According to UNICEF some 60 million children are forced to enter into marriages before they are of legal age, half of which are in South Asia. While countries in South America, Africa and Asia may have the highest numbers of early and forced marriages, more than 2 million young girls in Europe are also child […]
Study shows that AD syringes help stem infections from vaccination shots The Measles Initiative and the GAVI Alliance (formerly the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation) announced today that infections resulting from the re-use of syringes for immunizations have been reduced to practically zero in sub-Saharan Africa, according to a study released in the Supplement […]
Today Americans gather to celebrate as a nation both our independence and freedom. We honor those who have fought and died to give us the ability to walk this land without fear of persecution. The United States is a nation built on the back of injustice one who fought to overcome religious persecutions, escape a dark slave past, one […]
Hearing news of suicide bombers no longer causes shock or dismay, as it has become an all too common mainstay of modern warfare. The use of suicide bombers has dramatically increased since its modern beginnings in the 1980’s, which saw an average of 4.7 attacks a year, to 180 attacks a year in the first […]
Public gallery at the ECCC at the start of Case 002. Photo courtesy of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia On Monday, more than 32 years after the Khmer Rouge fell from power in Cambodia, the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) started proceedings on Case 002. The defendants on trial, […]
From Amanda Bowen at Citizens for Global Solutions (WASHINGTON, D.C., June 28, 2011) In issuing an arrest warrant for Muammar Gaddafi, the International Criminal Court has demonstrated yet again that tyrants and human rights abusers around the world—even if they are heads of state–will not enjoy immunity from international law, and will be held responsible […]
In March I posted the article; UN releases much-anticipated Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights – Washington DC Human Rights on the Washington DC Human Rights Examiner. In follow-up to the release of the Guiding Principles, earlier this month, on Thursday, June 16, 2011 the United Nations Human Rights Council took an unprecedented step, the as they endorsed a […]
On Monday, June 27, the United States Department of State’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, released the 2011 Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP report) was released. The public release of the report made its way online this afternoon following the release event in Washington DC. At approximately 2 p.m. in the Benjamin […]
UN launches push for better sanitation The United Nations unveiled a major push to halve the number of people around the world without access to basic sanitation by 2015. Michelle Obama: African youth can push change U.S. first lady Michelle Obama is using a visit to Africa to encourage young Africans to push for greater […]
By Atef Said I got on a plane to Cairo on February 4, ten days after Egyptians took to the streets in a popular revolution that eventually led to the ouster of notorious dictator Hosni Mubarak. I had mixed emotions when leaving for Egypt: anxiety about the family I was leaving behind and about my […]
UNICEF has released their 2010 Annual Report, the report gives a global overview of the previous year’s achievements and highlights a number of various international, regional and national collaborations. The report, released today, highlights UNICEF’s contributions to achieving the Millennium Development Goals in 2010 by providing assistance towards improving children’s health, expanding access to quality education and protecting […]
Last week on 16 June 2011 the government of the African nation Chad signed an action plan to end recruitment and use of children in its national army and security forces. In a press release issued by the United Nations Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict. The Secretary-General, […]
The National Family Partnership recently released an awareness campaign to bring much needed awareness to the often silent and unseen prescription drug abuse by children. The campaign is strategically timed with the end of school, as summer takes hold more children will be spending greater time at home, many of which will be unsupervised. Prescription […]
The Democratic Republic of the Congo was previously touted at the worst place in the world to be a woman and while they have since dropped from first place according to a new survey, this is no time for celebration for the DRC or their successors to one of the worlds least coveted titles, Afghanistan. […]
Sometimes the poorest man leaves his children the richest inheritance. ~Ruth E. Renkel For all fathers, rich or poor, may today you see the wealth and meaning of your life in that of the eyes of your children. May you know that the love, humility and wisdom you bestow upon your child each day is […]