Today marks National Global Human Trafficking Awareness Day (NGHTAD), as a resolution passed by the US Senate on June 22, 2007 has forever marked January 11th as a day of awareness and vigilance for the countless victims of Human Trafficking across the globe. Take action today, be it via the internet or in your own […]
Traffickers target Kenyan economic refugees Human traffickers are taking advantage of Kenyans seeking to escape extreme poverty, droughts and rampant unemployment. Anti-trafficking advocates say Kenya lacks existing laws and manpower to combat the problem. Nepal frees hundreds of former child soldiers Hundreds of former child soldiers bid their comrades farewell today at a camp in […]
Zimbabwe continues to battle controversy over diamond mining Abuses at Zimbabwe’s Marange diamond field continue despite agreements with internal monitors to end military control of the area, rights monitor Global Witness says. Zimbabwean authorities were forced to make a last-minute cancellation of a planned auction of 300,000 carats of rough diamonds after failing to obtain […]
The fight to combat modern slavery ended one decade on a high note, and entered the next on yet again another high note. The new administration has given considerable focus to the increasing the fight globally. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, continued to raise her voice against human trafficking on December 2, 2009, the International […]
It can be tough to be a migrant – but even worse should one be persecuted by the local population. By moving to a new place economic migrants – and displaced persons – leave behind well-known surroundings, and often other family members too. They may not speak the language at their new location, might have […]
Happy 2010, dear readers! May it be joyful and successful! We humans are impatient beings, so it is a natural that we seek crumbs about the future from East European fortune tellers in gloomily-colored headscarves, uptight Englishmen wearing purple ties and friend victims who know how to shuffle those Tarot cards. Here are some bold […]
Today we woke to not only a new year, but a new decade, and renewed hope for both our own lives and children across the globe. Now you have finished cleaning up from the nights fun and merriment, and its time to set foot firmly into the new year. Its time to sit down and […]
New Year’s is seen as a time of renewal, but it does not always bring desired changes. This week the Thai government forced over 4,000 Hmong over the border into Laos, despite the possibility that they will be persecuted upon their return. This action runs counter to international human rights law, as some of the […]
I find myself sitting here trying to get everything done as the day, and year, quickly close in on me. As the year, and decade, comes to an end I find myself looking back on the year and what is has meant for children across the globe. Tonight many look back fondly and cheer on […]
Teaching gorilla protection in Congo Schoolchildren in the Republic of Congo capital Brazzaville are learning about gorilla protection as part of a campaign by conservationists, authorities and nongovernmental organizations to protect the threatened primates. Supporters hope the program will begin to change social attitudes toward gorillas and bolster new regulations to protect wildlife and protected […]
African governments are not well known for standing up against fellow leaders who violate the rule of law or commit human rights abuses. Ask most people what they expect from African governments in this area and you are likely not to hear anything positive. The reputation is not entirely undeserved, but is also the result […]
Last week, the United States Senate voted 60-40 to end debate on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the health care reform bill that Congress has been crafting through most of 2009. Just before the Christmas holiday the Act was passed, and while heavy debate continues many individuals and organizations, such as Every Child […]
by Nona Willis Aronowitz In November 2006, mere weeks after the death of my mother, radical feminist and journalist Ellen Willis, my friend Emma Bee Bernstein and I found ourselves contemplating what feminism meant to us. We were just 22, and we felt that the legacy of feminism was slipping through our fingers and that […]
Merry Christmas to you all, for those who don’t celebrate I wish you a wonderful holiday season as we embark upon this new year of renewed hope. Last year I published my letter to Santa, and sadly realize that he was quite busy and didn’t get a chance to respond to my wishes for the […]
This is a story not known to many Americans. It is about a journalist, caught up in the mayhem of war, in the absurdity of all or nothing/with us or against us attitude that undermined the standing of the US in the world. He spent seven years of his life in the custody of the […]