Every third woman sexually abused as a child, according to a survey conducted by the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), which was released this past week. According to the survey, not only has one in three Swazi women experienced a degree of sexual abuse as a child, and additional one in four had experienced physical violence. […]
…it's afterimage imprints itself like an irreversible negative from the camera obscura of dreams.” -Pat Conroy, The Prince of Tides The rape of anyone is one of the most atrocious crimes that can be committed against a person, especially a child. The ever increasing use of rape as a weapon of war not only […]
The U.S. war crimes tribunal holding court at the naval detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, appointed a U.S. military lawyer to serve as the legal representative to the self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks on New York City and the Pentagon. The military ordered Navy Capt. Prescott Prince to serve as the lawyer […]
There is no doubt that the fight against sexual violence has a long way to go, and that victims support and services are considerably lacking. The damage of such violent acts reach much farther than the victim, the scope and depth of such acts effect entire communities and whole nations. The reach of such detrimental […]
For the millions upon millions, many children, who are the survivors of sexual violence, one must not forget their struggles in this month of awareness, as their battle is never ending. Therefore in conjunction with April being Sexual Assault Awareness Month, I wanted to share these words of survival from Nancy Venable Raine, After Silence, […]
UNITED NATIONS, April 7 (UPI) — The United Nations marked the four-year anniversary of the organization's involvement in the Darfur region of Sudan by saying the situation remains grim. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says the continued instability fueled by violence from rebel groups and government forces continued to plague Darfur. Ban called on the international […]
As mentioned April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and throughout the month I will work to bring you many stories of the various forms of sexual assault that plagues millions upon millions of young girls across the globe. First I wanted to bring you back to the issue of human trafficking and slavery with in […]
The New York Times Friday ran an editorial on an 81-page memo by John Yoo that oultines the legal justification for harsh interrogation tactics for the Justice Department. Yoo's memo follows similar statements placing torture on equal footing with abuses resulting in near death. The Times piece argues it is abhorrent that it took 81 […]
Introduced in 2003 Kenya's free secondary education is now plagued by supply problems. The sudden and dramatic increase of students is causing a strain on resources, and the result is a lack of teachers, CONGO: Arrest over abduction of indigenous family's child books and adequate facilities, leaving many to question the quality of children's education. […]
Education is a vaccine for violence, as it is a vaccine for hunger and disease. The right to education is a basic human right for all children, a right we all too often take for granted. In developed countries we see education as a key to prosperity, to better jobs and economic security. However education […]
AMSTERDAM, April 3 (Reuters) – The United Nations war crimes tribunal will deliver its verdict on Thursday in the trial of Kosovo's former Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj, charged with torturing and murdering Serbs to drive them out of the region. Prosecutors are seeking a prison sentence of 25 years for Haradinaj, 39, a Kosovo Albanian […]
Photo: ©Panos / Robert Knoth Victim of rape as a weapon of war and forced amputation in Sierra Leone Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) was set to raise awareness of sexual violence and increase prevention. Across the country special events will take place over the next month to highlight the use of sexual violence, […]
Photo: David Swanson/IRIN Early marriage hampering country's development, says report by Save the Children Sweden in cooperation with Gender-Development Research and Studies Center at Sanaa University, The report entitled Gender Based Sexual Violence Against Teenage Girls in the Middle East, illustrates how Yemeni girls are deprived of their child rights when they are prepared for […]
In 1986, Defense Secretary Caspar Weingberger and the US Department of Defense, designated April as Month of the Military Child. The month is set to be a time for each branch of the military to recognizes the sacrifices which are made by the children of those serving our country. Children of those in the military […]
The donation feature was set up to assist the Children's writer/blogger, Cassandra Clifford, to raise funds to purse a research project on the use of rape as a weapon of war. In order to conduct her research, write, attend and present on her findings, Cassandra will have to raise funds independently. Thus the FPA has […]