World Day of Social Justice,February 20, 2014

  World Day of Social Justice was initiated by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 2009 to encourage support for international efforts in poverty eradication, the promotion of full employment, gender equity and justice for all.

World Day of Social Justice provides students and teachers with an excellent opportunity to focus attention on the barriers to social well-being that millions of people face because of gender, age, race, ethnicity, religion, culture or disability.

 

 

 

 

 

     

          Why Care About Social Justice:

• Genocide Watch has identified emergency situations in Syria, Sudan, Ehiopia, Democratic Republic of Congo and Myanmar
• Of the 2.3 million refugees forced to flee Syria, 1.1 million are children (UN HRC)
• One hundred million more women would be alive today if females had equal access to nutrition and health care. (WHO)
• Eighty-two million girls now aged 10 to 17 will be married before their 18th birthday (UNFP).
• 1.7 million children under the age of 5 died from vaccine-preventable diseases in 2008 (WHO)
• There are currently 1 billion people who do not have access to safe drinking water. (UNICEF)
• Over 50 countries currently recruit children under the age of 18 into their armed forces. (UN)
• The tuberculosis rate among Canada’s First Nations is 10 times higher than that of the population as a whole. (CBC)
• The gap between rich and poor within and among nations continues to grow and promote conflict.
• Social justice is an underlying principle for peaceful and prosperous coexistence within and among nations
• A sustainable future involves meeting the needs of all people.

Resources 4 Rethinking encourages students and teachers to participate in World Day of Social Justice.  Top R4R Picks will connect you to some excellent resources to support these efforts.

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Resources for extending the learning

• A Commitment to Children-A Middle School Unit
  Elementary, Middle

• Bridges that Unite
  Elementary, Middle

• Children's Rights
  Elementary, Middle

• Climate Change, Poverty, and Women
  Middle, Secondary

• Environment
  Secondary

• Global Kidz
  Elementary

• Good-bye poverty, hello biodiversity                                        
  

  Middle, Secondary

• If The World Were A Village
• Libertad
• Local Connections to Global Issues- Health
  Secondary

• Stand By Me
  Middle, Secondary

• This Child, Every Child
• World of 100
  Secondary