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International Women’s Day is celebrated across the globe and is aimed at highlighting the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call-to-action for accelerating gender parity. Significant activity is witnessed worldwide as groups come together to celebrate women’s achievements or rally for women’s equality. The 2023 global theme is #EmbraceEquity, which is part of an ongoing effort to raise awareness around “Why equal opportunities are no longer enough.”
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World ConSuMer rightS day
huMan rightS day (South afriCa)
Globally recognised and accredited by the United Nations, the World Consumer Rights Day is a day dedicated not only to raising global awareness about consumer rights and needs but to also demand that the rights of all consumers are respected and protected, and to rise against market abuses and social injustices which undermine those rights. The day is recognised and accredited by the United Nations. For more than 40 years Consumers International has run the campaign, uniting the consumer movement to celebrate together.
It was Dr Rolihlahla Nelson Mandela who once said: “To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.” This historic day in South Africa is grounded in the Sharpeville Massacre that took place in 1960, where the apartheid police shot and killed 69 people and wounded 180 that had gathered in protest against the pass laws. The day is commemorated as Human Rights Day as a reminder of the past and the cost paid for our treasured human rights.
