International Day of Older Persons - 1 October

Last edited: 25 Sep 2011 Exported: 26 Nov 2011 from Knol

20 per cent of the world’s population to be old persons by 2050

By 2050, 2 billion people, over 20 per cent of the world’s population, will be 60 or older.
A good situation. But how to provide facilities for making their life comfortable and worth living.
Let us foresee, think and plan.

About the Day

On 14 December 1990, the United Nations General Assembly (by resolution 45/106) designated 1 October the International Day of Older Persons.

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

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The 2018 theme  “Celebrating Older Human Rights Champions“. 

Let us  celebrate the older people around the world who dedicated their lives to championing human rights?

They are as diverse as the society in which they live: from older people advocating for human rights at the grass root and community level to high profile figures on the international stage.

The 2018 theme aims to:

Promote the rights enshrined in the Declaration and what it means in the daily lives of older persons;

Raise the visibility of older people as participating members of society committed to improving the enjoyment of human rights in many areas of life and not just those that affect them immediately;

Reflect on progress and challenges in ensuring full and equal enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms by older persons; and

Engage broad audiences across the world and mobilize people for human rights at all stages of life.
https://www.un.org/development/desa/ageing/international-day-of-older-persons-homepage/2018unidop.html

2015

http://undesadspd.org/Ageing/InternationalDayofOlderPersons.aspx

Theme of 2012
“Longevity: Shaping the Future”
The theme of the 2012 commemoration is “Longevity: Shaping the Future”. Ageing and health was also the theme of this year's World Health Day on 7 April. These themes focus on how healthy behaviours throughout life can help older men and women lead full and productive lives and be a resource for their families and communities.

Older People - New Power for Development

Providing power for the family, community cycles

"Ageing is a development issue. Healthy older persons are a resource for their families, their communities and the economy."

WHO Brasilia declaration on healthy ageing, 1996.

Source for the picture:
http://www.who.int/ageing/events/idop_rationale/en/index.html

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Updated 26 May 2018, 1 October 2015

1 May - International Workers' Day - May Day

The date is promoted by  by  socialist and communist political parties to commemorate the Haymarket affair, which occurred in Chicago on 4 May 1886.

The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions (which would later become the American Federation of Labor, or AFL) held a convention in Chicago in 1884 and  proclaimed “eight hours shall constitute a legal day’s labor from and after May 1, 1886.”

The following year the Knights of Labor – then America’s largest labor organization – backed the proclamation and  both groups encouraged workers to strike and demonstrate in favor of the demand.

On May 1, 1886, more than 300,000 workers (40,000 in Chicago alone) from 13,000 business walked out of their jobs across the country. In the following days, more workers joined and the number of strikers grew.

HAYMARKET RIOT
On May 3,  Chicago police and workers clashed at the McCormick Reaper Works. The next day a rally was held at Haymarket Square to protest the killing and wounding of several workers by the police.

When the speaker, August Spies, was winding down,  a group of officers arrived to disperse the crowd. As the police advanced, a bomb was thrown into their ranks. Chaos ensued, and at least seven police officers and eight civilians died as a result of the violence that day.

A few years after the Haymarket Riot and subsequent trials shocked the world, a newly formed coalition of socialist and labor parties in Europe called for a demonstration to honor the “Haymarket Martyrs.” In 1890, over 300,000 people protested at a May Day rally in London.

Subsequently, the Russian bolsheviks celebrated May Day with fervor.

https://www.history.com/topics/history-of-may-day


https://www.forbes.com/2007/08/30/labor-day-history-forbeslife-cx_ml_0830mayday.html#b19d2dd62fe6

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haymarket_affair

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Workers%27_Day