World Day of Women Human Rights Defenders, International Jaguar Day. What else can be celebrated on November 29
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Today marks the World Day of Women Human Rights Defenders, highlighting global solidarity against the gender-based threats they face. At the same time, International Jaguar Day and Anteater Day are celebrated, drawing attention to the conservation efforts of these endangered animals.
Today, November 29, many countries around the world events are taking place in many countries around the world to mark the World Day of Women Human Rights Defenders, UNN reports.
By this time, in many countries of the world, women human rights defenders still face a number of gender-based threats, including discrimination, harassment, violence and even imprisonment.
Therefore, today's event is a day of solidarity with women human rights defenders, a call to action and a reminder of the collective responsibility for protecting and promoting human rights.
Since 2018, November 29 is International Jaguar Day. was launched at the UN headquarters in New York during a conference representatives of 14 countries that are home to jaguars.
The ancestors of jaguars appeared on our planet about two million years ago. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries due to the destruction of tropical forests in South America and uncontrolled hunting the jaguar population declined significantly. In 1973, this predator was listed in the Red Data Book.
According to scientists, there are currently about 64 thousand jaguars in the wild there are about 64 thousand jaguars in the wild. Almost 90% of them live in the rainforests of the of the Amazon basin in Brazil.
Another holiday dedicated to animals today is Anteater's Day. Anteater Day.
Anteaters play an important role in the ecosystem of South America America's ecosystem by regulating termite populations and other pests.
With its body, which can reach up to 60 centimeters, one anteater can eat up to 30,000 insects in a day.
The event is dedicated to the conservation of anteaters, because due to human activity in the rainforests of South America, their population is decreasing. is declining.
Today is also the Day of "the customer is not always right."
It is believed that the phrase "the customer is always right" was first uttered from the lips of American businessman Harry Gordon Selfridge in 1909 and became the slogan of his chain of stores.
Today's event was created in contrast to this slogan.
Fulfilling all customer whims and requirements is no longer considered a customer-centered policy anymore. If the company is guided by the principle of the client's the client is right, then the company's employees are guilty of something by default.
According to the church calendar, today is the Day of Remembrance of Paramon of Bithynia and 370 martyrs.
In the third century, Emperor Decius intensified the persecution of Christians. against Christians. In Bithynia, 370 residents were captured and subjected to severe torture, demanding that they deny the Lord.
Then Paramon came to the square where the people were being tortured and and declared that he too was a Christian.
For his courage, they cut off Paramon's legs, arms, nose, and ears, ears, and tongue were cut off. He died of his wounds. 370 martyrs were also executed.
Paramon, Alexander celebrates his name day on November 29.
