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Poorer countries need more vaccines. Here’s how we do it. Format Today we mark Zero Discrimination Day, as the world faces a huge moral test in rolling out Covid vaccines. 75% of all vaccinations so far have been in just 10 countries. How to address this inequality? We ramp up production by allowing more countries to produce generic vaccines. You may have never heard of Gedo, but it’s the size of Ireland. It’s a remote, dusty, hot region of Somalia, affected by decades of conflict and gri...

Zero Discrimination Day 2021: Quotes And Wishes To Mark The Occasion 03/01/21 AT 8:20 AM Zero Discrimination Day is celebrated around the world annually on March 1 to promote diversity and end discrimination on the basis of their skin color, gender, ethnicity and religion amongst others.  The celebration, which is represented by the symbol of the butterfly, was launched by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) director Michel Sidibé in December 2013 and was first observe...

By: Bol Khan The 1st of March is a Zero Discrimination Day. It's a Day that holds a celebration aiming to end discrimination and inequalities (...)

Photo by Salimah Ali Audre Lorde, born on Feb. 18, 1934, was a first-generation Caribbean-American feminist, womanist, librarian and civil rights activist. She described herself as “Black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet.” Her life’s work was centered around the injustices of racism, classism, sexism, capitalism, heteronormativity and homophobia (Poetry Foundation, 2019). Lorde has remarkable command of technic, voice and expression in her poetry that has allowed her to communicate angry a...

A CAPELLA group The King’s Singers are joining forces with Didcots Soundabout Inclusive Choir to create a music video for Zero Discrimination Day.