacun à se protéger et se faire dépister

De son coté, l’église catholique (audience générale du pape Benoît XVI, le 28 novembre 2012) a précisé que la journée mondiale « est une occasion de rappeler que cette maladie cause la mort de millions de personnes et entraîne de grandes souffrances, aggravées dans les régions du monde les plus pauvres où l’accès des médicaments efficaces est très difficile ». La pensée du Pape va en particulier au grand nombre d’enfants contaminés par leurs mères alors qu’il existe des thérapies pour bloquer cette contagion. Benoit XVI souhaite notamment encourager les initiatives qui (…) incitent à combattre ce fléau.

Combler l’écart
A l’occasion de la journée 2014 l’OMS se fixe un objectif ambitieux: combler l’écart en matière de prévention et de traitement. L’OMS publiera de nouvelles recommandations pour aider les pays à combler les importantes disparités des services disponibles pour prévenir et traiter le VIH.

Un site à visiter : www.inpes.sante.fr   Source: Texte & Image: Journée Mondiale