Conference Calls on Governments to Protect Rights of LGBT Individuals New York, N.Y. Participants of a two-day international conference held in Oslo called on governments last week to protect the human rights of LGBT individuals in their country. More than 200 participants from 84 countries met on April 15 and 16 to hear testimony at the [...]
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World News Digest: April 19, 2013
U.N. and Partners Call Attention to Challenges Preventing Global Immunization U.N. agencies and global health organizations called attention yesterday to the urgent need to improve delivery of vaccines and to communicate clearly the importance of immunization. They released a statement ahead of World Immunization Week. “We have seen some major advances in the development and [...]
World News Digest: April 18, 2013
New York, N.Y. New Report Says Children are the Majority of Sexual Violence Victims in War Zones. The charity Save the Children based its findings on data and testimonies from several countries including Colombia, Liberia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. It’s report, Unspeakable Crimes Against Children, reveals shocking testimony and statistics. In Liberia, for [...]
Making Strides Toward Ensuring the Right to Clean Water
New York, N.Y. Like most Americans, I take easy access to clean drinking water for granted. “But it’s a fundamental human right,” Edward Buckley is quick to point out. “We all have a human right to clean water. Without it we cannot enjoy our other human rights.” Buckley, an Atlanta lawyer, has a passion for [...]
The Stewardship Report Announces Editorial Calendar
New York, N.Y. A bright new face has been added to the crowded Web, drawing a large readership and uploading more than 900 stories in its first twelve weeks. Still in soft-launch, The Jim Luce Stewardship Report (JLSR) is focused on “Connecting Goodness.” Covering Faces, Issues, World Affairs, Life Style, the Arts, and Video, JLSR offers articles [...]
First ‘Davos’ for Women’s International Development in NYC
New York, N.Y. I met Cecilia Attias, former First Lady of France and founder and executive chair of the Cecilia Attias Foundation for It was extraordinarily successful – and focused on producing more than just rhetoric. Women at the event and was particularly impressed by her passion and global vision. The first annual Dialogue for [...]
Spectacular Sold-Out Premiere of Anti-Child Trafficking Film in NYC
Daughter Malika with the human rights activist, politician and mother Mu Sochua.Produced and narrated by UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Lucy Liu, the film left many stunned and some in tears. It is that wrenching. “I am not a victim in Cambodia, but a survivor of Cambodia!,” Sochua told the guests present. “In the darkest recess of [...]
Cambodian Anti-Child Trafficking Film Premiere in New York
New York, N.Y. I attended the world premier of REDLIGHT this week in New York City, and was overwhelmed by the plight of children not just in Cambodia but around the world who find themselves locked in a perverse world where their innocence is sold by the hour. Not only in Phnom Penh, but according to the experts, [...]
