Article 28: Right to a Free & Fair World
The right to a free and fair world implies the critical need to promote equality of opportunity and outcome within and between countries.
The right to a free and fair world implies the critical need to promote equality of opportunity and outcome within and between countries.
A lack of education, especially of girls, has been demonstrated to have an enormous impact on society at large, on health, and on the economic development of countries, not least because deprivation of the right to education often spans generations, as it perpetuates entrenched cycles of poverty. Education is perhaps the most powerful tool available to pull marginalized children and adults out of poverty and exclusion, making it possible for them to play an active role in the processes and decisions that affect them.
The U.N. Secretary-General’s UNiTE to End Violence against Women campaign, has declared the 25th of every month as “Orange Day.” This day has the function of helping people take action to raise awareness, resources and funding to help prevent violence against women and girls. Orange Day calls upon the entire society, governments, activists and partners to mobilize people and highlight issues relevant to preventing and ending gender based violence.