2010 will surely be known as the year that disaster struck Haiti, as the impoverished nation was rocked to it’s knees on January 12th. However while all eyes continue to be focused on Haiti’s aftermath, Somalia continues to cry out. In July last year in July I published, Will we remember Somalia?, at the time […]
Many of us fail to think that in today’s modern society there is truly a caste system and that populations, including children, would be deemed ‘untouchable’. For me what first comes to mind is the Biblical references to the Lepers, or how our society once condemned most with mental or learning disabilities to a life […]
New vaccine might protect children from malaria An experimental malaria vaccine that boosts immune responses has produced powerful antibodies in young children during initial trials, U.S. researchers say. Scientists hope the vaccine can be used to bring an end to the 1 million deaths a year associated with malaria. Polio survivors face new threats Post-polio […]
Haiti housing concerns mounting Haitian authorities and aid groups are in a race against time to ensure earthquake survivors have shelter before the rainy season begins in March. Aid groups are hoping to encourage the use of transitional shelters that can later be reinforced into more permanent structures over tents. Some food aid sold via […]
This year marks the 15th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women, which was held in Beijing, China in 1995. With one hundred and eighty-nine Member States adopting the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, which laid out a comprehensive agenda for women’s political and economic empowerment and the foundations for gender mainstreaming. The […]
Today is National Freedom Day, marking the anniversary of the ratification the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution under Lincoln, promising freedom from slavery and involuntary servitude. The day was enacted by President Harry Truman on June 30, 1948, as he signed the bill proclaiming February 1 as National Freedom Day. I spent the evening […]
Bill and Melinda Gates increase vaccination funding Bill and Melinda Gates have pledged $10 billion in a bid to save millions of lives during the next decade with vaccines. The funds will support efforts to provide vaccinations for diseases such as measles, diphtheria and polio, and develop new vaccines. U.S. struggles over status for Haitian […]
Human Rights in Crisis A selection of Pulitzer Center-sponsored works When: February 1, 2010 Time: 6-8 PM Where: Hart Auditorium-Georgetown University Law Center 600 New Jersey Avenue, NW Reception to follow Screening and Q&A, with journalists Welcome by Ann Peters (GULC, 94), Pulitzer Center Featuring: • “Afghanistan Disabled,” Don Duncan and Jessica Wanke cover the […]
Call for papers: UNICEF and the Graduate Program in International Affairs (GPIA) at The NewSchool will host an international conference on adolescent girls in April 2010. With an emphasis on reviewing existing evidence and policies, the conference will focus on the role and potential agency of adolescent girls in meeting emerging global challenges. The conference, […]
As an activist and writer, one who focuses on issues that face children, but with a passion and concentration on modern day slavery, I live and work in a world that is full of stories of the worlds most heinous and shocking crimes against humanity. Often I am asked how do you do it…how do […]
UNESCO: Attendance not the only challenge to educating world’s poor While school registrations have increased in poor countries around the world since the United Nations adopted “Education for All” goals in 1999, many children are not getting an education, according to a report from UNESCO. Unqualified teachers, lack of school supplies, absent educators and latent […]
As the aftermath of Haiti’s deadly hurricane continues to unfold, historic rescues are starting to be come less and less as hope for finding live victims in the debris and rubble has faded, as fear induced ciaos quickly followed in its path. A country already teetering on the brink of disrepair, the future of Haiti […]
We don’t all have a lot of money to send to Haiti to add to the countries harrowing disaster and relief effort and few of us have the needed skills, time and capabilities to volunteer to go over and help the country quite literally dig themselves out of the heartbreaking rubble that covers the impoverished […]
A report that was released on January 7, 2010, by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), regarding the levels of sexual victimization within juvenile detention facilities leaves many shocked by the statistics. The report, Sexual Victimization in Juvenile Facilities Reported by Youth, 2008-09, is part of a series of statistical reviews, which are required under […]
Amnesty International: Czech school system discriminating against Roma Authorities in the Czech Republic must act to end systematic discrimination against Roma gypsy children that ensures they receive an inferior education, Amnesty International says. Roma-only schools use a less competitive curriculum than mainstream schools, perpetuating social exclusion and reducing Roma children’s ability to find future employment. […]