Zero Discrimination Day 2023: On Zero Discrimination Day, March 1, we celebrate everyone’s right to a full and productive life, lived with dignity. Zero Discrimination Day emphasises how people can learn about and promote inclusion, compassion, peace, and, most importantly, a movement for change. Zero Discrimination Day is helping to create a global movement of solidarity to end all forms of discrimination.
February 2023 Current Affairs Quiz
Discrimination on the basis of race, gender, sexuality, age, religion, disability, or any other factor violates human rights and perpetuates poverty and inequality. Every year the day is marked with a theme dedicated to it.
Zero Discrimination Day 2023: Theme
On Zero Discrimination Day this year, under the theme “Save lives: Decriminalise”, United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) is highlighting how the decriminalisation of key populations and people living with HIV saves lives and helps advance the end of the AIDS pandemic.
Zero Discrimination Day: Significance
Zero Discrimination Day is observed around the world to promote equality, inclusion, and tolerance. The day aims to highlight the importance of eliminating discrimination based on race, gender, sexuality, age, religion, disability, and other factors.
Discrimination has a profound impact on individuals, communities, and societies. It violates human rights, creates barriers to access education, healthcare, and job opportunities, and perpetuates poverty and inequality.
Zero Discrimination Day: History
On World AIDS Day in 2014, UNAIDS Director-General Michel Sidibe launched Zero Discrimination Day, with a major event in Beijing supported by the Chinese government, civil society, and celebrities, as well as the China Red Ribbon Foundation and Hanergy Holding Group. Similar events were planned in countries all over the world in the days leading up to March 1, 2014.
Zero Discrimination Day seeks to inspire people globally to promote and celebrate every individual’s right to live a full life with dignity, regardless of their appearance, origin, or sexual preference. The butterfly is the symbol of Zero Discrimination, which is widely recognized as a sign of transformation.