A Boy or A Girl or A Person: the Lack of Recognition for Intersex People
Not surprisingly, Fox News presenter Clayton Morris had to apologise for his ‘ignorant and stupid’ comments mocking the new gender...
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Why We Should Care About Adoption Rehoming
“A sick thing”. “Human trafficking in children”. “A gaping loophole with life threatening outcomes”. These are just few of the...
Orange is the New Black (OITNB): The Real Crisis of Incarcerated Women
As Summer 2015 approaches, fans anxiously await the release of the third season of Netflix’s highly viewed comedy-drama series ‘Orange...
Fighting Violence Against Women Must Become A Top Priority
Violence against women remains one of the most widespread human rights violations which takes place every day, and intimate partner...
Armenian-Turkish Reconnections and Human Rights
Armenian Genocide Memorial Monument in Yerevan History continues to divide Armenian and Turkish officialdom, but there are many civil society,...
Protecting Children’s Rights in the Digital World: An Ever-Growing Challenge
Most teenagers spend a substantial share of their time on Internet, often using social media, which have become a major...
As Arkansas Outlaws Re-homing, Other States Might Follow Suit
Re-homing, a practice which consists in transferring a child’s custody to non-family members without the oversight of child welfare or...
Glenn Ford Denied Compensation After Spending 30 Years on Death Row
Glenn Ford, a 64 year-old African American man originally from California, was wrongfully convicted of a murder that took place...
U.S. Will Soon Stand Alone in Failing to Ratify Rights for Children with the United Nations
In recent news, Somalia became the 195th country to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child...
Poverty Becomes Child Protection Concerns – That’s Avoidable!
Recent reports out of the United States raise important concerns about the soaring rates of children living in poverty which...
NASW is Failing LGBT Americans
The year 2014 was filled with significant momentum towards a more equal nation for individuals identifying as LGBT. After dozens...
The Trayvon Martin Case Foreshadowed An Increase in Police Homicides of Minorities
With the recent decisions of no indictment involving the police officers responsible for the deaths of Mike Brown, Eric Garner,...
Peace And Love Movement Brings Awareness to Foster Care Normalcy Law
In 2013, Florida lawmakers chose to implement the Normalcy Act; a law that requires their state government to allow foster...
Dying with Dignity: The Brittany Maynard Story
Brittany Maynard via Facebook On November 1, 2014, Brittany Maynard will die. However, her death is being planned on her...
Murderer and Rapist Granted the Right To Die
Frank Van Den Bleeken via @BBC Frank Van Den Bleeken is currently serving a life sentence in Belgium for sexual...
What the Wealthy Have to Offer to the Study of Poverty
I have often expressed my intellectual, personal and ethical discomfort with the extensive 'subjectification', more trendily termed "participation', of poor...
Significant Harm and Children in Need
In the UK, 89,528 social workers are getting ready to re-register with the regulator for the protected title of social...
#IfTheyGunnedMeDown: The Fear of Black Youth in America
Mike Jr. Brown via Facebook Recently, two unarmed young black men were killed by police officers in a St. Louis...
The Sport of Coming Out
Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe is the latest in a long line of sports "stars" to come out as gay in...
Prison Reform and Race Equity
Too many people are incarcerated in the United States, particularly people of color. With nearly 1.5 million Americans in prison...
