children's rights
With over 35 million homeless children in India, and shelters for only 36,000 of them, children's lives can be precariously balanced and sexual abuse is widespread. But even those living at home are not always safe.
. . . . .
By Beth Fredrick, International Women's Health Coalition (IWHC) May 20, 2009 - 7:00am
Legislation to prevent child marriage around the globe was just introduced in both the House and Senate that will give girls who are married too young a choice and a chance.
. . . . .
"Safe haven" laws don't do much to reduce the rates of infanticide, but they do give anti-choicers cover for their argument that forcing women to give birth against their will is no big deal.
. . . . .
Sixty percent of the under-five deaths in India occur in just five states. An Indian child's chance of celebrating the fifth birthday clearly depends on the state or community it is born into.
. . . . .
Until 2007, Colombians believed that female genital mutilation was a practice unique to some African countries. But last year we learned that it has long been practiced by one of Colombia's aboriginal groups.
. . . . .
Thanks to youth participation in the the 2008 UN High Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS, the Civil Society Declaration emphasized youth vulnerability and young people's concerns.
. . . . .
Current federal law mandates a "color blind" approach to white families seeking to adopt African-American children -- but new recommendations released Tuesday by the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute suggest a different approach.
. . . . .
By Kathy Selvaggio, International Center for Research on Women May 20, 2008 - 7:00am
We know what works to increase age of marriage in communities where child marriage is common. So why are so few Republicans backing legislation to support those development programs?
. . . . .
By Sara Ainsworth, Northwest Women's Law Center April 10, 2008 - 8:44am
For the thousands of women in the United States who become pregnant and bear children as a result of rape each year, the need to ensure that they can raise their children without further threat from the rapist is a critical - and largely unacknowledged - concern.
. . . . .
Although ideas regarding men's right to ownership over 'their' women in intimate relationships can be found across communities, the practice of cohabitation between under-aged females and older men is predominantly found in communities marked by poverty.
. . . . .
|
