Adding a section for a list containing other similar 'Wiki pages', such as the "List of LGBTIQ+ awareness periods", which in turn references Zero Discrimination Day in its table of " Internationally-Recognised LGBTIQ+ Awareness Periods". |
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|holiday_name = Zero Discrimination Day |
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|image = [[File:Zero-Discrimination-Day.jpg|thumb|A [[Zero Discrimination Day]] Logo.]] |
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|alt = A flag with a pink stripe on top, a purple stripe in the middle, and a blue stripe on the bottom. The pink and blue stripes are both equal length but the purple stripe is thinner than the other stripes. |
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|caption = [[Zero Discrimination Day]] |
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|official_name= Zero Discrimination Day |
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|nickname = [[#zerodiscriminationday]] |
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|observedby = [[United Nations]] (UN) |
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|duration = 1 day |
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|frequency = Annual |
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|date = 1 March |
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|type = cultural |
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|relatedto = [[UNAIDS]], [[LGBT Pride]] |
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'''Zero Discrimination Day''' is an annual day celebrated by the [[United Nations|UN]] and other international organisations. The day aims to promote equality before the law and in practice throughout all of the member countries of the UN. The day was first celebrated on March 1, 2014, and was launched by [[UNAIDS]] Executive Director Michel Sidibé on 27 February of that year with a major event in [[Beijing]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.unaids.org/en/resources/presscentre/pressreleaseandstatementarchive/2014/february/20140227zerodiscrimination|title=Zero Discrimination Day to be celebrated 1 March 2014 {{!}} UNAIDS|website=www.unaids.org|access-date=2017-03-01}}</ref> |
'''Zero Discrimination Day''' is an annual day celebrated by the [[United Nations|UN]] and other international organisations. The day aims to promote equality before the law and in practice throughout all of the member countries of the UN. The day was first celebrated on March 1, 2014, and was launched by [[UNAIDS]] Executive Director Michel Sidibé on 27 February of that year with a major event in [[Beijing]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.unaids.org/en/resources/presscentre/pressreleaseandstatementarchive/2014/february/20140227zerodiscrimination|title=Zero Discrimination Day to be celebrated 1 March 2014 {{!}} UNAIDS|website=www.unaids.org|access-date=2017-03-01}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 07:09, 4 January 2021
Zero Discrimination Day is an annual day celebrated by the UN and other international organisations. The day aims to promote equality before the law and in practice throughout all of the member countries of the UN. The day was first celebrated on March 1, 2014, and was launched by UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé on 27 February of that year with a major event in Beijing.[1]
In February 2017, UNAIDS called on people to 'make some noise around zero discrimination, to speak up and prevent discrimination from standing in the way of achieving ambitions, goals and dreams.'[2]
The day is particularly noted by organisations like UNAIDS that combat discrimination against people living with HIV/AIDS. “HIV related stigma and discrimination is pervasive and exists in almost every part of the world including our Liberia", according to Dr. Ivan F. Camanor, Chairman of the National AIDS Commission of Liberia.[3] The UNDP also paid tribute in 2017 to LGBTI people with HIV/AIDS who face discrimination.[4]
Campaigners in India have used this day to speak out against laws making discrimination against the LGBTI community more likely, especially during the previous campaign to repeal the law (Indian Penal Code, s377[5]) that used to criminalise homosexuality in that country, before that law was overturned by the Indian Supreme Court in September 2018[6].
In 2015, Armenian Americans in California held a 'die-in' on Zero Discrimination Day to remember the victims of the Armenian Genocide.[7]
See also
References
- ^ "Zero Discrimination Day to be celebrated 1 March 2014 | UNAIDS". www.unaids.org. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
- ^ "UNAIDS urges everyone to make some noise for zero discrimination | UNAIDS". www.unaids.org. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
- ^ Writer, Solomon Watkins, Contributing. "FrontPageAfrica Newspaper - Liberia Joins Global Community to Stand Up For Zero Discrimination". frontpageafricaonline.com. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Do more than make some noise…". UNDP. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
- ^ "Zero Discrimination Day: Heres why you should know about it and be a part". Retrieved 2017-03-01.
- ^ kidangoor, abhishyant. "India's Supreme Court Decriminalizes Homosexuality in a Historic Ruling for the LGBTQ Community". Time Magazine. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
- ^ Hairenik (2015-03-02). "Armenian Youth Stage 'Die-in' on 'Zero Discrimination Day'". The Armenian Weekly. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
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