Convention on the Rights of the Child: Know Your Rights!: Translation by and For Young People - Children's Rights in the UK
The ARCH Blog (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
We’ve often criticised the ‘Every Child Matters’ agenda on the basis that, as well as being an outrageous intrusion into children’s and families’ privacy, it sets up a dangerous confusion between child protection and more general child welfare concerns. In today’s Guardian, an interesting comment piece points out the effects of ECM on education: The French [...]...
The ARCH Blog (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Some confirmation of something those of us working on DNA issues have long suspected: Police officers in England and Wales have made arrests just to get people on to the DNA database, a retired police superintendent has claimed. He told the Human Genetics Commission (HGC) this was the “norm”. It wants new guidance for police to [...]
Islam in Europe (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Antwerp: Demonstrations for equal opportunities at work, school Both demonstrations did not draw a big crowd. ---------- About forty Muslims, mostly women, from the "Vrije Keuze" group (Free choice), protested in Antwerp Sunday last week. They demanded equal opportunities in education and the job-market. Mina Chebaa started with a group of parents who protested against the headscarf ban in...
jobsanger (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Twenty years ago, the United Nations General Assembly approved the Convention on the Rights of the Child. This human rights treaty declares that those under the age of 18 must be protected from violence, exploitation, discrimination and neglect. To me, that sounds like something every nation should support. And in fact, it is the most widely ratified international human rights treaty. Who could possibly...
PTSD After Childbirth (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Dear Friend, In response to messages from MomsRising members last week, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, primary architects of the healthcare reform plan, were the first Members of Congress to be photographed wearing the MomsRising Pacifier pin to show that they also won't be pacified until healthcare reform is done right for children and families ( Click...
TakePart Social Action Network™ (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Today, November 20 marks the 20th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), the most widely ratified international human rights treaty. The UNCRC laid out the civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights for children all over the world. The documented has been ratified by 193 countries including every U.N. Member State but the United States and Somalia....
My Metaphysical Trapeze (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
In 1989, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) became the first legally binding international convention to affirm human rights for all children. As a binding treaty of international law, it codifies principles that Member States of the United Nations agreed to be universal – for all children, in all countries and cultures, at all times and without exception, simply through the fact...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Pope Benedict XVI called Wednesday for greater international efforts to ensure basic human rights for children, saying he was praying for all young people who suffer.
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Pope Benedict XVI called Wednesday for greater international efforts to ensure basic human rights for children, saying he was praying for all young people who suffer.
The ARCH Blog (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
A couple of years ago, a great deal of fury was expressed at the intrusiveness of Ofsted’s ‘TellUs’ surveys. At the time, we said: If schools and parents are angry now, we must warn that things can only get worse: LAs are planning to issue their own surveys in order to gather performance-indicator data You need [...]
The ARCH Blog (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Yet another data loss by a local council: Personal data on more than 14,000 voters has gone missing from the offices of a council in Hertfordshire. The data was protected by two levels of security, the council said, but admitted there was a “slight risk” it could be accessed. Well what does that mean? It turns [...]
The ARCH Blog (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
From Tony Collins we hear that: An NHS trust at the forefront of work on the £12.7bn NHS IT scheme has called in police after a breach of smartcard security compromised the confidentiality of hundreds of electronic records. Meanwhile, on another planet: Millions of patient records are to go online in London after long delays to an [...]
The ARCH Blog (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
NICE is consulting on sharing information to identify families who live in the kind of homes where children might have an accident Recommendation 1: identifying and prioritising households at greatest risk Who is the target population? Children and young people aged under 15 years at greatest risk of an unintentional injury, their parents and carers. Who should take action? Local [...]
Scottish Actors (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
UNICEF ambassadors Ewan McGregor, Claudia Schiffer and Her Majesty Queen Rania are fronting a new marketing drive to mark the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. In a new series of ads they highlight the problems facing children today and appeal for aid. On November 20, 1989, the Convention on the Rights of the Child became the first legally binding international convention...
A Stellarlife (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
http://survivinghuntingtons.blogspot.com/ "Angela F I found about huntington's being in my family over ten years ago, and am currently watching my mum's progression. I am hoping to use the blog to explore the situation, and explore how her illness and her subsequent behaviour can be handled so that it doesn't destroy me or the other relationships in my family. I know now that I too carry the gene...
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