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Vital YES vote in Children's Referendum Welcomed by Alliance
Photo: Children’s Rights Alliance In an unprecedented step, Ireland has voted by referendum to change its Constitution to strengthen children’s rights and better protect children. After nearly 20 years of vigorous campaigning for constitutional reform, the Children’s Rights Alliance is delighted to finally welcome the…
Author: Children's Rights Alliance
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Ombudsman for Children Praises Mayo Children’s Initiative
A researcher has hailed the ‘spectacular progress’ made by a Castlebar-based children’s project and said its work was a model for other countries to follow. “What’s going on here in Mayo is of international significance,” said Professor Howard Stevenson of the University of Lincoln. He…
Author: The Mayo News
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Parents Give Up Youths Under Law Meant for Babies
by ERIK ECKHOLM OMAHA – The abandonments began on Sept. 1, when a mother left her 14-year-old son in a police station here. By Sept. 23, two more boys and one girl, ages 11 to 14, had been abandoned in hospitals in Omaha and Lincoln.…
Author: The New York Times
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Children at Centre of Pilot Domestic Violence Service
By Ronan McGreevy. The first dedicated service for child victims of domestic violence in Ireland has been launched in Co Mayo. The Mayo Children’s Initiative (MCI) in Castlebar is funded exclusively by Atlantic Philanthropies, the foundation set up by Irish-American billionaire Chuck Feeney. Atlantic Philanthropies…
Author: The Irish Times
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Asylum Children Go Hungry, Says Report
By Eoin Burke-Kennedy Many children in the State’s asylum process are living in extreme poverty in overcrowded accommodation with inadequate food, according to a report published yesterday. The Irish Refugee Council report paints a grim picture of the State’s system for accommodating asylum-seekers, known as…
Author: Irish Times
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How gay marriage went mainstream
The Gay and Lesbian Equality Network is an Atlantic grantee. Kathy Sheridan THE GAY WEDDING BUS is revving up. In the driving seat is Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore, sporting a big red T-shirt with the message, “Civil partnership is NOT marriage equality”. Behind him, highly excited,…
Author: The Irish Times
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Saving Childhood Ryan - Eight Irish Organisations Fighting for Children Together
Barnardos, CRA, IAYPIC and ISPCC join forces in Ireland today to fight for children. Dublin, Ireland, 20 May 2010 – Eight organisations concerned with child protection have united to launch the Saving Childhood Ryan campaign on the first anniversary of the Ryan Report today. One…
Author: Saving Childhood Ryan
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Children's Rights Alliance Report Card 2013: Is the Irish Government Keeping Its Promises to Children?
The Fine Gael/Labour Coalition Government has been awarded an overall C grade today (18 February) in the Children’s Rights Alliance’s Report Card 2013 – a slight drop in grade from last year’s C+ grade. In a year that saw a Children’s Rights Referendum and key…
Author: Children's Rights Alliance
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No More Excuses?
By CHARLES M. BLOW For the presidential inauguration, blacks descended on Washington in droves with a fanatical, Zacchaeus-like need to catch a glimpse of this M.L.K. 2.0. “Ooo-bama!” For them, he was it — a game changer, soul restorer, dream fulfiller. Everything. Ooo-K. Representative James…
Author: New York Times (Op-Ed)
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Children's Rights Alliance Report Card 2014: System Change Started But Many Children Still Out In the Cold
The Children’s Rights Alliance today published the sixth in their annual series of Report Cards. The Report Card grades Government’s performance on issues and policies affecting children against their own stated commitments in the Programme for Government 2011-2016. The Government receives an overall C grade this year, reflecting…
Author: Children's Rights Alliance