ChildrenInternational Cooperation 7 min readUS Holds UNICEF Monopoly for 74 Years – in a World Body Where Money Talks 19 July 20210By Thalif Deen* UNITED NATIONS, Jul 19 2021 (IPS) – With Henrietta Fore’s decision last week to step down as UNICEF... Read More
Armed conflictsChildrenHuman RightsImmigration and RefugeesmilitarizationRadical extremismReligionViolence 3 min readBiden Turns His Back on Yemen 12 July 20210By Aisha Jumaan and Charles Pierson (*) – Common Dreams While he is a welcome change from the incompetence, venality,... Read More
Armed conflictsChildrenHuman RightsImmigration and RefugeesmilitarizationRadical extremismViolence 13 min readThe Human Cost of 10 Years of Conflict in Syria 30 June 20210By John Washington* – The Nation A decade after the first shots were fired, cities are in ruins, over half... Read More
ChildrenHuman RightsImmigration and RefugeesViolence 6 min readUN’s Double Standard on Human Rights Abusers Protects Big Powers 28 June 20210By Thalif Deen* UNITED NATIONS, Jun 2021 (IPS) – When the UN’s annual report on Children and Armed Conflict was... Read More
Armed conflictsChildrenHuman RightsViolence 3 min readFamine in Ethiopia: food must not be a weapon 21 June 20210Editorial – The Guardian People are starving in the Tigray region. The culprit is the devastating war In the early... Read More
Armed conflictsChildrenHistoryHuman RightsImmigration and RefugeesRadical extremismViolence 15 min readOn Israel’s Colonial Occupation of Palestine: The Final Solution Without End 17 June 20210By Boaventura de Sousa Santos* Yet another ceasefire like so many others before it, in Israel’s colonial occupation of Palestine;... Read More
ChildrenGlobalizationHealthInequality and Social Justice 5 min readThe Marginalisation of Africa 15 June 20210By Branko Milanovic* NEW YORK, Jun 15 2021 (IPS) – Is Africa marginalised in contemporary economics and politics, and in... Read More
ChildrenHuman RightsNeo-liberalismViolence 5 min readA Staggering 160 Million Are Victims of Child Labour 11 June 20210By Simone Galimberti* The international community commemorates World Day Against Child Labour on June 12 KATHMANDU, Nepal, Jun 11 2021... Read More
ChildrenHuman RightsInequality and Social JusticeViolenceWomen 4 min readChild marriage and domestic violence: what we found in 16 African countries 3 June 20210By Anthony Idowu Ajayi * – The Conversation The number of girls who marry before their 15th birthday has remained... Read More
Armed conflictsChildrenHistoryHuman RightsImmigration and RefugeesmilitarizationRadical extremismViolence 5 min readIt’s Past Time to End U.S. Funding of Israeli Violence 24 May 20210By Sonali Kolhatkar* – Globetrotter, Independent Media Institute. What else could billions of American tax dollars buy instead of innocent... Read More