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➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: United Kingdom: This Exhibit Wants to Break the Silence Around Female Genital Mutilation Take Part - August 21, 2016 It's a procedure that at least 200 million women and girls around the world have endured, but the culture of silence and shame around … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Russia: Bill drafted by United Russian MP orders up to 10 years prison sentence for female genital mutilation SOTT - August 19, 2016 "Discrimination of women based on religious motives manifested in full or partial amputation of external sex organs … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Russia: Disgust as religious leaders endorse FGM in Russia Premier - August 20, 2016 A pair of influential religious leaders in Russia have been criticised after promoting Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). The Christian and Muslim leader suggested it … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Russia: Investigative Committee: 350 children committed suicide this year APA - August 22, 2016 The number of suicides among teenagers in Russia is three times more than the average rate worldwide, Vladimir Markin, special representative of Russia's … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: China: Children living with their parents have more high IQ Levels Albany Daily Star - August 19, 2016 The study of children aged seven to 13 was conducted in China where millions of workers leave their children with relatives in pursuit of better … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Top 8 Ways To Help Your Foster Child In School (Opinion) Huffington Post - August 19, 2016 For your child from foster care to truly have a chance to succeed, you as a foster parent must lead the charge and blaze a path as an advocate, fighting … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: End of Private Prison Contracts Won't Affect Most Immigration Detainees (Includes audio) Public News Service - August 19, 2016 The U.S. Justice Department will be ending its contracts with private prisons, but watchdog groups point out that … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Detained Undocumented Mothers Launch Hunger Strike, Vow to Leave 'Alive or Dead' Common Dreams - August 19, 2016 Dozens of undocumented women being held with their children at the Berks County Residential Center in Pennsylvania are on a hunger … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Heroin's reach extends to the children of addicts Associated Press - August 20, 2016 Struggles like Maholland's are only becoming more commonplace, as Pennsylvania grapples with a heroin epidemic fueled by cheap access to the drug and the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Multiple warnings precede a child's death by abuse The Philadelphia Inquirer - August 22, 2016 "They are the only public window into what the department does," said Richard Gelles, dean of the School of Social Policy and Practice at the … [Read more...]