Why is the promotion of breastfeeding, and the work that organizations like Mercy Corps are doing, so important? The first two years in a child's life are vital to that of healthy development into adulthood. After the age of two much of a child's life is already permanently imprinted upon them. Children who spend their […]
It's the final day of the 34th EUCOCO conference and people are slowly filing into the conference hall at El Palau de la Musica in Valencia, Spain. It is an appropriate setting for this finale where the dramas of injustice, oppression, and conviction play out on the stage in its many halls. Except this time, […]
The people of Hong Kong have proven to be tough in pursuit of their own destiny. Now a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, this former British colony was given a special status not only because of its capitalist foundation under a one-party leadership. The name reflects the combination of Hong Kong's […]
Since the dawn of time women of set forth to care for their children, their natural source of sustenance for their infants, breastmilk. However natural breastfeeding may be, the rate of woman breastfeeding in some countries is significantly low, as seen in the previous post, Is Breastfeeding heading for extinction in the Philippines?, which is […]
The International Crisis Group calls it one of the world's longest and most neglected conflicts. For the Saharwi who live in the Western Sahara in southern Morocco, everyday is a struggle for recognition of basic fundamental rights and international attention. Neither seem to materialize. Progress is slow but for the global solidarity movement represented here […]
In times of war everyone becomes a victim, however children suffer more than anyone, and girls face an even graver fate than their male counter parts. Sexual Violence against girls is heightened in times of war, the degree of violence deepened. The Democratic Republic of Congo is no exception; in fact the DRC may truly […]
written November 7, 2008 If all goes as planned, for the next few weeks I'll be telling you a story that is thirty-three years in the making. It begins in the barren deserts of the Western Saharan and stretches into a protracted stalemate between the Saharwi people and Morocco. It involves a conflict of state-centric interests, […]
The result of the 2008 U.S. presidential election is a long delayed step towards expanding opportunities for and chances of future presidential hopefuls. Now that Obama's historic victory has taken place, one is left to wonder how much he can continue this trend towards change for a better and more unified country. Obama was an […]
"The commercial sexual exploitation and abuse of children is nothing less than a form of terrorism — one whose wanton destruction of young lives and futures must not be tolerated for another year, another day, another hour." – Carol Bellamy, Former Director of the United States Peace Corps, Executive Director of UNICEF, and President and […]
Pakistan just might be the thorniest of the myriad pressing foreign policy challenges that will demand President Obama's attention the minute he's sworn in. Josh Hammer has this summary of the several recent terrorist attacks conducted by Taliban-allied forces. Meanwhile, the United States continues to target Al Qaeda militants living on the Pakistani side of […]
Yesterday I wrote on Shari’a law and the stoning death of a 13 year-old rape victim, during the same week this atrocity was carried out in Somalia, reports of anouther underaged execution have been reported in Iran. Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated than an Afghan national, convicted of murder when he was only 17 years old, […]
What is Shari'a law? Shari'a literally translates as "way " or "path to the water source". Shari'a law is derived from the Qur'an (Koran), the Muslim holy book, and Sunna or hadith, which means example and is derived from the sayings and practices of the prophet Muhammad. Therefore Shari'a law is often derived from what […]
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