Children

Approximately half of the world’s population is at risk from malaria, according to the World Health Organization, but the vast majority of malaria cases and malaria-related deaths occur in sub-Saharan Africa. Among officially recorded cases from 2009, Uganda and Kenya had the highest numbers, but WHO estimates that more than 90% of the world’s malaria […]

Today April 22, 2011 is Earth Day, this year’s theme is themed after A Billion Acts of Green: our people-powered campaign to generate a billion acts of environmental service and advocacy. Today is not only a day to remember to recycle and take a day off from the car, but it is also a day […]

Children face a number of battles growing-up, however all of the hurdles and challenges of a normal childhood are increasingly compounded by conflict.  The children of Yemen are no strangers to adversity, however the challenges of childhood seem are growing more drastic as the the county’s conflict grows more deadly.  Recent anti-government demonstrations have turned deadly as government […]

The situation in Lybia appears to be slowly shifting for some as it seems Gaddafi’s grip on the contry and it’s people may be loosing strength following weeks of internal conflict and air strikes by Western forces.  However lost in the shaddows chaios of conflict and the media blitz that often follows is the plight of the […]

A report from the World Health Organization indicates that some 2.6 million stillbirths occur every year globally, with more than 90% of them in low or middle income countries. With an estimated 7,000 stillbirth every day, with majority of such cases happening in Sub- Saharan African countries including Uganda. The report estimated that almost half […]

Global conflicts intensify and new ones are seemingly erupting daily it causes one to look at the civilians, of the majority of which are women and children, who are caught in the crossfire’s.  Displacement and trauma from the daily terrors of conflict leave irrefutable scars on their victims, however the increasingly violent nature of many […]

Children are indisputably the most victimized by that of armed conflict as well as natural disasters, and the long-term impact which is has on their development is profound. It is that heavy impact that can often become a parent’s worst nightmare as they work to help their children recover from trauma. A child woken each […]

Just as many of the children of Japan were beginning to calm from the traumatic shock and fear from the 8.9 magnitude earthquake which hit Japan’s northern coast on March 11, 2011, which also generated a thirty-foot tsunami, a second quake has now left many even more traumatized. A 7.4magnitude earthquake struck last Thursday, April […]

Last month the RFK Center for Justice & Human Rights and the California International Law Center at UC Davis School of Law released a new report on the conflict in Sudan.  The report analyzes the key transitional justice issues that Darfuris will be faced with once the conflict and violence ends. On March 23, the […]

“There are more than 190 countries in the world, and virtually all of them enslave children, women and men within, or across, their borders.” * Last night I had the honor to attend a screening at Georgetown University in Washington DC of the film, Not My Life,  which is to be released in June 2011, […]

Tamara Tunie, plays Dr. Warner, the medical examiner on the hit show Law & Order: SVU (Special Victims Unit), and while the SVU team on TV investigates fictitious crimes of abuse, the dramatized cases give a window into the trauma and horror that faces many children across the country. While Dr. Warner may not be […]

Today, Tuesday, April 5, 2011, is SAAM Day of Action (formerly A Day to End Sexual Violence.  Every year one day is designated as day for supporters to rally and take viable action to bring awareness too and prevent sexual assault.  The day was set for to nationally to create increased awareness on sexual violence […]