Security firm G4S provides services to Israeli prisons, police and army

Posted on | mei 15, 2012 | 1 Comment

On Palestinian Prisoners Day - 17 April 2012 - families protested the detention of their relatives in Israeli jails. (Photo: Anne Paq - ActiveStills)

British-Danish security firm G4S has been severely criticized for its operations in the occupied Palestinian territories and in prisons and detention centers in Israel, including those housing children and “administrative detainees” held without charge or trial.

On 17 April Palestinian organizations called for action against G4S for its role in Israeli prisons where Palestinian political prisoners from the occupied territories are held in contravention of international law.

The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre in London published Michael Deas’s report on the call and invited G4S to respond. G4S submitted an update with old statements that does not address the criticism of the provision of services to prisons in Israel. Meanwhile, about 2,000 Palestinian prisoners bellow out their ill-treatment in a mass hunger strike.
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The Joy and Burden of Motherhood

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The joy of motherhood has long since been praised over and over again.  The greatest joy of motherhood is seen as the sheer gift of bringing a life into this world and helping to shape them from the moment of birth and then to watch them grow into a happy, productive and successful member of society.  However, along with the many great joys of motherhood, often comes unimaginable pain and suffering.

The role of a mother is one of the most demanding roles a woman may ever have to undergo. From the moment her child is conceived a mother takes on the burden of life as now she is entailed with a job to ensure that their child is financially provided for, remains happy, safe and healthy for the rest of their life. The burden of motherhood is for many mothers in developing countries is more than any mother should have to bare.
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BIF News Briefing, April 2012

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1. Health workers escalate protests, strikes called by the COB
2. May Day nationalisation of electricity network
3. Indigenous march to La Paz begins
4. Summit of the Americas ends without agreement

1. Health workers escalate protests, strikes called by the COB

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LIBERIA: WaterAid Promises More Support for Liberia, Sierra Leone

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WaterAid, an International Non-governmental Organization has expressed continuous readiness to help provide access to safe drinking water, improved sanitation and hygiene services to poor people within the various Communities, Districts and Counties in both Liberia and Sierra Leone.

Mr. Apollos Nwafor, WaterAid Team Leader in Liberia and Sierra Leone spoke last Thursday at the close of a 3-day Programme Planning Meeting in Monrovia.

“We are going to increase our support both technical and financial to ensure that more people have access to safe drinking water, improved sanitation and hygiene services” said Mr. Nwafor.
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UN Campaign Seeks to Give all Children a Shot at Life

Posted on | mei 14, 2012 | No Comments

The word immunizations is just a simple vocabulary word to most of us in developed nations, however for those in developing countries the word means a ‘shot at life’ for their child.  One in five children does not have access to vaccines that prevent deadly diseases, like measles, pneumonia or diarrhea.  All of these diseases are easily preventable with immunizations.  Nonetheless some 2.5 million children, under the age of 5, die every year as the result of preventable infectious diseases…mostly due to funding gaps.  Ninety-nine percent of those children live in developing countries around the world.  Mothers in many countries around the world  are desperate to gain  access to vaccinations, to prevent disease and literally save the lives of their children.  Many mothers walk more than 15 miles carrying their child with them in search of a clinic or camp where they can get vaccinations.  Sadly many other mothers are left feeling helpless as they cannot find access to vaccinations for their child no matter how far they walk.
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