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It was time to celebrate Human Rights Day! But why do human rights matter to sport and physical activity?

December 10, 2016 by MoveWeekMaster Leave a Comment

NowWeMOVE Human Rights

By Alessandra Texeira   Human Rights Day is celebrated annually across the world on 10 December. The date was chosen to honour the United Nations General Assembly’s adoption and proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), on 10 December, 1958. The UDHR was the first global enunciation of human rights and one of the […]

Filed Under: Advocate for physical activity, Guest bloggers, News Tagged With: Education, health, Human rights, physical acivity, Physical education, sports

Sometimes all it takes to rehumanise us is a little dance!

October 31, 2016 by MoveWeekMaster Leave a Comment

Integration of refugees sport

By Javier Mira, Mexico If pity makes you look down on someone and feel sorry for them, empathy is what makes you stand face-to-face and look them straight in the eye, breaking the barrier between them and us. From 18-20 October, we (the international students from the Ollerup Academy of Physical Education) had the chance […]

Filed Under: Guest bloggers, News Tagged With: asylum seekers, denmark, Integration, IRTS, ollerup, Physical activity, refugees, social inclusion, sports

MOVEMENT as the source of HOPE

October 31, 2016 by MoveWeekMaster Leave a Comment

sport activities with refugees

For the last five years the NowWeMOVE campaign has been motivating citizens all over Europe to find and share their movements. Movements that give them joy, that connect them with their family and friends, and that help them to develop heathier and happier communities. And the work of these people, or MOVE Agents, has been […]

Filed Under: News, Partners' news Tagged With: asylum seekers, Integration, IRTS, MOVEAgents, physical acivity, refugees, social inclusion, sports

“We must create leaders in fitness and physical activity… then we can build a healthy world’’

October 14, 2016 by Eleana Velentza Leave a Comment

What is it like to MOVE people in Greece and why does physical activity have a crucial role in people’s lives? Epaminondas Konstas is an active MOVE Agent in Greece, a Certified Personal Trainer and a Group Fitness Instructor. He has graduated from the Department of Physical Education and Sport Science of Democritus University of […]

Filed Under: European Fitness Day, News, Partners' news Tagged With: activation, European Fitness Day, Greece, health, Motivation, MOVE Agent, NowWeMOVE, people with disabilities, Physical activity, social inclusion, sports

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