The Walk for Freedom
The Walk for Freedom organised by @psasouth_africa in #Lanesia 4 the people of Palestine & other oppressed in Turkey & around the world. We thank to all who visited our stand & photography exhibition.
Award-Winning Annual Concert for Refugees
Please join us in Award-Winning Annual Concert for Refugees by *Universal Right Association (URA)* ,*Turquoise Harmony Institute* and other partners. Once again, it is time to raise awareness of the plight of the numerous people in the African Continent and around the world who have been chased from their homes, forgotten, and misplaced by others. Forced displacement is a very real crisis and the victims must be recognised and included in efforts to promote *Social Cohesion* Here is the line-up: *Sipho Hotstix Mabuse* *Msaki* *PJ Powers* *Thandi Ntuli* *Pops Mohamed* *Neill Solomon* *Rocksteady Dub* *Bienvenue Nseka* and *Lebo Mashile* *Date* : Friday, 12th August *Venue* : Linder Auditorium *Time* : 19:00 for 19:30 *Tickets*: https://tinyurl.com/ConcertTicket2022 for more info *www.refugeeconcert.co.za*
URA at the Human Rights Festival
HUMAN RIGHTS FESTIVAL South Africa needs a national education strategy to tackle the school dropout crisis School dropout rates have an impact on students, their families and communities, and on society as a whole. While everyone in South Africa is impacted by the phenomenon, everyone has the potential to be part of the solution. Education experts explored the strategies that can be employed to protect learners’ constitutionally guaranteed right to education at a panel discussion at the Constitution Hill Human Rights Festival on Saturday, 19 March. Even before the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, South Africa was facing a crisis in the form of school dropout, with around four out of 10 learners who started school in grade one dropping out before reaching matric. The phenomenon has become normalised in many communities, the shrinking of classes between grades 8 and 12 an accepted reality. This, said Rahima Essop, head of communications…
Contribution of Refugees & Migrants to South Africa
Contribution of Refugees & Migrants to South Africa 20 June: International Refugee Day Universal Right Association (URA) is a civil society organization dedicated to promoting and protecting human rights, the rule of law, democracy, peace and sustainable development prescribed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. URA focuses on creating awareness and advice solutions on social issues, injustices and human rights abuses which affects the daily life of people. According to UNHCR and WHO at least 70.8 million people around the world have been forced to flee their homes. Among them are nearly 25.9 million refugees and more people are on the move now than ever before. (1) There are an estimated 1 billion migrants in the world today. (2) Only in 2018, 13.6 million people were newly displaced, either as refugees or internally displaced people. The number of refugees and migrants is on the rise every year and we have to pay more attention to this new fact…
