20 November

1946-Children's Day is recognized in many places around the world, on various days to honor children.

Universal Children's Day takes place annually on November 20. First proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 1954, it was established to encourage all countries to institute a day, firstly to promote mutual exchange and understanding among children and secondly to initiate action to benefit and promote the welfare of the world's children. The United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child on November 20, 1989. Universal Children's Day is not simply a day to celebrate children for who they are, but to bring awareness to children around the globe that have succumbed to violence in forms of abuse, exploitation and discrimination. Children are used as labourers in some countries, immersed in armed conflict, living on the streets, suffering from religious discrimination, minority issues, or disabilities.

20 November

Iran: UN Third Committee expresses strong concern over human, women's rights in Iran

the UN Third Committee

Created: 20 November 2015

In a strongly worded resolution on Thursday night, November 19, 2015, the UN Third Committee condemned the flagrant violations of human rights in Iran.

It took a strong stand against the death penalty, massive and violent crackdown on religious and ethnic minorities and of course on women, and decided to continue its examination of the situation of human rights in Iran under the item entitled “Promotion and protection of human rights”.

On the part on women's rights, the resolution indicates that the General Assembly "strongly urges" the clerical regime in Iran "to eliminate, in law and in practice, all forms of discrimination and other human rights violations against women and girls, to take measures to ensure protection for women and girls against violence, to address the alarming incidence of child, early and forced marriage, to promote women’s participation in decision-making processes and, while recognizing the high enrolment of women in all levels of education in the Islamic Republic of Iran, to lift restrictions on women’s equal access to all aspects of education and women’s equal participation in the labour market and in all aspects of economic, cultural, social and political life."

This resolution is going to be voted on by the General Assembly.

Teachers rally across Iran

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Teachers across Iran rallied on Thursday against the fundamentalist policies of the mullahs' regime targeting Iranian educators.

Large numbers of teachers in Tehran and other cities took part in protests against the regime despite a heightened crackdown by the authorities.

Teachers,denouncing the detention of their colleagues, held signs reading "Imprisoned teachers must be freed" and "Teachers, rise up against discrimination."

Iran: On the eve of UN summit, NCRI publishes study on women's plight in Iran

TheNCRI Women's Committee has published a study on the Iranian regime's 20-year conduct since the Beijing Platform for Action.

The study sheds light on institutionalized violence and discrimination against women in Iran and its horrendous consequences for Iranian women and girls.

It further probes the regime's vision on women contradicting universal humanitarian standards and the objectives of the gender-equality movement.