A BLOG POST BY WENCHI YU U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton often says, “Talent is universal, but opportunity is not.” During my recent trip to a rural village in Nepal, I witnessed how a girl can have a hopeful future when given the opportunity to education. Thanks to Room to Read, an international NGO that [...]
Sunday, March 7, 2010
4th of March 2010 Baroness Goudie: My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Miller, for calling for this debate today and apologise to her for arriving a few minutes late-it started a bit sharp. I have known of her reputation for working for women’s improvement since I met her just over 30 years ago, when [...]
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
A GUEST POST BY AVILA KILMURRAY On Human Rights Day 2008, the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission presented the Northern Ireland Secretary of State, Shaun Woodward, with their well considered advice on a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland. The Bill had been promised under the terms of the Belfast – Good Friday Agreement, and was [...]
Monday, February 22, 2010
A GUEST POST BY WENDY ALEXANDER The Equality and Human Rights Commission Scotland last week announced an in-depth Inquiry into human trafficking in Scotland with a particular focus on commercial sexual exploitation. This Inquiry cannot get underway too soon as, shockingly, there have been no convictions for trafficking offences in Scotland compared to over 100 convictions [...]
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
A GUEST POST BY MAURA DONLAN On 1st December at the United States Military Academy at West Point, President Obama called for a significant increase in the U.S. military presence in Afghanistan. He declared that 30,000 additional troops is what is needed to “seize the initiative, while building the Afghan capacity that can allow for a responsible [...]
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
A GUEST POST BY MARY DALEY YERRICK Rebecca Lolosoli is an extraordinary community leader. More than a matriarch of a life-transforming group, she is the glue that holds it together. Samburu women are among the most marginalized groups in Kenya. With a low status in society, scarce access to education, they are last to receive [...]
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
A GUEST POST BY WENCHI YU Human trafficking, also known as modern-day slavery, is one of the most egregious violations of human rights and crimes. Women, men, and children are the face of victims, most often found in forced sexual and labor exploitation. No countries are immune to human trafficking. According to various UN reports, 12.3 [...]
Monday, November 16, 2009
My intention in writing this blog is to bring to the forefront of people’s minds issues of inequality, human rights and human trafficking. These issues are happening daily and we need to be more conscious of them to bring pressure on civil society, the private sector and governments around the world to campaign to eliminate [...]
ALLEVIATING WORLD POVERTY
What: It is nearly five years since the G8 meeting in Gleneagles and the demonstration of millions of people from media stars, church leaders and members of the public to make poverty history.
Action to date: Five years on the figures are in. On debt relief, progress has been immense with 45 billion dollars delivered to the world poorest countries to assist with resources for health and education. The United Kingdom has delivered on its G8 promises of 2005.
What’s missing: Every minute a woman dies in childbirth somewhere in the world because of inadequate medical care and 72 million children remain out of school. It is important to put pressure on the other seven G8 countries to rise up to their promises. The missing 21 billion dollars could pay for every child to go to school and could save the lives of 2 million of the poorest mothers and children.
Monday, July 5, 2010
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