http://children.foreignpolicyblogs.com The World Affairs Blog Network Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:28:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en UNFPA: Impoverished women bear brunt of climate change The UN Population Fund has found the world's primary agricultural workers -- impoverished women -- will bear the brunt of catastrophic climate change resulting from global warming. The UNFPA called for greater equality for women to relieve the disproportionate burden they are bound ... http://children.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/11/19/news-95/ Many of you may have heard on the news about a missing five-year-old Shaniya Davis from Fayetteville, North Carolina, which first broke news this week as news of her disappearance led authorities into a desperate search for her safe return.  The young girl was reportedly taken from the mobile-home ... http://children.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/11/16/trafficking-not-in-my-townyes-in-everytown/ [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Photo: UNICEF"][/caption] A series of natural disasters has his Asia in recent months leading to increased concern for child malnutrition, as food security rises.  There is no question that optimal infant and young child feeding is essential for optimal growth and development.   Optimal feeding includes; breastfeeding ... http://children.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/11/15/making-education-on-breastfeeding-an-essential-part-of-emergency-assistance/ FAO: World ripe for another food crisis More international aid to combat higher food prices and insufficient production in developing countries is needed to stave off another food crisis, warns Jacques Diouf, director general of the Food and Agriculture Organization. "There is a lack of priority in fighting hunger and poverty ... http://children.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/11/11/news-94/ According to the National Center on Family Homelessness, one in every 50 American children experiences homelessness.  Homelessness affects children in a multitude of ways, including both their physical and mental health.  Over two million youths, between the ages of 12 and 24, will experience at least one episode of homelessness ... http://children.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/11/11/americas-shame-homeless-children/ Its official we have entered the holiday season, the Halloween costumes are safely tucked away until next years hauntings and the streets are quickly beginning to come to life with glittering lights.  For most of us the lists are beginning as time of gift giving is quickly approaching.   But as ... http://children.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/11/10/whats-missing-on-your-holiday-wish-list/ http://children.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/10/31/happy-halloween-2/ A story sure to give you nightmares is the harrowing story behind child labor across the globe.  Whether it is costumes made from cotton picked by child labors in Uzbekistan or clothing sewn by child labors, ghoulish make-up with minerals mined by child labors, chocolate candy-bars made from cocoa picked ... http://children.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/10/31/the-scariest-halloween-story-of-all/ U.S. might accept spousal abuse asylum claims The Barack Obama administration's recommendation to grant asylum to a Guatemalan woman fleeing severe spousal abuse opens the door for other battered and sexually abused women in other countries to seek refuge in the U.S. Rody Alvarado Pena's case had languished in immigration courts ... http://children.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/10/30/news-93/ Is child obesity abuse? That is the question that has been raised by many over the past few years.  As the issue plagues teachers, care providers and doctors as the rates of childhood obesity increase. According to the American Obesity Association, obesity among children and teens is beginning to reach ... http://children.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/10/28/is-child-obesity-abuse/