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United Kingdom: Until FGM is prosecuted, this barbaric practice will go on flourishing in modern Britain (Opinion)
The Independent – September 14, 2016
Like rape, FGM is a hidden crime that goes significantly underreported because its victims fear that seeking prosecution will ultimately end in failure. FGM has been illegal in Britain since 1983 but there has never been a prosecution.
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/until-fgm-is-prosecuted-this-barbaric-practice-will-go-on-flourising-in-modern-britain-a7307306.html

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Cambodia: Quebec Officials Talk Adoption With Ministry of Social Affairs
The Cambodia Daily – September 15, 2016
Canadian couples hoping to adopt Cambodian children moved a step closer to achieving their dreams this week as officials from Quebec prov¬ince met with officials in Phnom Penh to discuss the viability of a bilateral adoption arrangement.
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/quebec-officials-talk-adoption-ministry-social-affairs-118033/

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Australia: Mason’s law: Grandparents weep as new child protection laws pass Queensland Parliament
ABC News Australia – September 14, 2016
The grandparents fighting to change Queensland’s mandatory reporting laws for childcare workers to report suspected child abuse cases have broken down in tears as the bill passed through State Parliament.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-15/masons-law-grandparents-weep-child-proection-laws-qld-parliament/7845566

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US: Violence is Just One Part of Childhood Trauma
Chronicle of Social Change – September 10, 2016
Many people and organizations focus on preventing violence with the belief that if our society can stop violence against children, then most childhood trauma will be eradicated. However, research that has emerged over the last 20 years clearly shows that focusing primarily on violence prevention – physical and sexual abuse, in particular – doesn’t eliminate the trauma that children experience, and won’t even prevent further violence.
https://chronicleofsocialchange.org/child-trauma-2/violence-is-just-one-part-of-childhood-trauma/21068

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US: Editorial Landmark foster care bill requires some work
Los Angeles Times – September 10, 2016
As it begins its final weeks in session, the 114th Congress is taking up a bill known as the Family First Prevention Services Act that, if passed, would help keep children with their parents, or with extended families when their parents become temporarily unable to care for them. It would take an important step away from an outmoded and largely discredited funding model in which federal reimbursements for foster care gave states and counties a perverse incentive to remove as many children as possible from their homes despite mounting evidence that they do better in school – and in life – when kept with family.
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-foster-20160907-snap-story.html

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US: Our Juvenile Justice System Is Failing LGBTQ Youth
Rewire – September 14, 2016
About 7 to 9 percent of young people in the United States identify as LGBTQ or gender-nonconforming. But recent research finds that percentage doubles among youth in juvenile justice facilities-and that these facilities are neglecting to keep LGBTQ youth safe or meet even their most basic needs, from housing to health care.
https://rewire.news/article/2016/09/14/juvenile-justice-system-failing-lgbtq-youth/

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US: Is Extreme Childhood Obesity ‘Nutritional Neglect’?
Psychology Today – September 14, 2016
How much are parents responsible for their children’s excessive weight?
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-gravity-weight/201609/is-extreme-childhood-obesity-nutritional-neglect

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US: Hundreds of Foster Youth and Alumni Urge Action on Family First: Let’s Listen (Opinion)
Chronicle of Social Change – September 14, 2016
This week over 590 youth and alumni of foster care, along with concerned stakeholders, conveyed a letter to U.S. Senate leaders calling upon the upper chamber to vote on and pass the House-approved Family First Prevention Services Act. These young people are all too aware of how delays in child welfare reform will negatively impact the lives of their younger peers and all future children who enter foster care.
https://chronicleofsocialchange.org/child-welfare-2/hundreds-foster-youth-alumni-urge-action-family-first-lets-listen/21143

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Egypt: Mothers Take On Female Genital Mutilation, Pinning Hopes on Younger Generations
Global Voices – September 11, 2016
Egypt outlawed FGM in 2008. Eight years later, women’s rights activists and non-governmental organizations say mothers’ attitudes about the procedure have transformed, and the number of circumcised girls is down. As they’ve become more aware of the hazards and futility of the surgery, young mothers in Egypt have played a central role in fighting FGM.
https://globalvoices.org/2016/09/11/egyptian-mothers-take-on-female-genital-mutilation-pinning-hopes-on-younger-generations/