International Day | GLADE (Global Learning and Development Education)

To mark World Poetry Day on 21 March, this is a video of a member of Freedom from Torture’s creative writing group, Write to Life, reciting a poem screened in Guildhall Square – the heart of Portsmouth city...

World Down Syndrome Day

International Day

Million people have Down Syndrome (2013). John Langdon Down, a British doctor fully describes the syndrome. An extra copy of this chromosome causes Down Syndrome. World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD) is observed on March 21. On this day, people with Down syndrome and those...

International Day of Nowruz

International Day

Year of first United Nations observance. Million people celebrate their first day of spring. Years of known history and celebrations. International Nowruz Day was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly, in its resolution A/RES/64/253 of 2010, at the...

International Day of Nowruz

http://www.un.org/en/events/nowruzday/

International Day of Forests

Biodiversity, Conservation, International Day

Million acres of forests are lost each year, an area roughly the size of England. % Of all terrestrial biodiversity is embraced by forests. Billion of the world's poorest people rely on forests. The International Day of Forests was established on the 21st day of...

International Day of Forests

http://www.un.org/en/events/forestsday/

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Apartheid, Human Rights, International Day, Racism

on this day 69 people were massacred at a peaceful demonstration in Sharpeville, South Africa, Apartheid is finally abolished in South Africa. Theme is "Racial profiling and incitement to hatred, including in the context of migration". The International Day...