About International Widows Day

Since 2011, June 23 is observed as Widows day by the United Nations to draw attention to the voices and experiences of widows. It’s a day to recognize the support they need after the partner demise. Widow’s situation is really miserable in developing countries as they have to fight for basic needs and human rights. Several problems that widows faced in developing countries are poverty, violence, health, and conflict-related situations.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the widow’s situation has worsened. The pandemic caused devastating human loss and leaving tens of thousands of women newly widowed at just the time when they are cut off from their usual socio-economic and family supports.

International widow day is a day to work for the betterment and recognition for widows. This includes providing them with information on access to a fair share of their inheritance, land and productive resources; pensions and social protection, decent work and equal pay; and education and training opportunities. Widows must be empowered to support themselves and their families so that they can fight against social stigmas and discrimination. The day aims to work towards the progress for widows as every community is essential to make an inclusive and resilient society.

Information source: https://www.un.org/en/observances/widows-day

International Olympic Day 2020

Over the last 20 years, Olympic Day has been associated with Olympic Day Runs all over the world. But during this year due to COVID-19 time, Olympians are inspiring the world with their energy and positivity. They are sharing their daily workouts as well as providing health tips to stay fit and fine. So this year, the Olympic Movement will celebrate Olympic Day 2020 by creating the world’s largest 24-hour digital-first Olympic workout. This year June 23, 2020, will be a day when around the globe athletes during their home workouts go for the live sessions.

The athletes involved in the Olympic Day workout video are:

– Laurie Hernandez (USA, artistic gymnastics)

– Faith Kipyegon (Kenya, athletics)

– Lutalo Muhammad (Great Britain, taekwondo)

– Sandra Sanchez (Spain, karate)

– Meli Derenalagi (Fiji, rugby 7s)

– Martin Fourcade (France, biathlon)

– Tokashiki Ramu (Japan, basketball)

– Eileen Gu (China, freestyle skiing)

– Colleen Quigley (USA, athletics)

– Zeyad Eashash (Jordan, boxing)

– Vinesh Phogat (India, wrestling)

– Tobias Wendel and Tobias Arlt (Germany, luge)

– Federico Molinari (Argentina, artistic gymnastics)

– Dina Pouryounes (Refugee, taekwondo)

– Valentina Marchei (Italy, figure skating)

– Pita Taufatofua (Tonga, taekwondo/cross-country skiing)

– Vivian Kong (Hong Kong China, fencing)

– Petra Klingler (Switzerland, sport climbing)

– Isaac Makwala (Botswana, athletics)

– Pandelela Rinong (Malaysia, diving)

– Agatha Rippel (Brazil, beach volleyball)

– Jessica Long (USA, para swimming)

The athletes lined up for the live Instagram workouts, scheduled at 11 a.m. local time across 20 time zones on @Olympics Instagram include:

– Pita Taufatofua (taekwondo/cross-country skiing) – Tonga

– Tyla Nathan-Wong (rugby 7s) – Wellington, New Zealand

– Melissa Wu (diving) – Brisbane, Australia

– Yamamoto Seito (athletics) – Tokyo, Japan

– Hong Zhang (speed skating) – Beijing, China

– Marcus Fernaldi Gideon, Anthony Ginting and Jonatan Christie (badminton) – Jakarta, Indonesia

– Elizabet Tursynbayeva (figure skating) – Kazakhstan

– PV Sindhu (badminton) – Hyderabad, India

– Aisam ul Haq Qureshi (tennis) – Pakistan

– Zeyad Eashash (boxing) – Amman, Jordan

– Margarita Mamun (rhythmic gymnastics) – Moscow, Russia

– Cameron van der Burgh (swimming) – Cape Town, South Africa

– Johanne Defay (surfing) – Europe

– Abdullah Sediqi (refugee scholarship holder, taekwondo) – Europe

– Desire Operanozie (football) – Lagos, Nigeria

– Cherif Fall (surfing) – Dakar, Senegal

– Hugo Calderano (table tennis) – Rio, Brazil

– Mikel Thomas (athletics) – Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

– Rommel Pacheco (diving) – Mexico City, Mexico

– Natalie Spooner (ice hockey) – Calgary, Canada

– Kyla Ross (artistic gymnastics) – Los Angeles, USA

– TBC – Tahiti/Hawaii

So, this Olympic Day #StayHealthy, #StayStrong, and #StayActive!

This year due to COVID -19 pandemic, the Olympic Games 2020 that was going to held in Tokyo postponed for the first time in their history. The Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 will now be held on 23 July 2021.

Information Source: https://www.olympic.org/olympic-day