Children

As we sit on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the unforgettable tragedy that unfolded in the United States on September 11, 2001, across the globe people are taking time to remember the horrid events and reflect on how the world has changed since the fateful day. A day that took the lives of […]

Scattered across Vietnam modern day slave labor work centers are in full swing with the governments OK as corporations pad their profits off the backs of some 40,000 men, women, and children. Held captive in forced labor centers which are thinly disguised as drug treatment centers, the majority of victims are brought in on the […]

As many of you, like myself, are just returning to work this week after a long weekend in honor of Labor Day, you find the time of rest quickly passing you by once again as you work to get your children back to school. Yet while you run in search of last minute school supplies […]

The life of a child is often equated to that of mere dollars… overall people are comparatively cheaper than they were in the 1600-1800s, when slaves were purchased for life. Prices for these modern day slaves are at an all time low, while profits remain high, leading some to believe the problem is worse now […]

In May this year I published the piece, Ending the Blame and Shame of Child Victims of Sexual Assault and Abuse, for which I discussed the issue of placing the blame of abuse, assault, and/or human trafficking on that of the victim.  The article was written largely in response to a horrendous case of blame […]

Each year, more than 3 million child abuse reports (reports often contain the abuse of more than one child) are made in the United States alone. Furthermore, it is estimated that in 2009, 3.3 million child abuse reports and allegations were made, involving an estimated 6 million children (Child Help). Nonetheless, the reports of such […]

In Timor-Leste women have an average of 7 children, yet in a country with birthrates so high, care for maternal and newborn health and safety is lacking. In a country were babies are far from the rarity, health problems for mother and babies are also far from rare.  Due to the lack of adequate prenatal […]

International media have been rampantly covering the riots that began brewing in England four weeks ago have many now fearing that it is only the beginning of what may soon scourge across Europe.  Youth in London were the first to hit the city streets in anger and now the riots continue to burn as young […]

On Wednesday, 10 August 2011, Illinois Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, announced the introduction of a budget outline which is aimed to create obs for some two million people. The “Emergency Jobs to Restore the American Dream Act,” as the plan has been titled,  if passed will cost $227 […]

First it was the conflict in the former Yugoslavia, then Rwanda…Sudan and the Congo, which seemed to bring this unfathomable crime against humanity to light and then most recently it was Libya that brought the use of rape as weapon of war into the headlines. However while the headlines bringing such atrocities to light seem […]

In a press statement issued on Tuesday, 2 August 2011,  United Nations Special Representative for the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict, Radhika Coomaraswamy, stated that she welcomed the decision by the UN Security Council made earlier that week, which allowed for sanctions against Somalia earlier that week. “Starting today, in Somalia, if you kill, […]

The International Labor Rights Forum (ILRF) has  recently released their 2010 annual report, “building a just world for workers”.   The ILRF seeks to achieve just and humane treatment for workers worldwide, from campaigns working to end the use of child labor in cocoa and cotton, to our urgent action efforts aimed at defending the right […]