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by Chivith Rottanak “I feel like a duck in a cage, afraid someone will cook me….”* May 6, 205. In 2006 Cambodia adopted its Policy on Alternative Care for Children.[1] The policy is based on the premise that children are best raised in families…

by Ashley Collins May 1, 2015. “We are here to celebrate.” With this declaration Harvard FXB Director of Research Jacqueline Bhabha set the tone for the International Roma Day panel held at Harvard University’s Center for European Studies on April…

by Noor Al-Kasadi © UNICEF April 29, 2015. The situation in Yemen is complex. My country has endured many long years of chronic poverty, underdevelopment, unemployment and weak basic services. Yemen has also high rates of maternal, infant and…

April 21, 2015. Professor Alicia Ely Yamin is representing Harvard FXB on the newly launched Lancet – O’Neill Institute, Georgetown University Commission on Global Health and the Law. This purpose of the commission is to promote the perception of the law…

by Ariel Low “…the merging of mapping and human rights presents a tremendous new opportunity to [gather] information about human rights abuses…” April 10, 2015. Digital mapping is uniquely suited to documenting human rights…

Holman (left) and Harvard Chan Professor Sue Goldie April 6, 2015. Last Friday Harvard FXB was pleased to host the launch of Beholden: Religion, Global Health, and Human Rights, a new book by Susan Holman. The book considers two approaches to…

by Georgian Lunca “While endorsing Roma enrollment in school, policymakers have not hesitated to enforce social exclusion by physically separating the Roma…” Today, Roma communities worldwide celebrate the 25th International…

by Krista Oehlke “Child protection is not ‘child protective services,’ but encompasses a wide range of issues…which urgently need addressing.” April 1, 2015. Last Friday, Susan Bissell, UNICEF’s chief of child protection, spoke to a room…

by Chivith Rottanak “…children talked about the reasons that they do not tell others, especially adults, about incidents of violence…” March 23, 2015. The 2006 United Nations Secretary General’s (UNSG) 2006 recommended that…

by Noor Al-Kasadi “Children without birth certificates are … at increased risk of being trafficked … or forcibly recruited into conflict.” ©UNICEF Yemen/2014/ Soraya Abu Monassar March 23, 2015. Every child has the right…