Briefing on Syria to the Security Council Working Groupby Ms. Radhika CoomaraswamySpecial Representative of the Secretary-Generalon Children and Armed Conflict15 February 2012Excellency,Thank you for convening this special meeting and for inviting me to brief the Security…
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I do not doubt for a second that those involved in KONY 2012 have great intentions, nor do I doubt for a second that Joseph Kony is a very evil man. But despite this, I’m strongly opposed to the…
So, SlushPile Hell held a contest yesterday on Twitter, WORST CHILDREN’S BOOK…EVER, asking Twitterererers to tweet (jeez, I’m making myself ill with Twitterspeak) their entries. More than 1200 entries later, we had a winner and a Top 25 list.
Our WINNER was: @MJsRetweet: Daddy Has an…
The first-ever global standard for safe and reliable Banking Products for children & youth could soon be with us.
Child and Youth Finance International (“ChildFinance International”) is an NGO that aims to facilitate access to child-friendly bank accounts and financial education for 100 million…
AP file Photo: Joseph Kony photographed in July 2006
Being an African immigrant, a portion of my personal Facebook newsfeed has an international flair with posts by friends about trends and news from the continent.
In the past week, I noticed a lot of my Facebook friends sharing a video…
Invisible Children, Inc. is the non-profit organization behind the Kony 2012 movement sweeping the nation. Although Joseph Kony is most certainly a war criminal and although I don’t doubt the good intentions of those involved in the Kony 2012 movement, there are many reasons I’m against it.
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Monster Children-Rieder
By Chris Nieratko
Dylan Rieder is arguably the most handsome man in skateboarding. It is no easy cross to bear. I would know. I am arguably the most handsome writer in my house. And so it only made sense for Monster Children to put us together to discuss the…
Nick Clegg watched his children open their presents and smiled as he saw the love and joy written across their faces, but that only made him realise that the rest of his year is unrelenting woe and that everyone he’s ever loved will die.
What Growing Cities Can Mean For Children
More than half the world’s 7 billion people now live in cities or towns. More than 1 billion of them are children! What’s this going to look like by 2050? For one thing, 2 out of 3 people will live in urban areas. See which countries will have the most urban growth: http://www.unicef.org/sowc2012/urbanmap/
Children are the often invisible victims of the foreclosure crisis. Mortgage records do not tell how many children are in owner-occupied homes, and it is even harder to estimate the number of children in rental properties. Yet foreclosure affects not just the homeowner or landlord, but also the children living in the foreclosed properties.[…]
Foreclosures affect not just owner-occupied homes, but also rental properties, including single-family houses, small (two-to-four unit) buildings that may house both landlord and tenants, and large apartment buildings housing many families. About 25 million children, or approximately one-third of all American children, lived in rental houses and apartments in 2010, signaling the large number of children that could be affected by foreclosure of rental properties. [SOURCE]
