In honor of Mother's Day, Save the Children presents our 14th annual State of the World's Mothers report. READ THE REPORT HERE The first day of life is the most dangerous day of a child's life in countries rich and poor around the world, including the United States. Beloved actresses Jennifer Garner, Jennifer Connelly and Allyson Hannigan join with celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe and moms from around the world to share their first moments. Would love if you shared your baby's … [Read more...]
Syria, save the children at Camp Neirab
September 30, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Syria Syria’s Arab Spring is turning bloody. Over 5,000 protesters have been killed, and so have some 400 children. • One four-month-old was reportedly tortured to death. • The international community, previously reluctant to intervene, is getting ready for action. In the morning of 28 September 2012, four Palestine refugees were killed and 5 were injured, 3 of them reportedly seriously, in Neirab Camp in northern Syria. The deaths and injuries were caused by a shell which exploded … [Read more...]
care2, Stand Up for Children in Jammu and Kashmir ~ Take Action !
August 1, 2011 by Leave a Comment
A Celebration of Women, Although India has amended its national juvenile justice law in order to be consistent with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the state of Jammu and Kashmir has not updated its law and is continuing to jail 16 and 17 year olds as adults. Urge Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Omar Abdullah to amend Jammu and Kashmir's law now. » 17 year old Murtaza Manzoor was held for four months without being charged in a facility that was not equipped to house … [Read more...]
MYANMAR, Bride trafficking to China unveiled
June 3, 2011 by Leave a Comment
MYANMAR: Bride trafficking to China unveiled BANGKOK, 2 June 2011 (IRIN) - Most cross-border human trafficking in Myanmar involves women tricked into travelling to China to get work, only to find a groom waiting for them on the other side. Thazin* was trafficked to China from Yangon and forced into marriage in 2008. Now 29 and back in Yangon, she told IRIN that one day she drank a cup of coffee spiked by an acquaintance, woke up in China and was soon married against her will. According … [Read more...]
UNDP – New Publication (pdf)- Grassroot Women’s Groups Taking Action!
April 26, 2011 by Leave a Comment
http://in2eastafrica.net/arusha-to-host-2011-grassroots-womens-land-economy/ Changing Climate, Changing Leadership: Grassroots Women's Groups Model Climate Resilient Development http://womensearthalliance.blogspot.com/2010_08_01_archive.html Grassroots women leaders shared their local inovations to confront climate change in their communities last week in an event at the United Nations where they spoke alongside partners from the Norwegian and Guatemalan governments as … [Read more...]
UNDP – New Publication (pdf)- Grassroot Women's Groups Taking Action!
April 26, 2011 by Leave a Comment
http://in2eastafrica.net/arusha-to-host-2011-grassroots-womens-land-economy/ Changing Climate, Changing Leadership: Grassroots Women's Groups Model Climate Resilient Development http://womensearthalliance.blogspot.com/2010_08_01_archive.html Grassroots women leaders shared their local inovations to confront climate change in their communities last week in an event at the United Nations where they spoke alongside partners from the Norwegian and Guatemalan governments as … [Read more...]
Ayi Jihu is Taking Action for JAPAN!
April 25, 2011 by 1 Comment
A Celebration of Women is heart-warmed to share with all the Women of our World a new intiative that is partnering with Red Cross, UNICEF and Save the Children, and is supported by one of our very own WOMEN of ACTION, AYI JIHU. WOMAN of ACTION Ayi Jihu Please listen to Ayi as she explains the efforts being made to help all the Women and Children that are suffering as a result of the Tsunami that hit Japan on March 11, 2011, this year. "Friends of the United … [Read more...]
