Day of Reckoning
The Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted 26 years ago today – 20 November – marks Universal Children’s Day. Perhaps this year more than any other we are…
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Food for Thought on #WorldFoodDay
The goal to eradicate hunger in our lifetime is too far away. Try explaining lofty challenges and statistics to these Darfur refugees in eastern Chad whose food rations have been…
#Shakira Tuned into Children & Education
Far from the coincidental Ambassador, Shakira has turned her effort on behalf of Children’s education from UNICEF, to the World Bank and even a joint Israeli/Palestinian school in Jerusalem. It…
She Wore Black, Audrey #Hepburn at UN
She became the model for the diplomat-artist, as the “little black dress” became the fashion of choice for so many because of the trend she set. As UNICEF’s…
World Bank & Sesame Street #Muppets Join for Health
A Muppet can be a diplomat artist, and a new character has joined Sesame Street to battle for greater hygiene and health among children. “Raya” has become Sesame Street’s newest…
Children Performing Violins in Perfect Harmony of Peace
Music is the chord that binds citizens together to establish cultural bonds and set the global stage as a foundation for peace. This week was a special ceremony in the…
Landmines Targeted by “James Bond’s” Daniel Craig
The legacy of conflict ranges from mistrust to fear to abridged economic opportunity, but perhaps the cruelest may be landmines that continue to maim and kill years and decades after…
Orlando Bloom Looks into the Eyes of Ebola, a Very Young Face
The youngest victims of Ebola may have beaten death for now, but the legacy of their battle will continue to traumatize psychologically and materially. The nightmares will continue for…
East African Albino Children Viciously Attacked & Targeted
Children facing education and social rejection, medical and psychological problems, and confinement to poverty are human rights concerns for albino children in East African countries including Tanzania, Malawi, and Burundi….
Safer Internet for Children w/out Suffocating Freedom?
On “Safer Internet Day”, the UN’s International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is offering a message of greater safety for children on the Internet, but could this translate into controls that undermine…