Global Dignity Day – October 20
Irena stumbled upon Global Dignity Day a few days ago and it looks like an interesting new take on the issues surrounding human rights and social justice. It gives teachers another way to bring these issues, in an international context, into schools. The website for Global Dignity makes mention of five Dignity Principles:
- Every human being has a right to lead a dignified life.
- A dignified life means an opportunity to fulfil one’s potential, which is based on having a human level of health care, education, income and security.
- Dignity means having the freedom to make decisions on one’s life and to be met with respect for this right.
- Dignity should be the basic guiding principles for all actions.
- Ultimately, our own dignity is interdependent with the dignity of others.
Check it out on their site globaldignity.org and if you find it useful, you can sign your school up for Global Dignity Day. I’ve embedded below a video which helps to explain the ideas behind Global Dignity.
Thank you for supporting Global Dignity!