Cluster bomb treaty signing begins Representatives from more than 100 countries began signing a treaty to ban the use, creation and storage of cluster bombs Wednesday. Some of the world's largest military players, including the U.S., Russia, China and India have refused to support of the effort. UN envoy to press Nepal on child soldiers […]
Too often we focus on what we cannot do, and not what we can do. For millions who have been labeled with a disability the stigma of the word is often hard to shake, but it is others who seem to have a harder time shaking the stigma. Some 10% of the world's population, or some […]
December 2nd is the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, the day was established by the United Nations in 1949. The International Day for the Abolition of Slavery was established to commemorate all the efforts to abolish slavery in every form. While the efforts of historical abolitionist, such as; Frederick Douglass, John Brown, William Wilberforce, and Harriet Tubman, […]
Now that you have managed to make it through the Thanksgiving holiday, fat and happy your mind has begun to drifted away from thoughts of turkey and stuffing, and not to mention pumpkin pie, to thoughts of holiday giving. This year most of our wallets are not as fat as they once were and charitable […]
Today marks World AIDS Day, the day was marked by a number of events, educational programs and, pledges, as Governments around the world used the occasion of World AIDS Day Monday to pledge greater efforts to end discrimination against victims of HIV/AIDS and to fund treatment programs. The number of people living with HIV/AIDS has […]
When one mentions war ones first thought drifts to Iraq, and then one may think of the DRC thanks to recent media coverage, however the continual plague of war in many countries, including Afghanistan, continues. While attention has long since faded since the October 2001 invasion of Afghanistan, the country remains engrossed in conflict, and […]
“Education, then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of man, – the balance-wheel of the social machinery.” – Horace Mann (1796,1859) American educational reformer, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1827-1833) and Senate (1834-1837). Education is truly the key to equality, and with equality one will […]
Today American's set forth to escape the ciaos that has become our everyday lives to spend the day amongst family and friends to celebrate Thanksgiving, and as we gather around tables covered in American traditions old and new, let us not forget the meaning of the holiday. Regardless of your views, or thoughts, on the […]
Arrests after Afghan acid attack Police in Afghanistan arrested 10 suspects accused of brutally attacking schoolgirls by throwing acid into their faces. All of the men are Taliban insurgent fighters; several have confessed to the crime. President Hamid Karzai has called for their public execution. Chinese officials’ shifting quake tolls anger parents of children who […]
Education is the one sure ticket out of poverty for millions of children around the world. Yet while we know that knowledge is power, there are still 72 million children globally who do not have access to quality schooling. However the power behind education is not just found in giving one access to an education, […]
Thankfully for the future and our global security children are increasingly being brought into the fight against climate change. Earlier this month, on 14 November, The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) enlisted the help of North American youth to help tackle climate change at a summit in Chicago. The educational campaign, "Kick the Carbon Habit", […]
“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” -Gandhi Open the door for children, by working to see the change in the world that will enable them to have a future of hope and prosperity. Giving children hope along with the tools for the future will not only open the door […]
Today, November 20th, marks the day on which the United Nations Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child, in 1959, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, in 1989. Universal Children's Day. In a press release UNICEF USA issed an appeal to the public to get involved with the Presidential Initiative target […]
The cursed children of Bhopal The effects of a 1984 accident at an insecticide factory in Bhopal, India, that pumped tons of toxic chemicals into the air still linger today, where children exhibit a range of side effects — from stunted development to severe diabetes to deafness. A court ruled that a claim seeking damages […]
Many of the world have been suddenly been drawn together regardless of what side of the abortion issue they stand on. What has united activists from all sides? The sudden brake of the story of Arzigul Tursun, a Uyghur woman living near Ghulja in East Turkestan (also known as Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in the […]