According to the Administration for Children and Families, 12,180 children died from abuse and neglect between 2001 and 2008. However the actual number of child deaths is significantly higher, as many child maltreatment deaths are not recorded as such. Additionally a number of studies have shown that there is a substantial amount of child abuse […]
Teaching children about history is essential for one we can never deny our past and two history is there for us to learn from our mistakes. However just learning about history is note enough on it’s own, as sadly many of history’s lessons are not learned right away and looking at the historical perspective on […]
Some 1,000 women die each day from complications of pregnancy or birth and more than eight million children under the age of 5 years-old die each year, from mostly preventable and treatable conditions. If key drugs were made available, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), those grave figures would drastically improve. The WHO released […]
(From The Phnom Penh Post) By James O’Toole and Cheang Sokha Appeals in the case of former S-21 prison chief Kaing Guek Eav began at the Khmer Rouge tribunal yesterday with a contentious debate on the court’s jurisdiction and its right to try the accused, better known as Duch. Prosecutors, the defence and civil party […]
Militancy is linked to spike Pakistan polio Pakistan registered more polio infections in 2010 than any other country, a disheartening setback in a fight it appeared to be winning as recently as 2007. The 144 cases, coupled with at least 15 new cases this year, can be attributed to a host of factors, not least […]
This week many celebrated at the centennial anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, the deadliest workplace accident in New York City’s history. The tragic fire shocked the country and become a turning moment for the American labor movement. On March 25, 1911, 146 garment workers, mostly young immigrant women, died after a fire broke […]
by Stephenie Foster In the next two years, the world’s population will reach seven billion people. Today, approximately 925 million people, or 16 per cent of the developing world’s population, are chronically hungry due to extreme poverty. Despite some progress in alleviating hunger in 2010, world food prices rose 15 per cent between October 2010 […]
When I first entered into this field I was constantly shocked by the way people perceived and treated victims of sexual abuse, assault and trafficking…in fact it was one of the factors that drove me to seek for sustainable solutions and work for change. However sad as it may sound there is little that shocks […]
It has been 12 days since Japan was rocked by a devastating earthquake and tsunami, wiping out entire towns off the map and shifted the island nation eight feet. Since last Friday’s disaster was unleashed, aftershocks continued to shake residents through the weekend, some larger than the earthquake which nearly placed Haiti in ruins last […]
Today, March 22, 2011 is World Water Day, which is held each year to place global attention on the importance of clean and sustainable access to water, including the management of freshwater resources. World Water Day was established to celebrate freshwater, following the recommendation of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED). […]
Humanitarian need grows in Japan More than 450,000 Japanese are seeking help at shelters in the aftermath of the deadly earthquake and tsunami as aid providers struggle with dwindling medical, food and other supplies. Japanese authorities have confirmed more than 5,690 deaths with almost 10,000 people still missing. Yemeni soldiers fire on protesters A reported […]
Last week Libya became the subject of official investigation by the International Criminal Court, the sixth since the court’s inception in 2002. There are three ways in which an investigation can be initiated by the Office of The Prosecutor; referral of a situation by a state party of the Rome Statute, referral from the U.N. […]
May St. Patrick guard you wherever you go, and guide you in whatever you do– and may his loving protection be a blessing to you always. Saint Patrick, or Naomh Padraig in Irish, was born in Scotland, and as a mere teenager when he was kidnapped from Wales by Irish brigands, raiders, and was then […]
Excitement was brewing on Capital Hill today as, Senators Wyden (D-OR) and Cornyn (R-TX) Reintroduced the 2010 Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking (DMST) Deterrence and Victims Support Act of 2010 (H.R. 5575). The 2010 Act, which was introduced by introduced this week by Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), who were the co-chairs […]
According to UNESCO’s 2011 Global Monitoring Report (GMR), armed conflict in some 35 countries, is robbing some 28 million children of their right to an education by exposing them to widespread rape and other sexual violence, targeted attacks on schools and other human rights abuses. The report, The hidden crisis: Armed conflict and education, which […]