Children

Today April 22, 2010 is Earth Day and it’s not only a day to remember to recycle and take a day off from the car, but it is also a day to teach our children about protecting the environment.  Today is a day to learn how to safeguard the future children across the globe. To […]

Today,Tuesday April 20, is SAAM Day of Action. The day was set for to nationally to create increased awareness on sexual violence prevention. Across the country events are taking place and various community action campaigns are in effect, much of which, along with additional resources can be found at  The National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC). […]

Recently I posted the piece Yemen Fights to Ban Child Marriages, for which a law to set the minimum age for marriage in Yemen at 17 years-old is under heavy debate and protest. While the battle to pass the law rages on the situation of child brides in Yemen has turned deadly. A 12-year-old Yemeni […]

It is true that the world is shrinking, but that doesn’t mean we’ve all caught up with the pace that our global world is moving in. Our daily lives preceded that of what is happening across the pond and in the far reaching corners of the world we have often yet to hear of. However […]

Polio battle is gaining ground Efforts to halt the spread of polio are making progress thanks to better engagement with religious figures in Nigeria and a focused effort on reaching remote areas and migrant populations in India. The two are among the last countries battling to eradicate the disease, and despite the progress polio campaigners […]

I frequently think of the Congo and the plague of war that has entombed the country for more than a decade. The conflict has been one of the most violent and deadly, its brutality taking countless men, women and children. I seem to have somewhat found my answer as recently the CNN reported the the […]

What is more harmful to a child, verbal or physical abuse? First let me start with saying that both are harmful and I personally find it reprehensible to abuse a child in any form. However I pose the question as I all too often hear people in an unwitting debate as to which is more […]

As a writer on children’s rights, the subject of abuse is commonplace, however the types of abuse are as varied as they are haunting.  Most often I write about the horrors physical abuse, child labor, sex trafficking, etc. Though we often forget to bring much needed attention and awareness to the issues of verbal abuse. […]

The key to a prosperous future lies in the lives of generations of girls and ensuring they have equal rights and access, especially in regards to healthcare and education. Education is an essential element to achieve peace and international cooperation, and to ending poverty and conflict. The promotion of lifelong education for women and girls, […]

In recent years previously posts on the plight of child marriage in Yemen, including The Growing Battle of Yemen’s Child Brides and Girls In Yemen Forced to Marry Too Young, have brought the attention of the grave nature violations and abuse across the country. The situation of child brides in Yemen since both posts has […]

I stumbled across this piece on IRIN, Is humanitarianism genetic?, looking at various creatures like ants or bees, who  will give their individual lives in sacrifice of that of the rest of the ‘colony’, challenge Darwin’s theory of the survival of the fittest. The article was written in response to a recent paper, Altruism, Spite, […]

The Irish Oireachtas (Parliament) has been languishing over a Constitutional Referendum on Children over the last 2 years. Over the last decade a number of milestones have been achieved to safe guard the rights of children in Ireland including the publication of the Towards Redress and Recovery – The Ryan Report , by the Commission […]