Today, February 20th, the World Day of Social Justice is celebrated. The creation of this date, unanimously approved by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 2007, has its main purpose to stimulate the strengthening of the community efforts to eradicate poverty, promote full employment, decent work, gender equality, social welfare and justice. For 2018, the theme is: Workers…

The International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation is celebrated today, February 6th. This practice reflects the strong gender inequality and constitutes a form of discrimination against women, a threat to health, well-being, self-esteem and life. The Ombudsman of Portugal stresses the date by recalling that such atrocity is a very serious human rights violation, and in Portugal,…