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➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: House gets into heated debate over college professor background checks (Includes video) ABC27 - June 09, 2016 It began as an academic debate about academics. But it turned heated in the Pennsylvania House earlier this week. The question: should … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: United Kingdom: Call for men in Oxford to speak out about FGM before start of 'cutting season' Oxford Times - June 13, 2016 No official statistics exist for the city but Dr Brenda Kelly, founder of FGM specialist unit The Rose Clinic at the John … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Trinidad and Tobago: Faris on child marriages: Amendments already drafted Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday - June 13, 2016 Apart from the amendments propose for consideration which include raising the marriage age from as young as 12 for girls and 14 … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Paraguay: Rich an 'adopt' children as domestic help. But that might change. Washington Post - June 12, 2016 Alvarenga's experience remains tragically common in Paraguay, one of the last bastions in Latin America of a colonial-era system of child … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Nigeria: Ekiti to enforce law against female genital mutilation Nigeria Punch - June 10, 2016 According to the UNFPA, Nigeria has one-quarter of circumcised women worldwide while Ekiti State has 71.2 per cent prevalence … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Kenya: Fight to End a Culture of Forced Child Marriages in Kenya Heads to Court American Center for Law and Justice - June 10, 2016 Next week, attorneys from our affiliate office in Kenya are going to court to take a stand against forced child … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Ghana: Nana Oye Lithur gives assurance of government's commitment to child protection News Ghana - June 12, 2016 Government of Ghana says it will to continue enhancing Child Protection Systems in the country since it is linked with sustainable … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Fiji: 11,774 calls received on the National Child Helpline Fiji Broadcasting Corporation - June 13, 2016 Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation Permanent Secretary Dr Josefa Koroivueta says of these, 111 cases were of physical and sexual abuse which … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Europe: Refugee crisis: Lost children and displaced families Punjab Star News - June 12, 2016 Keeping track of unnaccompanied children is difficult especially in areas filled with people smugglers. Many missing or unaccompanied children are thought … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: State Laws Address Heatstroke Deaths of Unattended Children and Pets in Cars Council of State Governments - June 10, 2016 On June 3, 2016, Gov. Kasich of Ohio signed into law a bill to allow bystanders to break into hot cars with unattended … [Read more...]