The effect of the Taliban, and extremism is being heavily felt in the …..region of Pakistan, and concern for girls is gowning. It is clear that the 'talibanisation’ of all the children is in effect, school attendence rates are low for both boys and girls, however girls are substantially lower than that of their male […]
Energy Bill – “You can’t always get what you want,” quoth the Stones. “But if you try sometimes, you might find, you get what you need.” Well I think the U.S. needs more than what we’ll get out of Washington in the energy bill, but it just might be a good down payment. See U.S. […]
Please find some of the past few weeks news headlines and summaries, related to children: TACKLING TEENAGE PREGNANCY: UK Women to Get Pill without Prescription – The UK has the highest teen pregnancy rate in Western Europe, and a steadily rising abortion rate, and the government is looking at a new scheme which will allow […]
The Lebanese prime minister requested assistance from the United Nations with the investigation into the assassination of a leading general. Prime Minister Fuad Saniora issued a request to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for technical assistance into the death of Brig. Gen. Francois Hajj, who was slated for the next head of the Lebanese army. The […]
Imagine you are a 15 year old girl, and suddenly you find your self surrounded by 34 men, and for 26 days all of them treat you as a an object. You spend your days in fear of rape and beatings, you scream and cry but it makes no difference at all. Soon you begin […]
Taken from RFK's, "Day of Affirmation" address at the University of Capetown, South Africa on 6 June 6, 1966, reading this always reminds me that their really is power in one. Just think of all those who have walked the path of action, and what they have managed to accomplish as an individual; Mother Teresa, […]
The poor southern African country of Malawi, is finally working to take a deeper look into the scale of child trafficking within its borders. Earlier this fall many, including over 200 school children, took to the streets to demand better protection for the countries children, and demand an end to child abuse. "How is Malawi […]
The Democrats in the Senate have failed again to surmount Republican obstruction on getting even a scaled-down energy package moved along. Last week, the Democratic leadership was forced to give up the ghost on the Renewable Portfolio Standard. Today Harry Reid had to give up the package of tax cut rescissions that the oil and […]
It appears as if the entire constellation of those who've got a stake in addressing the climate change crisis have descended on Bali over the course of the last ten days. The conference wraps up tomorrow. Unfortunately, but not surprisingly, the U.S. has reiterated the Bush administration's adamant opposition to mandatory GHG reductions. (See No […]
The war crimes tribunal prosecuting members associated with the former Yugoslavia sentenced a former Bosnian Serb general to a 33 year prison term. The U.N. tribunal transmitted the sentence to Dragomir Milosevic, no relation to Slobodan Milosevic, for atrocities committed in Sarajevo during the Bosnian war. Milosevic, 65, oversaw the killing of more than 10,000 […]
In a press release issued on December 7, 2006 UNICEF, One Laptop per Child (OLPC) and Google announced the launch of "Our Stories", a joint initiative to preserve and share the histories and identities of cultures around the world. Children are asked to record stories, of family, friends, or tell their own story. By sharing […]
As of Friday, December 7, a day which will live in infamy because of the Senate Republicans' unwillingness to overcome the undue influence of the special interests of the electric utility and oil & gas industries (in cahoots with three Democrats), the renewable portfolio standard of 15% and the tax revisions providing $21 billion in […]
Today is the 60th birthday of the International Declaration of Human Rights, which was ratified by the United Nations in 1948. The International Declaration of Human Rights was established by the General Assembly with the view that human rights that should be guaranteed to all people. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is also the […]
As reported in October at The Envelope, Please , former U.S. Vice President Al Gore shared the Nobel Peace Prize this year with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. They were awarded the prizes today in Oslo. Go here for the speech given by the Chairman of The Norwegian Nobel Committee, Ole Danbolt Mjös, and […]
The international peacekeeping effort authorized for Darfur may come unraveled as officials in Sudan continue to block key components of the force necessary for a viable mission. The United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 1769 in July authorizing a 26,000 unit peacekeeping force to protect civilians in Darfur and humanitarian groups operating in the region. […]