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3 days ago · Every year on June 16th, the world comes together to discuss the challenges and opportunities in fully realizing the rights of African children. This day traces its origins back to 1976 when students in Soweto, South Africa were assassinated for protesting against educational injustice and inequality.
2 days ago · Advancing children’s rights in Africa. Details. Published: 25 June 2024. The Centre for Human Rights, in partnership with the Centre for Child Law both at the Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria and Dullah Omar Institute for Constitutional Law, Governance and Human Rights, University of the Western Cape hosted the annual Advanced Human ...
2 days ago · This year, the Council of Europe will commemorate 75 years of promotion and protection of human rights in the region. In 2023, the global human rights movement marked a similar milestone, the 75 th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. And despite current global uncertainty and the geopolitical headwinds we are facing, our ...
5 days ago · Graça Simbine Machel is the only woman to have become the First Lady of two different countries – Mozambique and South Africa. Born on October 17, 1945, in Incadine, Mozambique, Graça Simbine’s childhood was shaped by the era of colonialism and struggle for independence in Africa.
5 days ago · The African Union's Agenda 2063, a blueprint for inclusive and sustainable socio-economic development, calls for investments in education, including universal early childhood development.
1 day ago · Mandela adopted some of his political ideas from other thinkers—among them Indian independence leaders like Gandhi and Nehru, African American civil rights activists, and African nationalists like Nkrumah—and applied them to the South African situation.
4 days ago · The Day of the African Child is celebrated every year on June 16. At Arigatou International, we view its commemoration as an opportunity to amplify the needs and aspirations of African children. It also presents us an opportunity to demonstrate our work and results towards ending child poverty and achieving the SDGs in general.
