This Spring I brought you the piece, Bulling is Abuse, regarding the case of 15 year-old Phoebe Prince who committed suicide in Boston following her bulling. Now with technology in every child’s hands bullying is even easier, quicker and can be more widespread with only a click of a button or mouse. Children text images and rumors, […]
Abortion crackdown in Mexican states is a backlash against Mexico City In part a backlash against the decision of Mexico City authorities to legalize early-term abortions, other states in Mexico have begun cracking down on the medical procedure — enforcing, for example, anti-abortion laws that require hospitals to first call in prosecutors when women who […]
Six months ago today on March 23, 2010, President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act. Today, September 23rd, several important reforms will become law. Six major reforms will be enacted today, including the expansion of healthcare coverage to millions of children who previously fell through the cracks of our health care system. The changes which […]
Every Child Matters has released the second edition of their report We Can Do Better: Child Abuse and Neglect Deaths in America. The report takes a deep look into the number of deaths in the United States which are the result of child maltreatment. The report’s figures and findings are somewhat shocking, however inclusion illustrates how we can reduce […]
“Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding“. -Ralph Waldo Emerson Today is International Day of Peace…This year, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is calling on young people around the world to take a stand for peace under the theme, Youth for Peace and Development. The International Day of Peace was established in […]
UN photo contest illustrates MDGs Entries in the UN Development Program’s “Picture This” contest seek to illuminate and illustrate the challenges at the heart of the Millennium Development Goals, a suite of ambitious development targets to be achieved by 2015. With the deadline looming, the UN must still rally support — and especially funds — […]
The following is an excerpt from the authors paper: Rape as a Weapon of War and it’s Long-term Effects on Victims and Society. The paper looks at the following key questions: Does rape as a tool of war leave a country with less chance of a solid and stable political future? What are the long term […]
When will the rapes end? This is a question that is being asked, not only in the Congo, but across the globe. However while the DRC remains one of the worst countries in the world for is exuberant use of rape as a weapon of war, it is not alone in this destructive act that not […]
Last month I brought you news that the UN Denounced Wartime Rape, which had followed a 2008 denouncement of the practice of rape warfare by the Security Council, who unanimously adopted a resolution which acknowledged the use of rape as ‘a tactic of war and an impediment to peace’. Much of the move by the UN was […]
Today marks the 9th anniversary of the unforgettable tragedy of September 11, 2001, which took the lives of 2,974 people, not including the 19 hijackers. Of those who lost their lives, 8 where children: 5 on American 77 ranging in age from 3 to 11, 3 on United 175 ages 2, 3, and 4. In the towers, the […]
As Congress comes back to session after a their long August break, many items are on the agenda, including the very-delayed food safety bill. Many are looking forward to seeing an amendment which may be put into place in the food-safety bill to ensure Bisphenol A (BPA), potentially dangerous and toxic chemical is banned. BPA […]
UN takes up MDGs as 2015 deadline looms Governments around the world are looking to forge agreement on a strategy for the last five years before the Millennium Development Goals deadline amid projections that none of the poverty, health or education milestones will be reached. “The final five years of the goals are going to […]
In the United States we have just returned to our busy work weeks following a long Labor Day weekend, were most of us thought little about forced or child labor, but about the ending of summer and the return of children to school. My Labor Day was spent on the soccer field practicing with my […]
When one thinks of child labor in the context of the Labor Day Holiday in the United States or the International Day of Labor, otherwise known as May Day, the mind drifts back to images of the Industrial Revolution and to children toiling in factories and mines in the UK and US. Labor Day […]
As those across the United States embark upon Labor Day Festivities it brings to light the labor exploitations of children across the globe. Much continues to be done to ensure that children around the world are both protected and simply allowed to be children. Despite outrage, laws, and social advancements child labor continues to plague our global society, […]