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Government Promises to End the Detention of Minors in an Adult Regime
Statement from Children’s Rights Alliance By Tanya Ward, Chief Executive of Children’s Rights Alliance The Children’s Rights Alliance congratulates the Government’s promise to end the detention of 16- and 17-year-old boys in St. Patrick’s Institution. This is a momentous achievement for the Minister for Children…
Author: Children's Rights Alliance
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Equal Education launches court case against Minister for Basic Education, Angie Motshekga
Today at a press conference Equal Education (EE) announced that it had filed papers in the Bhisho High Court against Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga; Minister of Finance, Pravin Gordhan; and the nine provincial MECs for Education. As EE Coordinator Doron Isaacs explained: “The…
Author: Equal Education
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Found: Older Volunteers to Fill Labor Shortage
This New York Times article features two Atlantic ageing programme grantees — Civic Ventures and the Rose Community Foundation. Both organisations engage older people in encore careers and volunteer positions that combine personal meaning and social impact to solve society’s greatest problems. The Rose Community Foundation received a re-grant…
Author: The New York Times
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Amnesty Welcomes Ireland's Intent to New Human Rights Treaty
Amnesty International Ireland has warmly welcomed the announcement today that the Irish Government has decided to sign a new human rights treaty, which should strengthen protections for people living in Ireland. The treaty establishes a system to allow people living in Ireland whose rights like…
Author: Amnesty International Ireland
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Keeping kids insured: CHIP shows how bipartisanship can solve problems
Author Bruce Lesley is President of First Focus, an Atlantic grantee through the Children & Youth programme in the United States. by Bruce Lesley Three years ago, a bill to extend and improve the Children’s Health Insurance Program became law. On Feb. 4, 2009, we…
Author: Pittsburgh Post Gazette
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Warning Over Rise in Dementia
By Ronan McGreevey The number of people with dementia in Ireland is expected to triple over the next 30 years and will be a “huge burden” on the state without a long-term strategy, the Minister for Health James Reilly has warned. Currently, an estimated 41,000…
Author: Irish Times
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The Atlantic Philanthropies To Support Cornell University’s New Tech Campus in New York City
Rendering: Aerial view of NYC Tech Campus courtesy of Cornell University. The City of New York has partnered with Cornell University and the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology for its Applied Sciences NYC initiative, which will transform more than 10 acres of Roosevelt Island into an…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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You don’t need to be Premier to make difference
By Jessie Moniz When 24-year-old Gavin Smith gained just 16 votes running against a former Premier in her own constituency back in 2003, it seemed like his political career was over before it had even started. But in the years since then, Mr Smith has…
Author: The Royal Gazette
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Drop the I-Word. No Human Being is Illegal
Drop the I-Word is a public education campaign by grantee Applied Research Center and powered by immigrants and diverse communities across the country that value human dignity and are working to eradicate the dehumanising slur “illegals” from everyday use and public discourse. The i-word opens…
Author: Colorlines
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Justice is Too Important to be Left Solely to the Lawyers
At the core of the transitional justice approach is the belief that amnesia is never a solution, and that moving forward can only genuinely occur through coming to terms with the past. – Bill Rolston, Director of the Transitional Justice Institute in the University of…
Author: The Irish Times