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Christmas, diversity, and religious traditions
As the Christmas holidays approach, heated debates rage over the maintenance of certain Christian traditions in the public sphere. For instance, in Spain in recent years, the placing of nativity...
Year: 2021
Europe
Animal welfare: MEPs urge a shift from live to meat-and-carcass transport
After 18 months of fact-finding, Parliament’s committee of inquiry into the protection of animals during transport adopted its conclusions and recommendations.Committee of Inquiry on the Protection of Animals during Transport…
Europe
Future of Europe: citizens’ panels to finalise recommendations
Future of Europe : Over the past months, a total of 800 citizens took part in four European citizens' panels to prepare recommendations on how the EU should tackle the challenges it...
Europe
‘Bodyright’ campaign launched, to end rise in gender-based violence online
Corporate logos and Intellectual Property (IP) receive “greater protection online than we do as human beings”, the UN’s women’s health agency that works to end gender-based violence, UNFPA, said on Thursday, launching a new bodyright campaign to help shield bodies and minds from cyber violence.
News
UNODC provides tools to Nigeria to fight rape and sexual violence
During 16 Days of Activism, UNODC provides resource tools to Nigeria to fight and prosecute rape and other sexual violence offences Abuja (Nigeria), 2 December 2021 – The COVID-19 pandemic...
Europe
EVENT | Our hope for Europe: Conference on the Future of Europe
Our hope for Europe: Conference on the Future of Europe “Our hope for Europe: Conference on the Future of Europe” will be held on 7 December 2021, 19:00 – 21:00...
International
Why did the Lenexpo hospital have to impose a ban on fortune-telling on Tarot cards?
During her work in the red zone of Lenexpo, clinical psychologist Yulia Mokhova provided assistance to 1,384 patients, 320 of them in the fourth wave. Yulia Mokhova notices the changes...
International
Putin criticized cryptocurrency
Russian President Vladimir Putin criticized the cryptocurrency and stressed that the risks of using it are too great, because it is not backed by anything. The president made such a...
Human Rights
Scientologists will be celebrating the UN UDHR Anniversary
The Church of Scientology has since its very inception been a promoter of fundamental human rights. Therefore, for December 2021, the Church and its members launch a series of celebrations...
Human Rights
Despite COVID-19 connectivity boost, world’s poorest left far behind
Some 2.9 billion people still have never used the internet, and 96 per cent live in developing countries, a new UN report has found. According to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the estimated number of people…