How to Make School Lunches More Healthy - Education Even though nearly 4 million people tuned in for the final episode of Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution, a TV show in which the celebrity chef tried to reform a small school district's food program with healthier alternatives, pundits think that the show is unlikely to be picked up for a second season. But whether it continues or not, the show has already accomplished an impressive feat: It made ordinary Americans more aware of the numerous problems affecting school lunches. And now, from the internet to break rooms everywhere, more and more people are talking about what we can do to improve what kids are eating for lunch. Here are five ways we can make school lunches healthier: 1. You're 15 years old, you have 20 minutes for lunch, and you want to get in some socializing with your friends. The public data about school vending machines is mostly outdated, but what's there isn't very encouraging. One potential fix is a bill that's currently stuck in committee in both the House and Senate. 2.
"What's Up, Croc?" Children and young people are often denied their rights. Sometimes we don't know what our rights are and what to do if they are violated. This website is about the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CROC). CROC is a United Nations (UN) declaration that Australia signed up to in December 1990. It represents a set of rights that nearly every government in the world has agreed that all children are entitled to. To have a look briefly at what CROC covers check out the summary of CROC. If you are a child or young person we want to know what you think. If you work with children in the youth sector this website has something for you as well. Non Government Organisations who work with children and young people in Australia currently have the opportunity to contribute to the NGO report to the UN on whether Australia is meeting its obligations under CROC.
Ugly truth about beauty pageants Parents and their children protest against the American-style junior beauty pageant held in Melbourne on the weekend, claiming it is a form of child abuse. Source: Getty Images MELBOURNE played host to a US-style child beauty pageant on the weekend, and you can take your pick as to who did the worst out of it. First, there was Eden Wood, a porcelain-skinned, six-year-old star of such events from Arkansas, who was flown to Australia, ostensibly to promote the local pageant, and to meet local girls. She spent much of the weekend being carried around with a coat over her stiffly sprayed head, so as not so cruel any media deals. Then there was Eden's mum, the bold and brassy Micki Wood, who says fame is Eden's destiny; that those who criticise her are sinful in the eyes of the Lord; and who made a pretty penny out of her trip to Australia but had to endure being called an enabler for pedophiles for her trouble. Then, too, there was poor old Bernie Geary. "I mean, I went to Saturday's show.
Rights of the Child Posters | About Children's Week | Children's Week WA Children's Week is a time to promote awareness of Children’s Rights as proclaimed in 1954 by the United Nations, and a suite of posters has been developed to celebrate our children. In 2012 Meerilinga were excited to partner with WA artist Kerry Anne Jordinson, to develop the third poster in the series, entitled 'A Child's Right to Speak'. Kerry Anne will again provide artwork for the next poster in the series 'A Child's Right to be Safe'. The new poster will be launched on Wednesday 23rd October 2013, Universal Children's Day at the Children's Week Award Ceremony. To buy one or all of these beautiful laminated A3 posters please visit our shop. For further information contact us via email info@childrensweekwa.org.au or phone 08 9489 4022 or Regional freecall 1800 200 702. Singapore born, UK raised, and now living in Australia, Kerry Anne Jordinson is a self taught artist working successfully across a broad range of media.
Pull the pin on pageants | protest against child beauty pageants Kids encouraged to flirt with judges A national rally on Tuesday will seek to put age restrictions on child beauty pageants, with organisers claiming some kids are encouraged to flirt with judges. P 23, 2011 A nationwide rally will be held tomorrow to protest child beauty pageants after a US event featured on the reality television show Toddlers and Tiaras announced it would tour Australia later this year. The Pull the Pin on Pageants campaign will hold rallies on the steps of parliament houses in each state and territory at midday tomorrow. Organiser Catherine Manning, who says she put the rally together after receiving overwhelming support for the anti-pageant cause on Facebook, said the announcement that the Texas-based company, Universal Royalty, would hold Australian pageants later this year was the ''last straw''. America's top child beauty pageant star Eden Wood as seen on her Facebook page. Advertisement
Child Rights - Welcome Child beauty pageants: 9-year-old girl forced to endure eyebrow waxing By Daily Mail Reporter Updated: 20:14 GMT, 23 June 2011 A nine-year-old girl is made to have her eyebrows waxed in the name of beauty as mothers push their daughters to ever greater extremes in the competitive world of child pageants. Chloe, nine, from Forney in Texas, can be seen screwing her face up in shock and pain as she undergoes the procedure in a professional salon in preparation for a contest. While the child braces herself to be plucked and preened, her mother Jamie hovers over her and nods approvingly. Stinging: Nine-year-old Chloe screws up her face as a beautician prepares to wax her eyebrows The event appeared on television last night, on the latest episode of hit reality show Toddlers and Tiaras. Jamie, who works full time in beauty pageants, explained that she was giving her daughter a makeover to stand a better chance of taking home a crown from a pageant in Oklahoma. 'She does have brown eyes with the dirty blonde hair. Then beautician Nataya Newsom stepped in.
Child Labour Despite the fact that many people believe that slavery no longer exists, the International Labour Organization (ILO) estimated that there are some 8.4 million children in slavery or practices similar to slavery (ILO,2002). Although the ILO acknowledged that the data on which these estimates were based was “partial and incomplete”. They are all in child slavery, as defined by the 1956 UN Supplementary Slavery Convention. In these cases, as well as being in a hazardous situation, there is an intention to exploit these children for someone else’s gain. This group of children includes: Children who are used by others who profit from them, often through violence, abuse and threats, in prostitution or pornography , illicit activities, such as forced begging, petty theft, and the drug trade; Forced child labour, for example in agriculture, factories, construction, brick kilns, mines, bars, restaurants or tourists environment Children who are forced to take part in armed conflict. Child work
Where Have All the Girls Gone? - By Mara Hvistendahl How did more than 160 million women go missing from Asia? The simple answer is sex selection -- typically, an ultrasound scan followed by an abortion if the fetus turns out to be female -- but beyond that, the reasons for a gap half the size of the U.S. population are not widely understood. And when I started researching a book on the topic, I didn't understand them myself. I thought I would focus on how gender discrimination has persisted as countries develop. The reasons couples gave for wanting boys varies: Sons stayed in the family and took care of their parents in old age, or they performed ancestor and funeral rites important in some cultures. But that didn't account for why sex selection was spreading across cultural and religious lines. Then I looked into it, and discovered that what I thought were right-wing conspiracy theories about the nexus of Western feminism and population control actually had some, if very distant and entirely historical, basis in truth. The U.S.
Video/Audio - Top 10 Cartoons for Children’s Rights Cartoons for Children's Rights is a UNICEF broadcast initiative that aims to inform people around the world about children’s rights. The effort has forged partnerships with many well-known animation studios that have developed more than 80 half-minute public service announcements based on the articles of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Each PSA illustrates a right described in the global rights treaty, such as ‘Freedom from Child Labour’ or ‘Protection from Neglect’. All the spots are non-verbal, in order to get the rights message across to everyone, regardless of language. The spots have aired on more than 2,000 television stations globally. The top 10 Videos are in Real format. What are children's rights? In 1989, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Cartoons for Children's Rights are for both children and adults.