Tag Archives: International Day

MNA Feature Desk: On 15 October, the United Nations commemorates the International Day for Rural Women. This year’s theme, “Sustainable infrastructure, services and social protection for gender equality and the empowerment of rural women and girls”, places empowerment of rural women at the heart of fulfilling the vision of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Despite progress on some fronts, gender inequalities remain pervasive in every dimension of sustainable development; and in many areas, progress is too slow to achieve the SDGs by 2030. These women make up over a quarter the world population and majority of the 43 per cent ...

MNA Feature Desk: The world is observing the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. The United Nations has set aside this day in order to reflect on the wide gaps between the male and female genders in the study of science. The world body says “a significant gender gap has persisted throughout the years at all levels of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines all over the world. Even though women have made tremendous progresses towards increasing their participation in higher education, they are still underrepresented in these fields.” The United Nations, in recognition of this gap, ...

MNA Feature Desk: People around the world have paid homage to the memory of Nelson Mandela to mark the anti-apartheid activist’s birthday. Nelson Mandela International Day (or Mandela Day) is an annual international day in honor of Nelson Mandela, celebrated each year on 18 July, Mandela’s birthday. The day was officially declared by the United Nations in November 2009, with the first UN Mandela Day held on 18 July 2010. As in previous years, people everywhere are being encouraged to perform at least 67 minutes of community service; one minute for every year that Mandela served others through his struggle ...