"Schools must lay the foundations for peace, for a more just and fraternal world. If in school you wage war among yourselves, if you bully girls and boys who have a problem, this is preparing for war, not for peace. My embrace goes to the NGO Bullying Without Borders and to the creator of the beautiful 'World Day Against Bullying,' Dr. Javier Miglino, on this new commemoration."
Pope Francis. May 2, 2024.
World
Bullying Day
May 2nd. World Bullying Day. History:
World Bullying Day is an international day marked on May 2nd to raise awareness of bullying and cyberbullying. It’s a widespread issue that affects millions of students around the world in schools and universities with consequences that range from psychological traumas to even suicide and causes around 200,000 deaths each year.
This initiative was founded by NGO Bullying Without Borders in 2013, and his founder, Dr. Javier Miglino, suffered from bullying and cyberbullying considered necessary the creation of an ephemeris to help raise awareness of this problem and make governments take notice. Basing themselves on what Nelson Mandela said, “education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”, they thought education and awareness in schools would be the determining factor to eradicate bullying from any educational institution.
History:
World Bullying Day was conceived in April 2013 and then presented in May 2013 to more than 3.000 NGOs around the world. The iniciative was approved and they all agreed upon the fact that the date should be May 2nd. Miglino explains that the reason of why they chose that day in particular was because it was the day Bullying Without Borders was founded and also because students from the northern and southern hemisphere attend classes that day, allowing the possibility to create discussion in schools about this topic and thus further raising awareness.
According to the organization’s statistics, bullying causes around 200,000 deaths every year due to homicide or induction to suicide. At the same time it’s proven that it affects millions of students that “sometimes abandon their studies or cope them with grief and fatigue as if it were a daily torture.” The NGO considers bullying as “a silent enemy that feeds upon three poisons:
- loneliness
- sadness
- fear.”
The actions that are directly related to bullying are: cyberbullying, social block, harassment, coaction, intimidation, aggression, threat and gay bashing.
ONG INTERNACIONAL BULLYING SIN FRONTERAS
NGO INTERNATIONAL BULLYING WHITOUT BORDERS
Founded on 2/5/2012 by Dr. Javier Miglino and an International Team. On 2/5/2013 they propose the WORLD DAY AGAINST BULLYING. Then the historic 'WORLD DAY AGAINST BULLYING' would be born; one of the 24 World Anniversaries. Miglino said: "Bullying feeds on three poisons: loneliness, sadness and fear. By giving bullying global visibility, we can defeat it, saving millions of lives."
In 2016, UNESCO abolished the minimum of 25 years of prior study and approved it by acclamation.
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INTERNATIONAL NGO BULLYING WITHOUT BORDERS
ONG INTERNACIONAL BULLYING SIN FRONTERAS
