Sentence examples for first international day from inspiring English sources
Sadly, yet not unlike the inception of many commemorative days, the events that inspired the first International Day of Peasant Struggle were soaked with blood.
A year on from the brutal killing of two French radio journalists in Mali, the world marked the first International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists on 2 November.
This Thursday the first International Day of The Girl Child aims to focus attention on two major issues affecting millions of vulnerable girls -- the tragedy of child brides and the importance of girls' education.
On this day, October 11, when the UN and the world observe the first International Day of the Girl, we have a chilling reminder of just how far we have to go before girls achieve true gender equality.
On Oct. 11, as the world marks the first International Day of the Girl, I challenge all of us -- our policy makers and everyday citizens -- to take a stand against child marriage and make eliminating child marriage a foreign policy goal.
On this day, the first International Day of the Girl, let us all resolve to turn her personal tragedy into a global rallying cry for girls, their education, and their right to pursue their own hopes and dreams, free from the tyranny of gender inequality.
I am immensely proud that this year we are celebrating the third international day.
Last week, we excitedly celebrated the second International Day of the Girl.
On May 23 Uganda will join the world in celebrating the third International Day to End Obstetric Fistula, which arose from the Campaign to End Fistula initiated in 2003 by the United Nations Population Fund UNFPAA).
January is National Mentoring Month and this Sunday January 17 is the first International Mentoring Day, with Muhammad Ali serving as the symbol for the Day, which coincides with his 74th birthday.
A few awareness-raising events, including the country's first gay pride event in 2012, and its first ever International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia held earlier this year, also hint at a slight moving of the needle.
