The Irish government announced legislation on October 11 that they will now make it make it an offense to bring an adult or child into the country for sexual or labor exploitation. The new Criminal Law Human Trafficking Bill 2007, has now made Ireland compliant with EU, Council of Europe and UN human trafficking tools […]
Nigeria is fighting a rare outbreak of a vaccine-derived form of polio, says the UN's World Health Organization (WHO). It says 69 children in the north have caught the paralyzing disease from others who had already been immunized. The WHO says such rare outbreaks have occurred where immunization campaigns did not reach enough of the […]
It is true, we do owe our children the “best”, sadly this is not what we give them. Children across the globe are abused, abandoned, hungry, dying, lost, alone, enslaved. We can do something about it, yet so often we do not, or we simply do not do our “best”. One cannot go through life […]
False promises…a new life, money, a job, security, food, and shelter, are all tools used to lure millions of woman and children into slavery. Millions more are violently kidnapped, or sold by various family and friends. Hidden among the dark streets, millions of children live as the prey to greed. Used as a commodity's, their […]
Across the globe millions of children are currently enslaved, held against their will and forced to work. Children who's human rights have been stripped away with little regard for their future. In a world where freedom has become a word used to defend war, a word used to incite passion, and a word to treasure…it […]
While Washington D.C. – October 8-13th, 2007, has the greatest number of events, there are amazing events happening all over the United States: Orlando FL – October 12th, 2007 Cape Cod – October 14th, 2007 Stevensville, MD – October 29th See Dreams of Freedom for more information, and for event coming to your city soon, […]
Yesterday, October 4, 2007, marked a day to change the shape of the world, a day when the world was given a wonderful gifta plan to end slavery. This historic moment is thanks to the dream, vision, passion and undying will of one man, Kevin Bales. Kevin Bales is the world's foremost expert on modern […]
Photo from Children at Risk Foundation – CARF Brazil Children should be the riches of all of mankind! One should look to protect and ensure the future…children are the future!
Meet Kevin Bales and celebrate the launch of Ending Slavery. Thursday, October 4, 2007 6pm to 8pm Rayburn House Office Building – Foyer Washington, DC RSVP to: SamiraTallandier See all the stops on Kevin’s book tour. See Kevin discuss the plan to end slavery. Check out our new website! We’ve added more: stories from the […]
As I have said before, and will say again and again, children are wise beyond their years. I think wisdom, isn't always something we gain with age, don't get me wrong age and experience do obtain wisdom, however there is something to be said for the wisdom of youth. Children have not seen all the […]
The ILO recently published a study highlighting child labor in the mining industry. Not only are a million or more children continuing to be forced to work in mines, but the reports shows a great number of them are girls. Children who are forced into hard labor is never a subject to be taken lightly, […]
Mini Gandhi's Take To The Street To Celebrate His Birth Children dressed as Mahatma Gandhi on celebration Monday, to perform as part of the celebrations in the northern Indian city of Lucknow. October 2 marks the 138th anniversary of Gandhi's birth, and a day of celebration for a free and democratic India. A national holiday […]
Over one week a total of 15 FGM's took place in one Burkina Faso town, Pabre, culminating in the death of one teenage girl. In addition to the death of the one girl, seven other girls are currently being treated at a local hospital for various infections and/or hemorrhaging. Sadly these 15 girls where not […]
While the movie, Trade, may be a somewhat glamorized and dramatized Hollywood film, you are left with questions regarding the plot. The film does however highlight the many of the realities of modern day slavery and human trafficking…a problem which plagues our global world. By giving a face to human trafficking, the film proves to […]
Help Stop the Use of Child Soldiers, and take a moment to write a letter to your Congress, and ask them to pass the Child Soldier Prevention Act of 2007. Human Rights Watch has launched a campaign in support of the Act called, Children in the Ranks, the site has a video, and numerous resources, […]