Children

Last Friday Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon issued his annual report to the UN Security Council took a historic step as for the first time it included a list of violators who use child soldiers. The countries which included Somalia’s transitional government; Congo’s armed forces; Myanmar’s army; and rebel groups in Congo; Myanmar; the Philippines, Colombia; Sudan; […]

According to UNICEF, “More than 70 per cent of almost 11 million child deaths every year are attributable to six causes: diarrhoea, malaria, neonatal infection, pneumonia, preterm delivery, or lack of oxygen at birth.” Recently there has been a lot of discussion on meeting the Millenium Development Goals (MDG) as the 2015 deadline grows increasingly near […]

On the ninety-fifth anniversary of the founding of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, the 2010 Jane Addams Peace Association‘s Children’s Book Committee announces the following Award winners and honor books. The Jane Addams Children’s Book Award is given annually to books that engage children in thinking about peace, social justice, world community, […]

Time magazine recently published an article which indicated that child abuse will likely climb as the economic downturn continues. The article, Study: Shaken-Baby Cases Rose During the Recession, reports on a study which was presented on May 1, 2010 at the Pediatric Academic Societies annual meeting in Vancouver, Canada. Child-abuse expert Dr. Rachel Berger of […]

Yesterday was Mother’s Day and hopefully everyone took a moment to honor the mother’s, and mother figures, in their lives. While being a mother in any country brings with it endless struggles and joys, some bring greater struggle than others. Therefore in which country is it best to raise your children? According to the State […]

Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother. -Lin Yutang, Chinese writer Today is more than a day to celebrate your Mother, it is a day to celebrate all women. It is women around the globe who give new life and hope to the world. Women who raise future leaders, […]

In a follow-up to my previous post, Can the Congo Provide All their Children with Primary Education?, I wanted to share the following op-ed in The Huffington Post. The piece was written by Desmond Tutu and Dennis Van Roekel, who is the President of the National Education Association. Desmond Tutu spoke downheartedly on our lack […]

Over the last two days, May 3-4, 2010, members of parliament (MPs) from across Africa met in Dakar 3-4 to discuss a continental ban on female genital mutilation (FGM). The African MPs are calling on the United Nations to pass a General Assembly resolution appealing for a global FGM ban, in accordance with the practices […]

As the Congo is so often thrust into the spotlight, we find ourselves immersed in talks of rape and conflict, but one key that is ofter missing in dialog is that of education. “We cannot talk of peace, economic development and a future for the Democratic Republic of Congo if the government and donors do […]

On April 15, 2010 Oxfam released a new report, “Now, The World Is Without Me”: An investigation of sexual violence in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.  The report, which was commissioned by Oxfam and conducted by the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, is an extensive study of rape victims in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).  The […]

American’s are quite used to shopping and having few issues returning unwanted or defective merchandise for a refund or exchange, it’s in some sense a cultural norm. However what happens when the same logic is applied to a child? Can one adopt a child and then decide this is not what they thought they were […]

The Catholic Church is once again making headlines, as yesterday many papers broke the news of German Bishop Walter Mixa’s resignation letter to Pope Benedict XVI. Mixa, has been accused of hitting children and is currently under investigation for misappropriating funds from a children’s home (DerSpiegel).  Today Mixa officially resigned from his post. The Catholic […]