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December 10, 2015
by Paul Olson The drafters of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights specified thirty articles: rights and freedoms essential for the achievement of dignified living for all people. These rights include civil, political, social and economic liberties. The declaration represents the belief that persons can only flourish if there rights and freedoms are respected. The… Read more »
December 9, 2015
by Paul Olson Dag Hammarskjöld used to invite people over to his house to listen to records of Johann Sebastian Bach. Considering all that Mr. Hammarskjöld had to do as the UN’s second General Secretary, this seems really odd. But today’s event began with the UNSRC orchestra playing Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Air”. As the group… Read more »
December 7, 2015
by Paul Olson One strategy in the fight against gender-based violence is to bring women and girls from different cultures and age groups together in vocational and entrepreneurial training. UK Aid is supporting the work of UNICEF by reaching out to Syrian and Lebanese girls and offering free workshops. The Syrian girls are refugees in… Read more »
December 5, 2015
by Paul Olson The right to ‘free and full’ consent to marriage is recognized in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. UNICEF has reported extensively on how child marriage is a harmful and exploitative tradition. In Mozambique, some 60 percent of girls with no education are married by 18, compared to 10 percent of girls… Read more »
December 4, 2015
by Paul Olson As a man I have become engaged in this work on violence against girls because I am a follower of Jesus Christ, and because Jesus Christ embodies the notion of compassion (meaning literally to ‘suffer with’). Henri Nouwen in his book “On Compassion” dismisses the notion of human ‘activism’, but reframes it… Read more »
December 1, 2015
by Paul Olson On World AIDS Day, UNAIDS calls us to get on the fast track to end AIDS. Girls who live with a disability and who have been made vulnerable face more violence in schools than do girls who are not living with a disability. The same is true for children affected by HIV/AIDS…. Read more »
November 29, 2015
by Paul Olson First Sunday of Advent Lectionary Readings: Jer 33:14-16, Ps. 25:1-10, 1 Thess. 3:9-13, Luke 21:25-36 On the first Sunday of advent, and on day 5 of the 16 day campaign to of activism against gender-based violence, we are reminded and instructed on the importance of teachers. One factor contributing to the violence against… Read more »
November 28, 2015
by Paul Olson Violence against girls in schools reduces the number of girls in school. Why is this important? Poverty, sickness, and sustainable development depends on education first. The Global Education First Initiative reports that if we educated our girls… · 12 million children would be saved from stunted growth. · 64% fewer early marriages… Read more »
November 27, 2015
by Paul Olson While it is difficult to define the scale and scope of School Related Gender Based Violence (SRGBV), it is estimated that 246 million students experience SRGBV each year. Sexual violence against girls is extremely common and occurs while traveling to and from school, in the latrines, and during unsupervised play and results… Read more »
November 5, 2015
by Paul Olson In 1787 William Wilberforce headed a parliamentary campaign against the British slave trade. 20 years later, the Slave Trade Act of 1807 was passed, effectively ending one of the darkest chapters in human history. But between the 16th and 19th centuries, an estimated 10-12 million Africans had already entered the Americas via… Read more »
