(UN News)* — “The struggle to beat AIDS is inseparable from the struggle for women’s rights and from the struggle against all forms of discrimination”. This is the message from Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director of UNAIDS, on Zero Discrimination Day, which falls on Sunday March 1.
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UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe | Young women return home after classes in the town of Bol in Chad.
The theme of this year’s Day is the fight against discrimination faced by women and girls, and the organization aims to raise awareness, mobilize action, and promote equality.
GENEVA, 1 March 2020 (UNAIDS)* – On Zero Discrimination Day, which is commemorated every year on 1 March, UNAIDS is calling for an end to discrimination against women and girls and for equal rights, opportunities and treatment.
Despite progress in some areas, in 2020 coercive practices, discriminatory legislation and gender-based violence are just some of the human rights violations that are continuing to have a disproportionate impact on the lives of women and girls around the world.
UNAIDS is highlighting areas where change is urgently needed: equal participation in political life; human rights and laws that empower; economic justice—equal pay for equal work; ending gender-based violence; provide health care without stigma or barriers; equal and free access to primary and secondary education; and climate justice.
27 February 2020 (UNHCR)* — Food was always a hobby for Salma, 53. Now a refugee in Berlin, the Syrian cook found her culinary skills in such demand she was able to make a living. Her secret ingredient? Passion.
Brazilian photographer Ricardo Stuckert goes beyond international borders: he explores and portrays a culture of 12 indigenous ethnicities in an extraordinary exhibition.
Brazilian Indians by Ricardo Stuckert
February 2020 (Wall Street International)* — “Girl, stay here by my side, because I know when the man will pass in my direction”. The “girl” was me, the speaker of the phrase Brazilian photographer Ricardo Stuckert and the “man” the president of Brazil Luis Inácio Lula da Silva.
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 28 2020 (IPS)* – Just a month since the World Health Organization declared the Coronavirus a public health emergency, it is now taking steps to contain misinformation being spread about the disease. Globally, there have been more than 82,000 cases of Coronavirus, which has claimed 2,800 lives — the majority being in China, where the disease has been traced to.
29 February 2020 (UN News)* — The World Health Organization (WHO) is warning that criminals are taking advantage of the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, to steal money or sensitive information.
CDC/James Gathany | The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States has activated its Emergency Operations Center to assist public health partners in responding to the coronavirus outbreak.
Criminal elements, says the UN health agency, are posing as WHO representatives, and recommends that, if anyone is contacting by a person or organization claiming to be from the Organization, they should take steps to verify their authenticity.
27 February 2020 (Wall Street International)* — Every day, Internet users turn to sites like Reddit or 4chan to ask how they can access red rooms. There are even tons of stories of people telling their experiences and giving advice to future ‘spectators’. It’s believed that the red room term became popular after the Japanese animation where a pop-up ad kept showing on people’s screen with the question “Do you like the red room?”.
Recent factory fires in India show how the world’s biggest brands are still profiting from deadly working conditions.
The site of Rana Plaza, which collapsed in 2013, killing 1,134 people | Doreen Fiedler/DPA/PA Images
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27 February 2020 (openDemocracy)* — Brexit has brought much interest in how tariffs may mean the cost of clothes in the UK will rise. But the human cost of clothes we buy on the high street can still be measured in lives lost – an appalling reality rooted in a system that generates profit for some of the biggest fashion brands by undermining wages and working conditions for some of the world’s most exploited workers.
28 february 2020 (UN Environment)* — World Wildlife Day (3 March) is a chance to appreciate all that nature provides. This year’s theme, “Sustaining all life on Earth”, gives thanks to our natural world that allows wild animals, plants and humans to thrive in harmony.
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Among the most valuable elements of nature is the coral reef. Coral reefs are home to the largest variety of species in the ocean. You might think of them as underwater rainforests—full of living and nonliving components that, together, create one of the world’s most unique and important ecosystems.
But did you know that coral reefs are just as important for our lives on land as they are for the lives of species underwater?
28 February 2020 (RT)* — The biggest cosmic explosion in recorded history was detected about 390 million light years from Earth and it made a dent in surrounding space that could fit 15 Milky Way galaxies inside.
It is believed the eruption originated from a supermassive black hole in the Ophiuchus galaxy cluster. The explosion was compared to the Mount St. Helens eruption in 1980.
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