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The International Day of Friendship, July 30th

7/30/2013

DECLARATION ON A CULTURE OF PEACE:

Article 2: Progress in the fuller development of a culture of peace comes about through values, attitudes, modes of behavior and ways of life conducive to the promotion of peace among individuals, groups and nations.

Today is an important day for everyone. Today we celebrate our friends. In 2011, the UN General Assembly with the idea that friendship between peoples, countries, cultures and individuals can inspire peace efforts and build bridges between communities proclaimed this day as the International Day of Friendship.Sadly, not all of us are privileged to say “I have a best friend.” However, there is always that someone who is always by your side for better or worse (not a wife or a husband) -- is it to listen, give advice, or just… be there. Friends...

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International Day of Protest Against the Violent Abuse and Murder of Sex Workers

7/19/2013

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July 19th, 2013 people are gathering in over 35 cities across the globe protesting against violence against sex workers. By reading this title, I can identify one thing: the person who wrote this or people against “this” are in pro sex workers but against violence against them? Now, after reading the whole article it seems clear that people support sex workers, here’s a piece: “Following the murders of Dora Özer and Petite Jasmine on the 9th and 11 of July 2013, sex workers, their friends, families, and allies are coming together to demand an end to stigma, criminalisation, violence and murders. In the week since the two tragedies occurred, the feelings of anger, grief, sadness and injustice – for the loss of Dora and Jasmine, but also for the senseless and systemic murders and violence against sex workers worldwide – have brought together people in 35 cities from four continents who agreed to organise demos, vigils, and protests in front of Turkish and Swedish embassies or other symbolic places.”

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The International Day of Friendship, July 30th

International Day of Protest Against the Violent Abuse and Murder of Sex Workers

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