by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Dec 26, 2016 | News
An estimated 75 million of displaced children are “in desperate need of educational support,” according to UNICEF. “For children fleeing from the horrors of war and struggling with the disorientation and marginalization concomitant with sudden...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Dec 16, 2016 | News
There is “little public safety rationale” behind the imprisonment of 39 percent (576,000) of U.S. inmates, according to a report by the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law. “Many of the laws and policies that increased...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Dec 9, 2016 | News
The World Association for Christian Communication-Europe (WACC Europe) and the Churches’ Commission for Migrants in Europe (CCME) launched a project on Dec. 1 to assess media portrayal of refugees and address inaccuracies. There are three focal points of the...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Dec 8, 2016 | News
Human Rights Day is observed on Dec. 10, commemorating the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Baptist World Alliance (BWA) is encouraging its members to participate in the annual observance on Dec. 10 (for congregations worshipping that day) or...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Dec 7, 2016 | News
The U.S. State Department expressed increasing concern that the ongoing conflict in South Sudan could become genocide in light of the recent violence in the Equatoria region. “Ethnically motivated hate speech, the targeting of civilians and sexual violence is...