Children

Anti-trafficking campaigns like this, are working to increase awareness. Local soccer stars are also to be used in a massive safe sex campaign launched by the Gauteng Department of Health and Social Development (All Africa). As the count down to FIFA’s 2010 World Cup in South Africa begins to draw nearer and nearer, increased preparations […]

Are you an international educator? Do you seek to teach or study abroad to strengthen both your skills and your knowledge on how to be a more efficient and effective international educator? The NAFSA (Association of International Educators) 2010 Annual Conference & Expo, in Kansas City, Missouri, is the place for you to explore the […]

The Council on Foreign Relations has launched the inaugural Foreign Affairs‘ Essay Contest for undergraduate students.  The contest gives the young leaders of tomorrow to show how they see key world issues and how to address them to create change across the globe. A panel from the Foreign Affairs editorial staff will select one undergraduate’s […]

Today, March 8th is International Women’s Day, a day that was established to commemorate the struggle women and girls across the globe have endured in order to obtain their ‘full’ human rights. Sadly while many sit here reading this, enjoying our ‘full’ rights, millions of women and young girls worldwide are continue to be denied […]

Gender equality is the key to ending poverty, as it opens the doors of education, and helps to close the door on gender based violence. 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. Thus […]

As we approach International Women’s Day on March 8, the pressing need to address gender inequality and violence for women and girls across the globe presses once again into the spotlight.   The key to a prosperous future lies in the youth of the world, however if we ignore half of our future we will […]

I have often written on gender inequality, especially in regards to education, however I am most often speaking of developing nations. True I have also referred to reports on the United States educational pit falls and low rankings among industrialized nations. Nonetheless when I came across the following article, Single-Sex Classes on Trial Expect Girls […]

Spring Break usually conjures up images of sun kissed, bikini clad co-eds on over crowed beaches engaging in games and often engaging in considerable amounts of drinking. However Spring Break is getting a face-lift, as Service Breaks are growing in considerable popularity among undergrads seeking to get away from the cold drab of winter and […]

The devastation of Haiti’s earthquake has left behind more than rubble and the stench of death, it has shaken a fragile nation to the core, depleting not only the few physical resources and straining an already fragile economy, but is has take many of the country’s future leaders. The quake not only brought down homes […]

In the wake of tragedy and destruction, and amid the ciaos of rebuilding after natural disasters and war children are often lost in the shuffle.  In the aftermath of such disasters children are left the most vulnerable and susceptible to the country’s torment. What children need most in the face of tragedy is not just […]

Of course the first thing anyone thinks of in the wake of a natural disaster is to send in emergency crews and aid, but as the the debris slowly begins to be cleared away and aid and relief organizations begin to reach all of those in need, other support begins to help the community down […]

Children’s rights abuses are shocking at any level, and working in the anti-slavery field I am not as  likely to be shocked as many, due to the fact that I have heard so many unimaginable stories of abuse that I am sadly rarely surprised at what a human is capable of doing to another.  Don’t […]