Human Rights Day
In some regions in Africa, women walk for hours just to get water. The United Nations explicitly recognized the human right to water and sanitation. Photograph credit: Lucian Coman/Shutterstock.com.
Date:December, 10th.
Observed: all U.N. members states.
Origin: it commemorates the day in 1948 the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Purpose: bring awareness to human rights issues throught meetings and cultural events.
Reference:
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/AboutUs/Pages/HumanRightsDay.aspx