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Is Your Representative Voting in Favor of Kids?

Is Your Representative Voting in Favor of Kids?

The current administration has placed some priority on issues affecting children, however in light of the recession much of this has failed to materialize in state budgets.  How do your representatives vote when it comes to issues effecting children?  Vote Kids released the 111th Congressional Scorecard this month, which shows how each member of the […]

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UN Establishes Division to Promote Gender Equality

UN Establishes Division to Promote Gender Equality

Earlier this month, the United Nations General Assembly made a unanimous and historic vote to establish the first United Nations (UN) entity which will be exclusively dedicated to women’s empowerment and gender equality.  UN Women is the result of years of hard work and negotiations between UN member states, international NGOs, policymakers and tireless advocates around […]

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Over Half of Children in the UK Rescued from Human Trafficking Missing

Over Half of Children in the UK Rescued from Human Trafficking Missing

In the UK a recently released study showed that 55% of children in the United Kingdom, who have been identified as persons victimized by human trafficking and subsequently rescued will eventually become missing persons. The main reason for the high percentage rate of missing child survivors is due in direct relation to a lack of […]

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UNICEF, Darfur rebels agree on terms to protect children One of Darfur’s main rebel groups, the Justice and Equality Movement, will sign an agreement with UNICEF this week to protect children, according to the Center for Humanitarian Dialogue. Rebel groups and government forces have actively recruited child soldiers into their ranks in the past, say […]

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Education in Haiti Six Months After the Earthquake

Education in Haiti Six Months After the Earthquake

Yesterday, July 12, 2010 was the six-month anniversary of the earthquake which devastated the island nation of Haiti, killing more than 220,000 and which left even more Haitians displaced, homeless, or without adequate shelter. The earthquake also took a drastic toll on the country’s education system. In February I reported on the state of the […]

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In Haiti, reconstruction grinds Six months after a massive earthquake devastated Haiti relief and reconstruction efforts have stalled as overwhelmed Haitian authorities struggle to assert control and donors fail to deliver promised funding. More than 1.4 million peoples remain without adequate permanent housing. Children’s advocates worry available services are inadequate and the reality many families […]

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Voice Your Ideas on How to Empower Women and Girls

MDG 3: “Finding New Ways to Empower Women” The United Nations Foundation, in collaboration with Devex, would like to hear from you about your experience promoting gender equality and empowering women. World leaders are gathering again this year to map out the homestretch of this momentous campaign. The Sept. 20-22 United Nations Millennium Development Goals […]

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Video Contest: Making Children a Political Priority this Election

Video Contest: Making Children a Political Priority this Election

Every Child Matters is holding a video contest in response to the 2010 midterm elections.  The environment, jobs, and consumer protection are the hot button issues at the center of the elections this year and Every Child Matters believes that children and families ought to be made a priority during this year’s campaign season. Therefore […]

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Women's Economic Opportunity Report Released

Women's Economic Opportunity Report Released

The protection of the rights of women and girls and the increasement of opportunities to women across the globe is often overlooked or undervalued, however they are vital to are vital to the overall economic development and prosperity from the individual family unit, communities, countries, and our global comunity. Last week, the Economist Intelligence Unit launched the […]

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Happy Independence Day

Happy Independence Day

Today I spent my Fourth of July gathered with some dear family and a few close friends boiling in the heat of our nation’s capital.  It was probably the most crowed place I have ever been in my entire life and yet it seemed some how relaxed and uncrowded.  While I am not sure I would brave […]

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Proposed Legislation Could Bring Much Needed Aid to Victims of Child Trafficking in the United States

Proposed Legislation Could Bring Much Needed Aid to Victims of Child Trafficking in the United States

This week the battle against child trafficking has made huge hurdles with the introduction of a new bill, the Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking Deterrence and Victims Support Act of 2010 (DMSTDVS). The bill was introduced this week by Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), who are the co-chairs of the Congressional Caucus […]

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Pope decries Belgian police raid over abuse allegations Pope Benedict XVI sharply condemned the decision by Belgian police to conduct a police raid on church property, seizing files, detaining bishops and even searching at least one cardinal’s tomb for evidence. The pope expressed solidarity with Belgian Archbishop André-Joseph Léonard, while the Vatican said that police […]

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U.S. State Department's 2010 Trafficking in Persons Report Released and the U.S. is Graded for the First Time

U.S. State Department's 2010 Trafficking in Persons Report Released and the U.S. is Graded for the First Time

Last week the United States issued their annual worldwide report on human trafficking, the 2010 Trafficking in Persons Report, which for the first time included a ranking of the United States. The 373-page report states that some 12.3 million adults and children are in forced labor, bonded labor, and forced prostitution globally. While the numbers […]

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More addiction treatment is needed for Afghan women, children Aid workers are struggling to help Afghan women and children overcome drug addiction, adapting Western-style treatment programs to reflect local realities. An estimated 1.5 million Afghans suffer from addiction, but most of the country’s 40 treatment facilities are geared toward men. HRW presses Iraqi Kurds to […]

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Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day

“Until you have a son of your own… you will never know the joy, the love beyond feeling that resonates in the heart of a father as he looks upon his son. You will never know the sense of honor that makes a man want to be more than he is and to pass something […]

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