Published May 8, 2021, 11:18 PM
Excitement is starting to peak for the pageant fanatics in the country. Exactly a week from now, in the morning of May 17 (Philippine time), a new Miss Universe will be named, succeeding Zozibini Tunzi of South Africa, the pageant’s longest reigning queen ever. The daunting task of representing the more than 100 million Filipinos this year rests on the pretty shoulders of Ilongga, Rabiya Mateo.
Over 70 delegates have confirmed participation for the 69th edition of the Miss Universe pageant, presently being held in Florida, USA. The past few days have witnessed the delegates’ arrival in the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino where they will be billeted until the 10-day pageant’s conclusion.
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Major new research project to help pupils promote peace and make sense of the violent past
Experts have begun a major new research project to help pupils around the world to use history and heritage to promote peace and make sense of past violence.
Members of the new Education, Justice and Memory Network (EdJAM) will work to give young people creative opportunities to discuss, make sense of and respond to war, conflict and brutality.
The project is funded through a £2 million grant from the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Global Challenges Research Funding (GCRF) Collective Programme.
Experts in the network will help to spread the word about pioneering creative ways educators and others are helping to teach and learn about the violent past.
This year, This Life Cambodia (TLC) produced a short film entitled
Not Her Fault to raise awareness of domestic violence as part of the UN’s 16 Days of Activism to End Gender-Based Violence campaign.
In its two-minute video, a young woman opens a wardrobe, takes out a white ultra-thin T-shirt and recalls a proverb her mother told her as a child – “without the hook, the fruit does not fall”.
The proverb reminded her of what happened once when she rode her motorbike home from the gym.
“Was it my fault? How? My clothes? Without the hook, the fruit does not fall,” she says in the short film.