With a third of the population in the European Union being Children, it's about time their voices where finaly getting a platform to be heard on. The European Commission recently issues three press releases concerning their efforts to increase their protection of children in the EU, aiding in the prevention of human rights violations. On […]
The Soviet Propaganda poster above, translates to say, “Keep your tongue behind your teeth” or Keep quiet, which to me has always summed up what we have done about communism and the victims to whom it befell. Since it's Bolshevik infancy, the world has watched with silent eyes and still tongues, as it took hold […]
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Photo by Time The obvious answer to many would, be a definite yes, however in Mexico tradition often out ways, ones obvious reasoning. In the latest issue of Time, the article, In the Ring with The World's Youngest Bull Fighter, covered a story on child matadors, in Mexico. For ten year old Rafita Mirabal, who […]
At only of five, Om Prakash Gurjar, was he was taken away from his parents and then held as a slave for the next three years. Om was forced to work in the fields, attend to cattle and even work with hazardous pesticides. Om was one of many victims of bonded labor in India, he […]
Photo by Time No child shall be deprived of his or her liberty unlawfully or arbitrarily. The arrest, detention or imprisonment of a child shall be in conformity with the law and shall be used only as a measure of last resort and for the shortest appropriate period of time. Convention on the Rights of […]
(Photo by Edward S. Curtis – circa 1899) “They are the true Human Beings.” -American Indian Proverb
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As the blog has been covering street children, it seems quite appropriate that I discovered the showing of a film this evening about a boy living in the slums of Kenya. Tonight as part of the Guerrilla Film Fest, you can see the film, “I Want To Be A Pilot”. The film is about a […]
It is the children who suffer most from the violence of war and hate!
Photo by Travel Blogs The problem of homelessness, poverty and street children faces every country and should concern us all. The United Nations estimates that their are over 150 million street children world wide. Whether the streets of Rio de Janeiro, Mumbai, Free Town, Bucharest or New York, the problems children face on the […]
Photo by Hobo Traveler They look so young, so innocent as they lie sleeping Held so tightly together, with their faces finally erased of worry Almost snug looking, half buried in rags on their concrete bed But this peacefulness will end all too soon For when sleep wears from their eyes it will reveal pain […]
“The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says, “It’s a girl.’” -Shirley Chisholm Over half of the worlds population is female, yet they unjustly receive an unfair balance in life from conception. Not one society is spared from it’s second class treatment of the female population. No matter how long […]
I highly recommend that you read two of my esteemed fellow writer's, Bonnie Boyd's, posts on the Central Asia Blog. Central Asia: Iodized salt and children's health, which looks at the Xinjiang province of China and the governments efforts to eradicate iodine deficiency's in children. Tajikistan: 64% poverty, and portents for more, the post looks […]
