International Day of the Girl Child - 11 October

Background

On December 19, 2011, United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 66/170 to declare October 11 as the International Day of the Girl Child, to recognize girls’ rights and the unique challenges girls face around the world.

Girls face discrimination and violence every day across the world. The International Day of the Girl Child focuses attention on the need to address the challenges girls face and to promote girls’ empowerment and the fulfilment of their human rights.



2018

Theme:  “With Her: A Skilled Girl Force”

Educate your girl child. Make her a skilled person.
Many girls are excelling in number of fields. No field of work or effort is beyond her reach.
Believe in your girl child. Provide her the best education and skills.
You will be benefited as a parent. You will have more happiness in your life. You will have more satisfaction as a person who fulfilled his or her obligation to the life process and purpose.


2016

Theme:   “Girls’ Progress = Goals’ Progress: A Global Girl Data Movement”

There are 1.1 billion girls today, a powerful constituency for shaping a sustainable world that’s better for everyone. They are brimming with talent and creativity. But their dreams and potential are often thwarted by discrimination, violence and lack of equal opportunities. There are glaring gaps in data and knowledge about the specific needs and challenges that girls face.

What gets counted, gets done. The theme for this year’s International Day of the Girl Child, on 11 October, “Girls’ Progress = Goals’ Progress: A Global Girl Data Movement”, is a call for action for increased investment in collecting and analyzing girl-focused, girl-relevant and sex-disaggregated data. One year into the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, improving data on girls and addressing the issues that are holding them back is critical for fulfilling the Sustainable Development Goals

One such issue that is standing in the way of girls’ progress is child marriage. The data is daunting—one in three girls in developing countries (except China) get married before they turn 18. Girls who are child brides miss out on education, are more vulnerable to physical and sexual violence, and bear children before they are physically or emotionally prepared. The cycle of violence that begins in girlhood, carries over into womanhood and across generations. The 2030 Agenda must address their needs and unlock their potential.

UN Women works around the world to empower women and girls and raise awareness on their rights, advocate for the adoption and implementation of laws and policies that prohibit and prevent child marriage, and mobilize communities against the practice.

On the International Day of the Girl Child, we stand with the global community to support girls’ progress everywhere. Let girls be girls.
http://www.unwomen.org/en/news/in-focus/girl-child


2015

2015 Theme: The Power of the Adolescent Girl: Vision for 2030


This year, as the international community assesses progress under the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) since their implementation in 2000 and sets goals to be achieved by 2030, girls born at the turn of the millennium have reached adolescence, and the generation of girls born this year will be adolescents in 2030. As we reflect on the achievements of the past 15 years and plan sustainable development goals for the next 15, it is an opportune time to consider the importance of social, economic, and political investment in the power of adolescent girls as fundamental to breaking the intergenerational transmission of poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination and to achieving equitable and sustainable development outcomes.

Adolescent girls have the right to a safe, educated, and healthy life, not only during these critical formative years, but also as they mature into women. If effectively supported during the adolescent years, girls have the potential to change the world – both as the empowered girls of today and as tomorrow’s workers, mothers, entrepreneurs, mentors, household heads, and political leaders. An investment in realising the power of adolescent girls upholds their rights today and promises a more equitable and prosperous future, one in which half of humanity is an equal partner in solving the problems of climate change, political conflict, economic growth, disease prevention, and global sustainability.

Over the last 15 years, the global community has made significant progress in improving the lives of girls during early childhood. In 2015, girls in the first decade of life are more likely to enrol in primary school, receive key vaccinations, and are less likely to suffer from health and nutrition problems than were previous generations. However, there has been insufficient investment in addressing the challenges girls face when they enter the second decade of their lives. This includes obtaining quality secondary and higher education, avoiding child marriage, receiving information and services related to puberty and reproductive health, and protecting themselves against unwanted pregnancy, sexually transmitted disease and gender-based violence.

As the global community launches the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for implementation over the next 15 years, it is a good time to recognise the achievements made in supporting young girls, while at the same time aspiring to support the current and upcoming generation of adolescent girls, to truly fulfil their potential as key actors in achieving a sustainable and equitable world. In recognition of the importance of investing in adolescent girls’ empowerment and rights, both today and in the future, the theme of International Day of the Girl Child for 2015 is: The Power of the Adolescent Girl: Vision for 2030.

UN agencies, Member States, civil society organizations, and private sector stakeholders are called on to commit to putting adolescent girls at the centre of sustainable development efforts by making the following critical investments in their present and future:

Invest in high quality education, skills, training, access to technology and other learning initiatives that prepare girls for life, jobs, and leadership.
Invest in health and nutrition suitable to the adolescent years, including puberty education, menstrual hygiene management, and sexual and reproductive health education and services.
Promote zero tolerance against physical, mental, and sexual violence.
Enact and consistently implement social, economic, and policy mechanisms to combat early marriage and female genital mutilation.
Invest in the creation and maintenance of social and public spaces for civic and political engagement, creativity and talent enhancement.
Promote gender-responsive legislation and policies across all areas especially for adolescent girls who are disabled, vulnerable and marginalized, and victims of trafficking and sexual exploitation.
The commitment by the global community to realising the potential of adolescent girls will directly translate into the girls as powerful and positive change agents for their own empowerment, for advancing gender equality and for the sustainable advancement of their nations.

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


Updated 11 October 2018,  11 October 2016,  11 October 2015

11 October - World Obesity Day Telugu - ప్రపంచ స్థూల కాయ దినోత్సవము

ప్రపంచ స్థూల కాయ దినోత్సవము


ఈ రోజు ఏమైనా చేస్తున్నారా. బరువు ఎక్కువ ఉంటె తగ్గించుకోడానికి.
నేను ఉదయం మధ్యాహ్నం ఆహారాన్ని తగ్గిస్తున్నా. దసరా పండుగ ఉపవాసం కూడా కలిసి వచ్చింది కదా.

ఆహారంలో పెద్దమార్పు చెయ్యండి: డయాబెటిస్ 2 - అధిక బరువు తగ్గించుకోండి
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Updated 11 October 2018

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

The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - 17 October

The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty has been observed every year since 1993, when the United Nations General Assembly, by resolution 47/196, designated this day to promote awareness of the need to eradicate poverty and destitution in all countries. Poverty eradication remains at the core of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the development of the new Sustainable Development Goals.

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



2017

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the declaration by the General Assembly, in its resolution 47/196 of 22 December 1992, of 17 October as the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. This year also marks the 30th anniversary of the Call to Action by Father Joseph Wresinski — which inspired the observance of October 17 as the World Day for Overcoming Extreme Poverty — and the recognition by the United Nations of the day as the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.

2017 theme — Answering the Call of October 17 to end poverty: A path toward peaceful and inclusive societies

The Call to Action recognizes the need for building an alliance with citizens from all backgrounds to end poverty.

Build an alliance with citizens from all backgrounds to end poverty.

2015 Theme:
Building a sustainable future: Coming together to end poverty and discrimination

The 2015 observance of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is a special one, as it comes on the heels of the adoption of Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The Agenda, which succeeds the Millennium Development Goals, contains 17 new and ambitious goals – foremost among them, to “end poverty in all its forms everywhere".



Goal 1. End poverty in all its forms everywhere
1.1 By 2030, eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere, currently measured as people living on less than $1.25 a day

1.2 By 2030, reduce at least by half the proportion of men, women and children of all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions according to national definitions
1.3 Implement nationally appropriate social protection systems and measures for all, including floors, and by 2030 achieve substantial coverage of the poor and the vulnerable
1.4 By 2030, ensure that all men and women, in particular the poor and the vulnerable, have equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to basic services, ownership and control over land and other forms of property, inheritance, natural resources, appropriate new technology and financial services, including microfinance
1.5 By 2030, build the resilience of the poor and those in vulnerable situations and reduce their exposure and vulnerability to climate-related extreme events and other economic, social and environmental shocks and disasters
1.a Ensure significant mobilization of resources from a variety of sources, including through enhanced development cooperation, in order to provide adequate and predictable means for developing countries, in particular least developed countries, to implement programmes and policies to end poverty in all its dimensions
1.b Create sound policy frameworks at the national, regional and international levels, based on pro-poor and gender-sensitive development strategies, to support accelerated investment in poverty eradication actions

https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/post2015/transformingourworld

Updated 17 October 2017, 17 October 2015

USA National Manufacturing Day - First Friday of October

About the USA National Manufacturing Day - First Friday of October

National Manufacturing Day was established in 2012 to expand the knowledge about and improve the public’s view of manufacturing careers and the industry’s value to the U.S. economy. The celebration looks to raise awareness about manufacturing’s impact and change the perception of manufacturing careers for future generations.

http://www.mfgday.com/about-us
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2016

Manufacturing Day 2016 — Friday October 7, 2016
https://medium.com/@MfgStories/manufacturing-day-2016-friday-october-7-2016-8ca6aa7ad2d6#.s53ji83m3




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http://www.cmtc.com/blog/bid/185144/National-Manufacturing-Day-A-Celebration-for-CA-and-the-USA

World Day for Audiovisual Heritage - 27 October

Audiovisual documents, such as films, radio and television programmes, are our common heritage and contain the primary records of the 20th and 21st centuries. They help to maintain the cultural identity of a people; but countless documentary treasures have disappeared since the invention of image and sound technologies that permit the peoples of the world to better share their experiences, creativity and knowledge.

All of the world's audiovisual heritage is endangered. Nowhere can it be said to be preserved, but through initiatives such as the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage and the Memory of the World Programme, the precious work of preservation professionals is given impetus to manage a range of technical, political, social, financial and other factors that threaten the safeguarding of our heritage.

It was in this context, that the General Conference in 2005 approved the commemoration of a World Day for Audiovisual Heritage as a mechanism to raise general awareness of the need for urgent measures to be taken and to acknowledge the importance of audiovisual documents as an integral part of national identity.

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





2015 Theme: Archives at Risk: Protecting the World's Identities

"We have 10 to 15 years left to transfer available audiovisual recordings to digital media and prevent their loss. We need to join forces to change the situation – for it is of the utmost importance that this recent history be understood and shared not only for issues of identity and affiliation but also for a clearer grasp of relationships and challenges in contemporary societies."

Irina Bokova
Director-General of UNESCO

http://en.unesco.org/events/world-day-audiovisual-heritage-2015

World Spine Day - 16 October

http://www.worldspineday.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Media-Release-WSD-IOC-2013-f.pdf


http://bjdonline.org/bjd-action-week/




2015

Theme: Your Back at Work
http://www.worldspineday.org/

http://www.spine-health.com/blog/11-ways-indulge-your-spine

http://ktla.com/2015/10/15/preview-of-world-spine-day-good-spine-health-for-every-age/

http://www.wtrf.com/story/30173667/throw-your-hands-in-the-air-for-world-spine-day

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http://texasback.com/research/degenerative_disc_disease/world-spine-health-day-213

http://texasback.com/about-us/blog/combining-acrobatics-with-yoga-what-could-possibly-go-wrong//


Asans for back pain, sciatica and other backaches - Baba Ramdev
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International Day of Rural Women - 15 October

The first International Day of Rural Women was observed on 15 October 2008. This new international day, established by the General Assembly in its resolution 62/136 of 18 December 2007, recognizes “the critical role and contribution of rural women, including indigenous women, in enhancing agricultural and rural development, improving food security and eradicating rural poverty.”

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

World Standards Day - 14 October

World Standards Day

Each year on 14 October, the members of the IEC, ISO and ITU celebrate World Standards Day, which is a means of paying tribute to the collaborative efforts of the thousands of experts worldwide who develop the voluntary technical agreements that are published as international standards.  

http://www.worldstandardscooperation.org/world-standards-day/






http://www.worldstandardscooperation.org/world-standards-day/world-standards-day-2014/

International Day for Disaster Reduction - 13 October

Background

By resolution 44/236 (22 December 1989), the General Assembly designated the second Wednesday of October International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction. The International Day was to be observed annually during the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, 1990-1999.

By resolution 64/200 of 21 December 2009 the General Assembly decided to designate 13 October as the date to commemorate the Day and to change the Day's name to International Day for Disaster Reduction. The objective of the observance is to raise awareness of how people are taking action to reduce their risk to disasters.

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


2015

The focus of this year’s International Day for Disaster Reduction is on the traditional, indigenous and local knowledge which complement modern science and add to an individual’s and societies’ resilience. For example, knowledge of early warning signals in nature can be vital to ensuring early action is taken to mitigate the impact of both slow and fast onset disasters such as droughts, heatwaves, storms and floods. Combined with scientific knowledge such as reports generated by meteorologists, local knowledge is vital for preparedness and can be passed on from generation to generation.

World Mental Health Day - 10 October

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No health without mental health



World Mental Health Day on 10 October raises public awareness about mental health issues. The Day promotes more open discussion of mental disorders, and investments in prevention and treatment services. The treatment gap for mental, neurological and substance use disorders is formidable especially in poor resource countries.

Physical and mental health are intertwined. There is a real need to deal with mental health problems of people with chronic physical illnesses and physical care of mental health consumers through a continued and integrated care.

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/events/annual/world_mental_health_day/en/index.html


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2010 Mental Health Action

7th October 2010


WHO launches mhGAP Intervention Guide for mental, neurological and substance use disorders in non-specialized health settings.

mhGAP Intervention Guide

mhGAP Evidence Resource Centre



Source: http://www.who.int/mental_health/mhgap/en/index.html
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World Federation for Mental Health
Programs for 2010

http://www.wfmh.org/2010world_mental_health_day.htm


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World Savings Day - 31 October

About the Day

October 31 was declared World Thrift Day at the end of the first International Thrift Congress in 1924 in Milan.

‘World Thrift Day’ should be a day devoted to the promotion of savings all over the World.

Savings banks  worked with the support of the schools, the clergy, as well as cultural, sports, professional, and women’s associations to promote savings on the savings day.

The celebration of the World Thrift Day took various forms:  posters, lectures, brochures, leaflets, press-articles, chorus singing, broadcasting, educational and propaganda films.
(Hymns of Thrift: http://www.wsbi.org/uploadedFiles/Events/HymnofThrift1928.pdf )

Special Note

Austria

In Austria, the official mascot of saving, the called ‘Sparefroh’ (literally: ‘Happy Saver’) has  a higher degree of brand awareness  and even a street was named after him. In the 1970s the ‘Sparefroh-Journal’, an educational magazine for younger people, reached a circulation of 400,000 copies.

India

The World Thrift Day is being celebrated on 31st October of every year through out the world. In India it is being celebrated on 30th October every year. In Tamilnadu state, it was celebrated in each District with the participation of the District Collectors local MPs, MLAs etc. In Chennai, a State level function was held on 30th October with the participation of Hon’ble Minister for Finance, Govt. of Tamil Nadu , Post Master General, Director of Small Savings, Regional Director, National Savings Institute etc. The agents, PRSS Group Leaders, who mobilized highest collection under small savings were given awards by the Hon’ble Minister for Finance on that day


World Savings Day Speeches

2012 - Govennor - Bank of Italy

29 October - World Stroke Day

Stroke is the second leading cause of death for people above the age of 60, and the fifth leading cause in people aged 15 to 59.

Reduce the burden of stroke by acting on six easy challenges:


1. Know your personal risk factors: high blood pressure, diabetes, and high blood cholesterol.
2. Be physically active and exercise regularly.
3. Avoid obesity by keeping to a healthy diet.
4. Limit alcohol consumption.
5. Avoid cigarette smoke. If you smoke, seek help to stop now.
6. Learn to recognize the warning signs of a stroke and how to take action.



http://www.worldstrokecampaign.org/media/Pages/AboutWorldStrokeDay2010.aspx

http://www.worldstrokecampaign.org/media/Pages/WorldStrokeDayProclamation.aspx

http://www.who.int/cardiovascular_diseases/media/events/stroke_day/en/index.html

Global Handwashing Day - 15 October

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About the Day


Global Handwashing Day was originally created for children and schools,but can be celebrated by anyone promoting handwashing with soap.

Each year on October 15,  over 200 million people are involved in celebrations in over 100 countries around the world


http://globalhandwashing.org/ghw-day


Turning handwashing with soap before eating and after using the toilet into an ingrained habit could save more lives than any single vaccine or medical intervention, cutting deaths from diarrhea by almost half and deaths from acute respiratory infections by one-quarter. A vast change in handwashing behavior is critical to meeting the Millennium Development Goal of reducing deaths among children under the age of five by two-thirds by 2015.

Global Handwashing Day focuses on children because not only do they suffer disproportionately from diarrheal and respiratory diseases and deaths, but research shows that children – the segment of society so often the most energetic, enthusiastic, and open to new ideas – can also be powerful agents for changing behaviors like handwashing with soap in their communities.

http://globalhandwashing.org/ghw-day/about



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Enabling Technologies for Handwashing with Soap

http://www.wsp.org/wsp/global-initiatives/Global-Scaling-Up-Handwashing-Project/Enabling%20Technologies%20for%20Handwashing%20with%20Soap

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World Food Day - 16 October

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• Narayana Rao

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2010 Theme

United against Hunger 

The theme of this year’s observance is United against hunger, chosen to recognize the efforts made in the fight against world hunger at national, regional and international levels.

Uniting against hunger becomes real when state and civil society organizations and the private sector work in partnership at all levels to defeat hunger, extreme poverty and malnutrition.

In 2009, the critical threshold of one billion hungry people in the world was reached in part due to soaring food prices and the financial crisis, a “tragic achievement in these modern days", according to FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf. On the eve of the hunger summit, Dr Diouf launched an online petition to reflect the moral outrage of the situation. The “1 billion hungry project” reaches out to people through online social media to invite them to sign the anti-hunger petition at www.1billionhungry.org.

Source:
http://www.fao.org/getinvolved/worldfoodday/en/


Our Belief for Action
 
With willpower, courage and persistence – and many players working together and helping each other – more food can be produced, more sustainably, and get into the mouths of those who need it most.

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Knol and Knol Authors against Hunger

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October - National Days of Countries

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http://presscode.gr/index.php?option=com_gcalendar#year=2012&month=10&day=2&view=month

World Teachers' Day 5th October

 

 

 

 

 

 

About the Day

 

World Teachers’ Day, held annually on 5 October since 1994, commemorates the anniversary of the signing in 1966 of the UNESCO/ILO Recommendation Concerning the Status of Teachers. It is an occasion to celebrate the essential role of teachers in providing quality education at all levels. 

http://www.unesco.org/en/teacher-education/advocacy/world-teachers-day/

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World Teachers Day 2011

Harvard University Edcast for WTD 2011
http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news-impact/2011/10/harvard-edcast-celebrating-world-teachers-day/



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World Teachers' Day - 2009

Theme:  “Build the future: invest in teachers now!”

In our rapidly changing and interdependent world, teachers not only have to ensure that students acquire solid skills in basic subjects, but also that they become responsible local and global citizens, at ease with new technologies and able to make informed decisions about health, the environment and other challenges.

Sustained investment is required to develop a well-trained and motivated teaching force. A global total of 10.3 million teachers should be recruited between 2007 and 2015 just to meet the goal of universal primary education.

 

Programme of UNESCO

World Teachers’ Day 2009

“Build the future: invest in teachers now!”

5 October 2009

Room XI

UNESCO, 7, Place de Fontenoy, 75007 Paris

Provisional Program

9:00 – 9:30 a.m: Registration and morning tea/coffee

In front of Room XI, UNESCO Fontenoy Building

9:30 – 10:30 a.m; Welcome Remarks and Presentation

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Chaired by the Assistant Director-General for Education

Signatory representatives of the joint Teachers’ Day statement

share perspectives on the global challenge of increasing the

teaching force and supporting teachers’ capacity to provide quality

education in the context of economic constraints. UNESCO’s

Director-General will make a statement.

10:30 –11:15 a.m : Times of Crisis: Addressing the Teacher Gap

Chaired by the Chief, Section for Teacher Education

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UNESCO’s Institute for Statistics present data that illustrates

the teacher gap and highlights key considerations for meeting

the objectives of Education for All.

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UNESCO’s Division for Education Strategies & Capacity

Building: the impact of the international economic crisis on

education budgets.

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Group discussion

11:15 –11:30 a.m : Outcomes of the 10

th CEART Session

Chaired by the Chief, Section for Teacher Education

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Presentation of the objectives and outcomes of the 10th session

of the Committee of Experts on the Application of the

Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers (CEART).

11:30 a.m – 12:30 p.m: Teacher Roundtable: A Global View on Being a Teacher Today

Chaired by the Director, Division of Higher Education

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Testimonials by teachers from Africa, Asia and Europe on the

unique responsibilities, challenges and rewards of being a

teacher today.

12:30 – 1:00 p.m: Group Discussion and Concluding Remarks

Chaired by the Director, Division of Higher Education

Source: http://www.unesco.org/education/wtd2009/provisionalprogramme.pdf

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Visit Educational International Site for Ideas and Posters: http://www.5oct.org/

Make your twitter message appear on the site by tagging it with #wtd2009

 

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Projected Teacher Recruitment in the World

 

According to UIS estimates provided in Figure 3, 1.3 million teachers will need to be recruited every year between 2007 and 2015 amounting to a global total of 10.3 million over the eight-year period.

 

Of the 10.3 million teachers needed, 8.1 million will be deployed to maintain the current capacity of education systems (i.e. compensate for attrition). About 2.2 million recruits will be needed to expand education systems in order to achieve Universal Primary Education (UPE).

 

Source: http://www.unesco.org/education/wtd2009/infosheet_No3.pdf

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International Day of Non-Violence, 2 October

The General Assembly of United Nations decides, with effect from the sixty-second session of the General Assembly and guided by the Charter of the United Nations, to observe the International Day of Non-Violence on 2 October each year, with the International Day being brought to the attention of all people for its celebration and observance on this date.

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• P V Ariel

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About the Day

 

Picture Credit: The Hindu.com

2 October is the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, the person who practiced and preached non-violent struggle for freedom from oppression of all sorts. He led India to freedom on this method. He is a rival to Karl Marx in thought. Struggle against oppression is the theme in both of their writings. Gandhi and his followers chose non-violence as the path and Marx and his followers chose violence as the path.

   

Resolution adopted by the UN General Assembly: A/RES/61/271 of 27 June 2007

 

Bearing in mind that non-violence, tolerance, full respect for all human rights and fundamental freedoms for all, democracy, development, mutual understanding and respect for diversity are interlinked and mutually reinforcing,

Reaffirming the universal relevance of the principle of non-violence, and desiring to secure a culture of peace, tolerance, understanding and non-violence

 

1. Decides, with effect from the sixty-second session of the General Assembly and guided by the Charter of the United Nations, to observe the International Day of Non-Violence on 2 October each year, with the International Day being brought to the attention of all people for its celebration and observance on this date;
2. Invites all Member States, organizations of the United Nations system, regional and non-governmental organizations and individuals to commemorate the International Day of Non-Violence in an appropriate manner and to disseminate the message of non-violence, including through education and public awareness;
3. Requests the Secretary-General to recommend ways and means by which the United Nations system and the United Nations Secretariat could, within existing resources, assist Member States, upon request, in organizing activities to commemorate the International Day of Non-Violence;
4. Also requests the Secretary-General to take necessary measures, within existing resources, for the observance by the United Nations of the International Day of Non-Violence;
5. Further requests the Secretary-General to keep the General Assembly informed at its sixty-third session of the implementation of the present resolution, within the United Nations system, as regards the observance of the International Day of Non-Violence.

 

 http://www.un.org/events/nonviolence/2008/resolution.shtml

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

Thoughts of Mahatma Gandhi

 

Gandhiji sitting behind a spinning  wheel or charkha, reading
 from some  papers that he holds in his right hand.

Caricature by Ms. Shafali

" When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall — think of it, always. What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy?

An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.

There are many causes that I am prepared to die for but no causes that I am prepared to kill for."

Mahatma Gandhi
The Story of My Experiments with Truth, 1927

If mankind was not habitually non-violent, it would have been self-destroyed ages ago.

Mahatma Gandhi

Young India, 2.1.1930

Thoughts Of Mahatma Gandhi

Brute Force or Violent Struggle and Passive Resistance - Gandhiji's Comparsion

International Day of Non Violence 2011

Gandhi's transformative and transcendent approach had deep roots in India’s past. Some two thousand years earlier, Emperor Ashoka renounced recourse to war and devoted himself to the peaceful development of his society. His idea of peace and non-violence extended to the protection of animals and trees – sustainability before its time.

Others around the world have carried this banner, from Chico Mendes in Brazil to the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the United States, from Nelson Mandela in South Africa to Professor Wangari Maathai in Kenya. All of these leaders inspired global movements in which they were joined by countless others who embraced non-violence as a core value and animating principle.

The timeless power of non-violence, which has accomplished so much in the past year alone, has a vital role to play in all countries, including established democracies. On this International Day, let us re-commit to supporting non-violence. Non-violence is not only an effective tactic; it is a strategy and the ultimate vision. Durable ends such as peace can only come through durable means – non-violence.

Ban Ki-moon in his message on the occasion
Read full message: http://www.un.org/en/events/nonviolenceday/sgmessages.shtml

 

International Day of Non-Violence 2008

UN Secretary-General's Message on the Observance of the International Day of Non-Violence

(2 October 2008)

 

This year, the International Day of Non-Violence takes on special significance.

The Day, which marks the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, falls during the sixtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

  

There is a profound philosophical connection between the fundamental principles of human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration and those practiced by Mahatma Gandhi.

The answer for Mahatma Gandhi was always found in action. As he said, “An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.”

The rest of us can seek to emulate his spirit only by practicing the tenets of non-violence, justice and peace.

Today, the legacy and the principles of the Mahatma are carried forward in our celebration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. They are carried forward through the activities of the United Nations and our invaluable partners in civil society: religious leaders, teachers, artists and so many others.

Out task is to ensure that the rights in the Declaration are a living reality -- that they are known, understood and enjoyed by everyone, everywhere.

It is often those who most need their human rights protected, who also need to be informed that the Declaration exists -- and that it exists for them.

The rights of too many people around the world are still violated. That is why the Mahatma’s legacy is more important than ever.

On this International Day of Non-Violence, and this sixtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, may Mahatma Gandhi inspire us in our mission.

Ban Ki-moon

 

http://www.un.org/events/nonviolence/2008/sgmessage.shtml

 

International Day of Non - Violence 2010

Secretary-General's Message for 2010

The International Day of Non-Violence marks the birth date of one of the doctrine’s leading voices, Mahatma Gandhi.  “Non-violence”, Gandhi said, “is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind.” 

We at the United Nations strive to harness the power of non-violence to overcome prejudice, end conflict, and cultivate mutual respect and understanding among peoples and countries.  Indeed, the creed of non-violence echoes through the United Nations Charter: “To practice tolerance and live together in peace with one another as good neighbours”; “to ensure ... that armed force shall not be used, save in the common interest.”

We work every day to bring these lofty principles to life.  We do this by promoting human rights, seeking to resolve conflicts through peaceful means, campaigning to eliminate violence against women, working to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, and building bridges across cultures and countering hatred and extremism everywhere.

This work cannot be left to governments or international organizations alone.  Peace may be achieved around the negotiating table, but it is sustained around community tables.  Peace starts with people -- it flows from the hearts of committed women and men.  Communities, families, and individuals all have a critical role to play in defeating violence and creating a culture of peace.    

On this International Day of Non-Violence, let us work together to use the great force of non-violence to build peaceful and just societies for ourselves and for our children. 

Ban Ki-moon 

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Meeting in New York
2nd October 9.30 am to 1.30 pm
http://www.gandhitopia.org/events/gandhi-jayanti-and

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Gandhian Thought

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Selling of Gandhi Autobiography by Students of NITIE

Shanti Eva Jayate Campaign

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International Day of Non-Violence 2009

 

New York

Credit:unstamp.un

 

On Friday, 2 October 2009, from 5 to 6 p.m. in the Penthouse of the Dag Hammarskjöld Library in New York, there will be a commemoration       of the International Day of Non-Violence and release of a commemorative stamp by the United Nations Postal Administration.

 

  

Non-Violence and Gandhi - Web Resources

 

 

Gandhi's Speech - From Gandhi Film

http://www.mkgandhi.org/nonviolence/gandhi_and_non.htm

 

•  Conflict Resolution and Gandhian Ethics (Complete Book Online)
  - By Thomas Weber

•  India and Boer War - By E. S. Reddy

•  Gandhi's Vision of Peace - By Ela Gandhi

•  Gandhi's Greatest Weapon - By C. F. Andrews

•  Conflict Resolution - By Dr. Y. P. Anand

•  The Tradition of Nonviolence and its Underlying Forces
  - By William Stuart Nelson

•  A Study of the Meanings of Nonviolence - By Gene sharp

•  Notes on the Theory of Nonviolence - By William Robert Miller

•  Nonviolence as a Positive Concept - By James E Bristol

•  Experimentation in Nonviolence: the Next Phase
  - By William Robert Miller

•  The Best Solver of Conflicts - By Richard B Gregg

•  War and What Price Freedom - By William Stuart Nelson

•  A Co-ordinated Approach to Disarmament - By Charles. C. Walker

•  A Disarmament Adequate to Our Times - By K. M. Mahadevan

•  The Impact Of Gandhi on the U.S. Peace Movement - By Charles. C. Walker

•  The Gandhian Approach to World Peace - By J. B Kripalani

•  The Grass-roots of World Peace - By G. Ramchandran

•  Is There a Nonviolent Road to a Peaceful World? - By Wilfred Wellock

•  Nuclear Explosions and World Peace - By Horace Alexander

•  Aspects of Nonviolence in American Culture - By Mulford.Q.Sibley

•  The Gandhian Way and Nuclear War -  By P.T.Raju

•  A Nonviolent International Authority - By Ted Dunn

•  A Contemporary Interpretation of Ahimsa - By Agehananda Bharati

•  Kingian Nonviolence : A Practical Application in Policing - By Captain (Retd.) Charles L. Aiphin

•  Pilgrimage To Nonviolence - By Martin Luther King Jr.

•  Peace Paradigms: Five Approaches to Peace - By Nathan C. Funk

•  Interpersonal Conflict - By Thomas Weber

•  Conflict, Violence And Education - By Satyabrata Chowdhury

•  The Emerging Role of NGOs in Conflict Resolution - By Siby K. Joseph

•  Martin Luther King's Nonviolent Struggle and its Relevance to Asia - By Chris Walker

•  Terrorism: Counter Violence is Not the Answer - By Bhowani Prosad Chatterjee

•  Gandhi's Vision and Technique of Conflict Resolution - By Y. V. Satyanarayana

•  Three Case Studies of Nonviolence - By Krishna Mallick

•  How Nonviolence Works - By Glenn Smiley

•  The Courage of Nonviolence - By Daisaku Ikeda

•  Conflict Resolution and Peace Possibilities in the Gandhian Perspective - By Surinder. K. Shukla

•  An Approach to Conflict Resolution - By Ravindra Varma

•  Application of Nonviolence - By Mahatma Gandhi

•  Non-violence - Neither a beginning nor an end - By V.S. Tyagarajan

•  Non-violence & World Crisis - By Mahatma Gandhi

•  Peacemaking According to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - By Saliy Milbury-Steen

•  The Truth about Truth Force - By Lester R. Kurtz

•  The Development of a Culture of Peace through Elementary Schools in Canada - By Ashley Ward

•  Gandhi, Christianity and Ahimsa - By Sanjeev Nayyar

•  Some Reflections on Culture of Peace - By C.S. Dharmadhikari

•  Solution of Violence Through Love - By Louise A. Williams

•  Developing a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence through Education - By Ashley J. Ward

•  Gandhi, Jews and Palestines

•  Nonviolence And Western Sociological And Political Thought - By K.C. Aravinda Rajagopal

•  Gandhi After 9/11: Terrorism, Violence And The Other - By Douglas Allen

•  "Conflict Resolution & Peace": A Gandhian Perspective - By Manas Roy

•  A Gandhian Approach to International Security - By Ambassador (Retd) Alan Nazareth

•  Address to the Nation: Mahatma Gandhi writes on 26 January 2009 - By Vaibhav Gangan

•  The Gospel of Nonviolence - By Mahatma Gandhi

•  The Power of Nonviolence - By Mahatma Gandhi

•  Training for Nonviolence - By Mahatma Gandhi

•  Application of Nonviolence - By Mahatma Gandhi

•  The Nonviolent Society - By Mahatma Gandhi

•  The Nonviolent State - By Mahatma Gandhi

•  Violence and Terrorism - By Mahatma Gandhi

•  Between Cowardice and Nonviolence - By Mahatma Gandhi

•  Resistance to Aggression - By Mahatma Gandhi

•  The Choice before India - By Mahatma Gandhi

•  India and the Nonviolent Way - By Mahatma Gandhi

•  India and the Violent Way - By Mahatma Gandhi

•  The Way to Peace - By Mahatma Gandhi

Source for the links: http://www.mkgandhi-sarvodaya.org/articles/article.htm

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Related Articles

Nonviolent Power and the End of Domination, by Jack Duvall, International Center on Nonviolent Conflict,
Gandhi Center working paper.
http://www.jmu.edu/gandhicenter/wm_library/workingpaper1.pdf

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Comments

Very Informative Piece on Mahatma Gandhi

Thanks Raogaaru,
For this informative piece, A timely piece on this great day.
I don't know somehow I missed it. I made some changes hope its acceptable to you.
With best regards,
Philip ariel
PS:
Raogaaru, pl add a picture at the top of the knol, if you can invite me as a co-other i can post one picture or stamp of Gamdhiji

P V Ariel - 24 Sep 2011

Thank you. At NITIE, we ask our students to post their assignments on Knol. That way the knowledge gathered by the students is available to all other students of the institute as well as other students in all institutions across the world. Many other faculty members in various countries are also doing the same and Knol now has many articles which are posted by students. Some of them are excellent and very useful articles.

Let us see how we will get more authors for Knol.

Thank you for the reply.

Narayana Rao - 24 Sep 2011

Great idea again,
Thanks.
Have a good day

P V Ariel - 24 Sep 2011

Thank you for the edits.

I am surprised to see that there are 258 page views in this week for this knol. This is what I call traction of Knol. If we at least post a useful theme first and then slowly add content, people are coming to the Knol platform.

We need to appreciate an author if he starts a good theme. Then encourage him to add more and more content. Social media articles take time to develop. Visitors also understand it and appreciate it and cooperate with you. It will be good if existing knol authors recruit one additional knol author by December 2011. Such a campaign will double knol authors and increase knols and visitors.

Narayana Rao - 24 Sep 2011

:-)

P V Ariel - 03 Oct 2010

It is nice and also contacting Shafali is also a good initiative. Collaboration among Knol authors in enhance because of such requests and permissions.

Thank you.

Narayana Rao - 03 Oct 2010

I just added one more pic of Shafali with her permission, is that ok the place where I placed?

P V Ariel - 03 Oct 2010

Thats really good, let us think of new ideas to promote our knols as well the Knol platform
Thanks for your suggestion, I just added one collection in the interesting knols hope you checked and i posted a comment too to the knol author's page
Best
Philip

P V Ariel - 03 Oct 2010

Thank you for inclusion of picture. As you can see in one day it attracted 200 page views. I am now appealing to knol authors. Come with themes. We can select some knols and make them trending for a day. Like there can be a theme on Kerala. Onam has just gone. But Kerala tourism can be a theme. If some knols are there, we can promote them on a particular day and get some good visitors. Knol will get some good advertisement and publicity due to that. Plus we are helping the cause or theme in our limited way.

Narayana Rao - 02 Oct 2010

Thank you for the comment and for improvement to the knol.These knols come into circulation for limited time every year. So likelihood of missing them is very high. I made similar knols for many international and national days. They get visitors for a limited period of time and will go into hibernation for a year. That is fine.

I thank you for the offer of coauthor. I sent the invitation. I am grateful to you for the offer.

I request you to become coauthor for another knol.

http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-k-v-s-s/interesting-new-knols/2utb2lsm2k7a/3036#

In this knol, each of us can give some knols which we like from the new knols posted or edited on a day or even old knols if we want to give them (Knols that do not have most viewed or top pick badges) and that way highlight some more knols to visitors. In the case of trending knols, our selection is quantitative. Here the selection is qualitative. Whatever knols you want to recommend you can give. You can give other language knols also. It will be good if we can identify even 50 knols per day. It is ok if we cannot give even one on a day either because we are all busy or because there is nothing worthwhile on a day. Trending Knols will become a most viewed knol by today. I hope this knol also will become popular and help knol authors and Knol platform.

Regards
Nrao

Narayana Rao - 02 Oct 2010

Short url

http://knol.google.com/k/-/-/2utb2lsm2k7a/1819

Narayana Rao - 02 Oct 2010

Good work.

http://knol.google.com/k/rajamanickam-antonimuthu/mahatma-gandhi/14dmp09oqdm08/120#view

Rajamanickam Antonimuthu - 02 Oct 2010