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The Right to Education
Photo by Dulce Foster As my own daughter headed back to school, I found myself thinking about another group of girls at a school halfway around the world. Unlike my three kids, who are driven to their...
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10 Things To Do With Your Kids on Human Rights Day!
This is a post that I wrote for World Moms Blog. Originally published here. Make your own human rights tapestry! Human Rights Day is December 10! The date was chosen to honor the United Nations...
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The Importance of Educating Girls
Fifth grade class in Chuchoquesera, Peru When I visited the classroom pictured above in the Peruvian highlands back in 2004, I noticed that slightly more than half of the students were girls. I...
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NEPAL: Visiting the Sankhu-Palubari Community School
Some students walk – up to 2 hours each way – to the Sankhu-Palubari Community School to access their right to education. I’ve been in Nepal for the past ten days with a team of staff and volunteers....
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HUMAN RIGHTS: Speaking the Language
I’m over at World Moms Blog with this post today. Check it out! Sometimes I have trouble finding the words to talk to my kids about the violence that hear about in the news, the injustices that they...
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End Child Labor: An Estimated 215 Million Children Still Need Alternatives
What do you say to a child who has experienced child labor? I found myself in this position in Nepal recently. I was interviewing a teenager, who I will call Shree. He described how as a little boy he...
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Back to School
I haven’t been able to do much blogging this summer. This photo may help explain why: Today is the first day of school for my kids. We had a great summer, but – clearly - it is time for them …...
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“U Have To Struggle More”: A Poem for International Day of the Girl
Last year on the International Day of the Girl, I wrote about a girl named Kanchi and her determination to overcome all obstacles and obtain an education in rural Nepal. The first in her family to go...
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Universal Children’s Day Photo Essay
Today, November 20, is Universal Children’s Day! In 1954, the United Nations General Assembly established Universal Children’s Day to encourage all countries to take action to actively promote the...
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News You May Have Missed (17-23 January)
There was some good news about human rights around the world this week. SOMALIA has become the 195th state party to ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). A ceremony was held to mark...
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“All our SPCS family r safe”
Originally published on The Advocates’ Post. “All our SPCS family r safe …” This was the message I received from Anoop Poudel, headmaster at the Sankhu-Palubari Community School (SPCS), on Monday...
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