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Speak out against racism and mobilise against discrimination and injustice during Harmony Week /
Includes list of teaching resources. "In the United Nations’ calendar, March 21 is the United Nations (UN) International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and takes its date from the Sharpeville massacre that took place during a civil rights event in apartheid South Africa in 1960. Since 1966, the world has observed this date as being the day that freedom from racial discrimination should be recognised as being a human right. Globally it’s marked as a day of mourning and according to the UN website the date opens “a week of solidarity with the peoples struggling against racism and racial discrimination." "In the United Nations’ calendar, March 21 is the United Nations (UN) International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and takes its date from the Sharpeville massacre that took place during a civil rights event in apartheid South Africa in 1960. Since 1966, the world has observed this date as being the day that freedom from racial discrimination should be recognised as being a human right. Globally it’s marked as a day of mourning and according to the UN website the date opens “a week of solidarity with the peoples struggling against racism and racial discrimination."