Cinco de Mayo March 5th What is Cinco de Mayo? Cinco de Mayo means the "fifth of May" in Spanish. Many Americans believe that Cinco de Mayo commemorates Mexico's independence from Spain. In fact, it began as a local holiday that celebrated Mexico's defeat of the French army at the Battle of Puebla in 1862. The History of Cinco de Mayo Cinco de Mayo commemorates the Mexican army's 1862 victory over France at the Battle of Puebla during the … [Read more...]
Celebrate Cinco de Mayo – May 5
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Celebrating World Heritage Day 2013
“World Heritage Day” With the aim of preserving and conserving the world’s culture and its tremendous heritage, the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) designated the eighteenth day of the month of April of every year i.e. 18th April as International Day for Monuments and Sites, which is popularly known as “World Heritage Day”. Every year there is a theme around which the celebrations across the world revolve. This year’s theme is the Heritage of Education … [Read more...]
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Palestinian Women to launch the new documentary film, Ana Ahlam
UNRWA partnered with the Center for Resources for Gender Equality “Abaad” and the General Union of Palestinian Women to launch the new documentary film, Ana Ahlam, in a special ceremony held in Beirut on 4 April 2013. Addressing the audience – which included the Ambassadors of Switzerland and Mexico, the Iranian Cultural Attaché, in addition to nearly 180 activists and representatives of Palestinian civil society in Lebanon, and the film director and representatives from the … [Read more...]
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Celebrating 10 Women that have created Positive Change!
In many countries of the world, the rule of law still rules women out In every region, there are laws that discriminate against women, in relation to property, the family, employment and citizenship. Too often, justice institutions, including the police and the courts, deny women justice. But, governments and civil society are pioneering innovative approaches to ensure that women can access justice Catalyzing gender-sensitive law reform, investing in one-stop shops and providing … [Read more...]
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HOPE DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION
HOPE DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION Voice of the World They call us Third World below the Second below the First because we have less produce less suffer more But three are really one these days we can help you understand come and let us show you hear the One World voice Religious leaders gives us food teaches kids to read Political leaders gives promises and sewage in the street Work all day to buy a chicken or dine on scraps of rich don’t say we have … [Read more...]
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Positive Change and Progress in the Status of Women
THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN THE WORLD TODAY Since the early days of the Industrial Revolution, women in Europe and North America have made considerable progress towards equality with men, although much remains still to be done. Of course, the industrialization of Western countries at first had not improved the status of women, but had degraded them even further by exploiting them and their children in factories as cheap labor. In the preceding relatively prosperous … [Read more...]
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Jean Houston – Awaken to Your Life Purpose, 7-week course – JAN 14
If you’re reading this, I suspect you are someone who is striving to make a difference in the world and trying to live as the highest expression of yourself. If you’d like to have more support to make this year a breakthrough for you in terms of achieving your highest goals and truly making the difference you know you were meant to make . . . You might benefit from working with me for the next 7 weeks, letting me show you how you can become that fulfilled and profoundly effective person … [Read more...]
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Farah [Diba] Pahlavi – WOMAN of ACTION™
A Celebration of Women™ Celebrates the Life of this woman of strength through this tribute; admiring her courage, dedication and vision. She stated in the film 'The Queen and I' that things in Iran could have been different if their had only been 'dialogue'. These are the words of a true visionary! WOMAN of ACTION Farah Pahlavi, Her Imperial Majesty, Empress of Iran Farah Pahlavi, Her Imperial Majesty, … [Read more...]
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The 2013 Human Development Report, pre-order today
2012 theme: Global partnership for building shared prosperity The General Assembly, on 22 December 2005, by resolution 60/209 identified solidarity as one of the fundamental and universal values that should underlie relations between peoples in the Twenty-first century, and in that regard decided to proclaim 20 December of each year International Human Solidarity Day. By resolution 57/265 the General Assembly, on 20 December 2002, established the World Solidarity Fund, (now hiring) which … [Read more...]
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Aleksandra Mikhaylovna Kollontai – WOMAN of ACTION™
A Celebration of Women™ Celebrates the Life of yet another amazing woman that lived ahead of her time. This woman abandoned 'Society' and devoted her life to the activism of sexual freedom, equality in rights for women in free love; including marriage conditions and divorce, all in the late 1800's. Let her life not be lived in vain, and her memory live in the hearts and minds of the Women of our World. WOMEN of ACTION™ Aleksandra Mikhaylovna … [Read more...]
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