Article by Laura Elena Pacifici Noja, UniCamillus Professor
Around 10th December , we witness the flourishing of an important number of speeches and ceremonies celebrating Human Rights Day every year. In fact, the original speech given by Eleanor Roosevelt in 1958 began with an important question in which she wondered about where rights begin. Human. He answered: in small places, close to home.
“Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home “. The school is certainly part of these not only geographical neighborhoods evoked by E. Roosevelt.
What E. Rooselvelt could not foresee was that in 2014 the youngest Nobel laureate would, with her direct testimony, make tangible the reality evoked by the wife of the American President. What Malala Yosafai was asking in her speech to the UN was basically the right to education for all children. It said: “Dear sisters and brothers, we realize the importance of light when we see darkness. We realize the importance of our voice when we are silenced. In the same way, when we were in Swat, the north of Pakistan, we realized the importance of pens and books when we saw the guns. The wise saying “
Also in 2014, Human Right Watch asked for special measures to be adopted so that children could continue their studies even in the presence of armed conflicts.
According to the Resolution 2143 adopted by the UN Security Council in March 2014, governments should develop concrete measures to put an end to the military use of schools.
The DG ECHO of the European Union on the protection of schools has also developed les lignes directrices de Lucens.
“..Honorable Secretary General, peace is necessary for education… Dear fellows, today I am focusing on women’s rights and girls’ education because they are suffering the most. There was a time when women social activists asked men to stand up for their rights. But, this time, we will do it by ourselves. I am not telling men to step away from speaking for women’s rights; rather I am focusing on women to be independent to fight for themselves. Dear sisters and brothers, now it’s time to speak up. “
Also in her speech Malala said: “Dear brothers and sisters, we must not forget that millions of people are suffering from poverty, injustice and ignorance. We must not forget that millions of children are out of school. We must not forget that our sisters and brothers are waiting for a bright peaceful future. So let us wage a global struggle against illiteracy, poverty and terrorism and let us pick up our books and pens. They are our most powerful weapons. One child, one teacher, one pen and one book can change the world. Education is the only solution. Education First.
We call upon the developed nations to support the expansion of educational opportunities for girls in the developing world. “
Here is what UniCamillus tries to do every day. Building through the training of young people, coming from very different countries, a better world where Human Rights begin close to home but are never limited by gender, geographical or social origin.
Today Malala is making her dreams come true, she studies “Philosophy, politics and economics” in Oxford. She travels across continents to fight against gender discrimination, marriages between children but above all so that culture is everyone’s heritage. Let us hope that through ours University we will be able to give a voice to those who have no voice and train 1,000, 10,000, 100,000 Malalas!
Laura Elena Pacifici Noja teaches Moral Philosophy in the Degree Course in Medicine and Surgery and Ethics and Ethics in the Health Professions for the UniCamillus On – line Masters.
In particular, the On-line Masters are synonymous with maximum flexibility. UniCamillus, in fact, provides a platform accessible 24/24 that allows each learner to reconcile study with work and their private life.
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The academic qualifications obtained at the end of the training courses are recognized by the Ministry of University and Research and can be spent throughout Europe.
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