Empowering people for Social Change Promoting empowerment of people will be at the core when the Commission for Social Development convenes for its 51st session. “Empowering individuals and social groups requires a comprehensive set of policies and institutions. From education and health care to economic and social policy, activities that seek to empower people are expected to increase opportunities and improve people’s quality of life”, said Ms. Larysa Belskaya, Vice-Chair of the … [Read more...]
Broadcasters and UNESCO celebrate World Radio Day – FEB 13
January 31, 2013 by
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Radio China International (RCI), Monte-Carlo Doualya (MCD), Radio Exterior d’España (REE), Radio France international (RFI), Radio Orient (RO) and Voice of Russia radio (VoR) will be broadcasting some programmes from UNESCO Headquarters on the occasion of World Radio Day, on 13 February. 13 February is World Radio Day — a day to celebrate radio as a medium; to improve international cooperation between broadcasters; and to encourage major … [Read more...]
World Pulse Joins V-Day !!!
January 31, 2013 by
World Pulse Joins V-Day in calling for the world to rise against gender-based violence. V-Day's Campaign, One Billion Rising began as a call to action based on the staggering statistic that 1 in 3 women on the planet will be beaten or raped during her lifetime. With the world population at 7 billion, this adds up to more than one billion women and girls. On 14 February 2013, V-Day's 15th Anniversary, activists, writers, thinkers, celebrities and women and men across the world will … [Read more...]
Celebrating ‘creativity and courage’, against human trafficking
January 30, 2013 by
Business Leaders Award to Fight Human Trafficking Honoring Corporate Creativity and courage in the fight against Human Trafficking January 2013 - During the closing ceremony of the World Economic Forum last week in Davos, Switzerland, Tristan Forster - CEO of the ethical recruitment and management company FSI Worldwide - was awarded the Business Leaders Award to Fight Human Trafficking. The Award merits private sector individuals who show leadership in finding creative and … [Read more...]
January 27 – International Holocaust Remembrance Day
January 27, 2013 by
International Holocaust Remembrance Day, 27 January, is an international memorial day for the victims of the Holocaust, the genocide that resulted in the annihilation of 6 million Jews, 2 million Gypsies (Roma and Sinti), 15,000 homosexual people and millions of others by the Nazi regime and its collaborators. It was designated by the United Nations General Assembly resolution 60/7 on 1 November 2005 during the 42nd plenary session. The resolution came after a special session was held … [Read more...]
JAN 29 – FREE Online Seminar: DIVINE COMPENSATION
January 22, 2013 by
I'm delighted to announced a FREE, 75 Minute Online Seminar that I'm giving on Tuesday, January 29th, based on my new book, THE LAW OF DIVINE COMPENSATION. Click here for information and details! I'm eager to support the transformation of your life from limit to limitlessness. Join me for the seminar – by phone or via the internet - on Tuesday, January 29, during which I will delineate the principles of Divine Compensation -- the rules of a self-organizing and self-correcting … [Read more...]
Russian volcano rumbles, Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula
January 12, 2013 by
Alexander Petrov / AP Plosky Tolbachnik volcano erupts in Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula on Jan. 6, 2013. The Kamchatka Peninsula (Russian: полуо́стров Камча́тка, poluostrov Kamchatka) is a 1,250-kilometre (780 mi) peninsula in the Russian Far East, with an area of about 270,000 km2 (100,000 sq mi). It lies between the Pacific Ocean to the east and the Sea of Okhotsk to the west. Immediately offshore along the Pacific coast of the peninsula runs the 10,500-metre (34,400 ft) … [Read more...]
EVE ENSLER is Taking Action >>> 1 BILLION Rising on FEB 14
January 12, 2013 by
In Less Than One Week the World will RISE! We are less than five weeks away from ONE BILLION RISING on 14 February 2013! As we dance upon the path to ONE BILLION RISING, our email boxes are full of amazing stories, beautiful photos and messages of solidarity to RISE. Facebook is on fire with reasons to rise, and twitter is abuzz with thousands of tweets from South Africa to India. If you have not signed up to start a RISING in your community, or have not joined an existing RISING, … [Read more...]
