Derbyshire's Hardwick Hall turns purple along with global iconic buildings to mark launch of new human rights movement

Hardwick was one of over 115 iconic landmarks, spanning multiple countries and time-zones to light up the international colour of disability, purple, on 19 August.

The global light up was to celebrate the launch of WeThe15, which aspires to be the biggest ever human rights movement to represent the world’s 1.2 billion persons with disabilities. Other landmarks illuminated includes Auckland’s Sky Tower, Tokyo Skytree and Rainbow Bridge, Geneva’s Jet d’Eau, Moscow’s Ostankino Tower, Rome’s Coliseum, the London Eye and the Niagara Falls spanning Canada and the USA.

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Launched ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, WeThe15 aims to end discrimination towards persons with disabilities and act as a global movement publicly campaigning for disability visibility, inclusion, and accessibility. It brings together the biggest coalition ever of international organisations from the worlds of sport, human rights, policy, business, arts, and entertainment.