WikiForHumanRights 2023 in South-West of Nigeria/Campaign details

The objective of the #WikiForHumanRights initiative is to ensure that impartial, evidence-based, and up-to-date information about our Right to a Healthy Environment is available to all. This right is not only recognized by the United Nations but also serves as a means of linking human rights with the threefold planetary crisis of climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss. The UN Environmental Program has emphasized the necessity of reconciling with nature and integrating human rights into the remedies.

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#WikiForHumanRights 2023 in South-West of Nigeria: Right to a healthy environment

Now more than ever, Wikipedia plays a crucial role in providing information to everyone about the ways in which climate change and environmental degradation affect their lives. By increasing knowledge about the healthy natural systems that provide people with clean water, breathable air, nutritious food, and essential resources, we can empower individuals and communities to take action to protect our planet. The #WikiForHumanRights in South-West of Nigeria campaign is focusing on raising awareness about how local communities are impacted by the pressing environmental issues in their area, including the triple planetary crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution, as identified by the United Nations.

Focus topics

The United Nations highlights the significance of addressing the Triple Planetary Crises when dealing with the right to a healthy environment. These crises include:

The importance of environmental justice, climate justice, and human rights-centered approaches to local, national, and international actions on the climate crisis.
The impact of pollution on human well-being, with a particular focus on the direct impact on other human rights such as the right to water and the right to health.
The connection between biodiversity and human rights, recognizing how human well-being is reliant on maintaining a diverse and healthy natural ecosystem.

Borewll drilling dust pollution
Air pollution
Plastic Pollution in Ghana
Walk for land rights, Chambal, 2009
Women's March for Climate
2DU Kenya 86 (5367322642)

Timelines

Call for participation - 20th of April 2023
Campaign starts - 1st of May 2023
Campaign ends - 15th of May 2023
Contributions review by Jury - 16th of May - 23rd of May 2023
Winners announcement - 1st of June 2023

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