Zero Discrimination Day 2025: ‘We Stand Together’ Campaign
Why in the news
On 1 March 2025 UNAIDS marked Zero Discrimination Day with a campaign called ‘We stand together’, urging support for community-led groups that keep HIV services running.
Key facts
- Zero Discrimination Day falls on 1 March each year.
- The observance is led by UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.
- The 2025 campaign was ‘We stand together’, with a statement on standing together with communities.
- UNAIDS said communities face stigma, discrimination, criminalisation and funding cuts despite their vital role.
- It urged countries and donors to give community organisations legal recognition, sustainable funding and a place as partners in health programmes.
- Christine Stegling, UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director, said the only way to end AIDS is to work together with communities.
About UNAIDS
UNAIDS coordinates the global response to HIV and AIDS and works towards ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030. The 2025 page also pointed to a Global Partnership for Action to Eliminate HIV-Related Stigma and Discrimination, which involves 41 countries.
Exam angle
- Fix the date (1 March) and the organiser (UNAIDS); both are commonly tested.
- Link the day with HIV/AIDS, stigma and human rights rather than a general anti-discrimination law.
- Recall the 2025 slogan ‘We stand together’ for days-and-themes questions.