Category Archives: Social Policy

Talk about a terror- stop rape, abuse…RAINN.ORG

Posted on April 24, 2013 by

http://rainn.org/get-information/sexual-assault-prevention 15% of sexual assault and rape victims are under age 12.3 29% are age 12-17. 44% are under age 18.3 80% are under age 30.3 12-34 are the highest risk years. Girls ages 16-19 are 4 times more likely … Continue reading →

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Dad shattered over death of Rehtaeh Parsons -Fathers against rape.

Posted on April 11, 2013 by

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/story/2013/04/10/ns-reteah-parsons-father.html “She died struggling to live, much as she spent the last 18 months,” he wrote. “We went to counselling together. Sometimes I was the driver, sometimes the father, sometimes the counsellor.”(CBCNEWS) Despite a year of therapy and loving parents, … Continue reading →

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Infant mortality drops with breast feeding …

Posted on March 29, 2013 by

A major way to cut infant mortality around the world? Let mothers breastfeed. Seriously? The food industry is in fact a hurdle not a saviour. Encouraging nations, companies and mothers to breast feed newborns just makes sense. Ironic isn’t it? … Continue reading →

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When Drones Can Kill Americans | Mr President Who Says You Can Kill

Posted on February 3, 2013 by

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/17/opinion/who-says-you-can-kill-americans-mr-president.html?_r=0 After outrage that the Bush administration was torturing US citizens, never mind, any human being, it appears that Obama cannot or will not stop using drones to target and KILL Americans. After the world angered that the US let … Continue reading →

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Bullying? – US prosecutors that’s who!

Posted on January 13, 2013 by

I couldn’t agree more with the assessment of this tragic death by blogger Lessig. Wall Street and DC crooks walk free without even an apology making money off books and lectures celebrating their crimes yet one guy pitching for information … Continue reading →

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Why Women Still Can’t Have It All – Anne-Marie Slaughter – The Atlantic

Posted on December 30, 2012 by

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/07/why-women-still-cant-have-it-all/309020/ Why Women Still Can’t Have It All It’s time to stop fooling ourselves, says a woman who left a position of power: the women who have managed to be both mothers and top professionals are superhuman, rich, or self-employed. … Continue reading →

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