Business, Environment, Fairtrade, Family, Food & Cuisine, Human Rights, International Day, Poverty, Sustainability, Video
Repositioning family farming at the centre of agricultural, environmental and social policies in national agendas is a top priority at the UN’s FAO. That has been the focus of the International Year 2014. So just what are the challenges faced by smallholders and...Child Rights, Education, Human Rights, International Day, Safety, Website
Just two years ago, the UN declared October 11 as the International Day of the Girl Child to raise awareness about all issues concerning gender inequality around the world. It’s a day when activist groups come together under the same goal to highlight, discuss, and...Child Rights, Education, Human Rights, International Day, Medium < 30m, TED, Video
Kakenya Ntaiya made a deal with her father: She would undergo the traditional Maasai rite of passage of female circumcision if he would let her go to high school. Ntaiya tells the fearless story of continuing on to college, and of working with her village elders to...Freedom, History & Heritage, Human Rights, International Day, Peace, Teaching Resource, Video
The surprising story of how a British Conservative politician played a key role in creating the European Convention on Human Rights. Inspired by the life and words of David Maxwell Fyfe (1900-1967). Created by Met Film School and RightsInfo to mark the 70th...
Animation, Freedom, History & Heritage, Human Rights, International Day, Peace, Short < 10m
A speech given by Mahatma Gandhi in 1925 encouraging Indians to fight without the use of violence. I took this speech and then converted into a motion typography using Adobe After Effects and Photoshop for some of the illustrative...
Democracy, Freedom, Human Rights, International Day, Peace
Mahatma Gandhi was born on the 2nd October. On the 30th January Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated. UN declares this day to be the International Day of Non-Violence. The International Day of Non-Violence is observed on October 2, the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi. This day...
Age, Family, Human Rights, International Day, Society
year of first observance the theme was "The future we want: what older persons are saying" the theme is "Take A Stand Against Ageism" The International Day of Older Persons is observed on October 1 each year. On December 14, 1990 the United Nations...
