World Consumer Rights Day - 2015
History and purpose
15 March is World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD), an annual occasion for
celebration and solidarity within the international consumer movement.
It marks the date in 1962 President John F Kennedy first outlined the
definition of Consumer Rights.
WCRD is an opportunity to promote the basic rights of all consumers, for demanding that those rights are respected and protected, and for protesting the market abuses and social injustices which undermine them.
WCRD was first observed on 15 March 1983, and has since become an important occasion for mobilising citizen action.
WCRD is an opportunity to promote the basic rights of all consumers, for demanding that those rights are respected and protected, and for protesting the market abuses and social injustices which undermine them.
WCRD was first observed on 15 March 1983, and has since become an important occasion for mobilising citizen action.
How is WCRD observed?
Consumer organisations around the world, big and small, use materials
produced by CI to generate local initiatives and media coverage for
their work over the coming year.
Initiatives can take the shape of special campaigns, press
conferences, public exhibitions, workshops, street events or new
publications, to name only a few possibilities.
Consumer groups may adapt CI's materials to have the greatest local
impact. Whatever the objectives, they share the same underlying aim of
bringing about important and needed benefits for consumers.
World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD) is an awareness day, which is observed
on March 15, 2015. The WCRD was first celebrated in 1983 and became an
important annual occasion for mobilizing citizen action and solidarity
within the international consumer movement. The day is an opportunity
for promoting the basic rights of all consumers, demanding that those
rights are respected and protected and protesting about the market
abuses and social injustices which undermine them.
The day takes place on 15 March to mark the definition of consumer rights, outlined by US President John F. Kennedy. He was the first world leader to set out a vision of consumer rights and he also recognized the importance of consumers as a group. Kennedy gave the American consumer four basic rights: the right to safety, to choose, to information and to be heard. The aim of WRCD is to celebrate solidarity within the international consumer rights movement.
The day is organized by Consumers International (CI), which is the world federation of consumer groups that serves as the only independent and authoritative global voice for consumers and was founded in 1960. Currently it has over 220 member organizations in 115 countries around the world.
Each year, the CI Council selects a theme for the following World Consumer Rights Day activities, for example: “Our money, our rights” in 2010, “Consumers and water” in 2004 or “Unethical Drug Promotion” in 2007. Around the world the day will be marked with local initiatives, including campaigns, press conferences, workshops and street events. (With material from: Wikipedia)
The day takes place on 15 March to mark the definition of consumer rights, outlined by US President John F. Kennedy. He was the first world leader to set out a vision of consumer rights and he also recognized the importance of consumers as a group. Kennedy gave the American consumer four basic rights: the right to safety, to choose, to information and to be heard. The aim of WRCD is to celebrate solidarity within the international consumer rights movement.
The day is organized by Consumers International (CI), which is the world federation of consumer groups that serves as the only independent and authoritative global voice for consumers and was founded in 1960. Currently it has over 220 member organizations in 115 countries around the world.
Each year, the CI Council selects a theme for the following World Consumer Rights Day activities, for example: “Our money, our rights” in 2010, “Consumers and water” in 2004 or “Unethical Drug Promotion” in 2007. Around the world the day will be marked with local initiatives, including campaigns, press conferences, workshops and street events. (With material from: Wikipedia)
World Consumer Rights Day will be held on 15 March 2014 around the
globe to recognise our rights as consumers when it comes to financial
services.
Each year the event has a theme, in 2014 it was
'Consumer rights in the digital age' and the purpose is to raise
awareness of the concerns consumers face with regard to digital issues.
The theme for 2015 hasn't been announced yet but you can find out more
about what's happening near you by visiting the World Consumer Rights Day website.
The
day is organised by Consumers International, a federation which acts as
an independent voice for all of us consumers, wherever we are in the
world.
The organisation was founded in 1960, so with 55 years
of experience you can be sure they know how to keep consumers happy and
stand up for our rights in the modern marketplace!
The World
Consumer Rights Day was first observed in 1983, demanding that consumer
rights were respected and protected. The aim of the day is to celebrate
solidarity within the international consumer rights movement.
Around
the world the day will be marked with local initiatives, including
campaigns, press conferences, workshops and street events.
Often
these initiatives look at the foods we eat, medicines we take and the
products we use in our homes - things we use every day.
It's
important to know that all these items are made ethically and that they
all meet consumers' needs - so this is your opportunity to get
involved!
