Children

Girl Up tour kicks off at Atlanta girls’ school
Hundreds of children gathered April 30 at the Atlanta Girls’ School to help launch the Unite for Girls Tour of the Girl Up campaign, the program of the United Nations Foundation that aims to empower …

Today, May 15 is International Day of Families.  The day highlights the importance families play in our global world.  The Day was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in 1993 with resolution A/RES/47/237 and reflects the importance the international community attaches to families.  The International Day provides …

The joy of motherhood has long since been praised over and over again.  The greatest joy of motherhood is seen as the sheer gift of bringing a life into this world and helping to shape them from the moment of birth and then to watch them grow into a happy, …

The word immunizations is just a simple vocabulary word to most of us in developed nations, however for those in developing countries the word means a ‘shot at life’ for their child.  One in five children does not have access to vaccines that prevent deadly diseases, …

GAVI’s Berkley resolved to vaccinate all kids against preventable diseases
Seth Berkley recalls the work that preceded his appointment as head of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, and his goal of vaccinating every child in need against every preventable disease. “It’s only …

As we concluded the month of April, we also brought to an end National Child Abuse Prevention Month in the United States.  However in light of the fact that each year there are more than 3 million child abuse reports (often containing the abuse …

Thousands of Uzbek women secretly sterilized
Evidence gathered by the BBC shows that, for at least the past two years, the government of Uzbekistan has been ordering physicians to secretly sterilize tens of thousands of women, often without their knowledge. “Every year we are presented …

Children under the age of 18 years-old comprise almost a third of the global population, however they are often left unconsidered in the creation of business practices and corporate social responsibility.  Nonetheless rights of millions of children across the globe are violated on a daily basis, most of which have a direct …

In developing nations we tend to take each sip of water for granted, as much of it comes in fancy packaged bottles and comes clean from our taps.  However each sip is life saving and for many children in the developing world, it is that drop of water that could …

Moroccan girl, wed to rapist, kills herself
A Moroccan law that allowed a rapist to avoid punishment by marrying the 16-year-old girl he raped is being decried the world over after the girl, Amina Filali, reportedly took her own life last weekend by swallowing rat poison. Filali was …

Last week was International Women’s Day, a day to celebrate women and girls and increase awareness about their marginalization across the globe. Much work remains to be done, but there are hundreds of organizations and efforts working to address the issue of female rights across the world. …

Malaria is an early threat to fetus, study finds
The growth of a fetus can be stunted even when expectant mothers infected with malaria early in their pregnancies no longer show any symptoms, according to a study by a unit of the Mahidol University-Oxford University Tropical Medicine Research …

According to UNICEF’s report, Literacy the Global Challenge, a profile of youth and adult literacy at the mid-point of the United Nations Literacy Decade (2003 – 2012), found that more than 774 million (almost one in five adults) do not have the basic literacy and numeracy skills necessary to fully participate …

Today, March 8th is International Women’s Day (IWD), which was established to commemorate the struggle women and girls across the globe continue to endure in obtaining their basic human rights.  In 2011, the United States made the presidential proclamation that the entire month of March will be Women’s History …

Across parts of Africa the following scene is played out on a daily basis. A young girl of only 4 to 12 years old is held down by while she struggles to break free and screams from the excruciating pain that is being inflicted upon her.  The image of a young girl …