Poverty-stricken father of the baby Madonna is adopting tells his story
Daily Mail UK 14 Oct 06 The father of the little boy adopted by Madonna in Malawi has described his feelings of confusion and powerlessness in the face of the singer’s determination to take his only surviving child away. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=410451&in_page_id=1770
Teen pregnancy linked to wealth (should read poverty)
NZ Herald 12 Oct 06 Teenage girls from New Zealand’s most deprived areas are almost 10 times more likely to become pregnant than are those from the wealthiest areas, a Child Health Summit has heard. Figures compiled by University of Auckland researcher Dr Liz Craig also show that for every teenager who gives birth in New [...]
China linked to illegal brothels
North Shore Times Advertiser 12 Oct 06 The North Shore has become a haven for “production line” Chinese brothels with possible gang connections. That’s the message North Shore City Council has given to a parliamentary working group looking into problems with the Prostitution Reform Act.The group was in Auckland to hear from groups about the impact [...]
Manukau Council’s bill to ban (STREET) prostitution defeated
NZ Herald 12 Oct 06 A bill that would have given Manukau City Council powers to ban street prostitution was defeated in Parliament last night. It was voted down 73-46 on its second reading, with MPs casting personal votes. A select committee last month recommended that it should not go any further, saying it did not believe [...]
National gets behind limits on smacking
NZ Herald 12 Oct 06 Parliament appears set to drastically lower the level of force that parents can use against their children even if Green MP Sue Bradford’s “anti-smacking” bill is not passed. National Party MP Chester Borrows has proposed a new amendment to ban all force against children causing more than “transitory and trifling [...]
Face of the future (the unborn child)
Dominion Post 12 Oct 06 The latest ultrasound technology is letting parents see the face of their unborn baby. Ultrasound pictures used to be available only in two dimensions but they now come in 3-D form – including an image that can be watched in real time. http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3825761a10,00.html
$6.4m to tackle depression
Christchurch Press 11 Oct 06 Former All Black John Kirwan will feature in television and radio advertisements as part of a $6.4 million campaign to tackle depression. Associate Health Minister Jim Anderton yesterday launched a three-year National Depression Initiative aimed at raising awareness of depression among sufferers and their families and encouraging people to seek [...]
Ads using ‘sexy’ children rapped
The Age (Australia) 10 Oct 06 Chidren as young as three are being targeted by advertising for products such as strapless bras, “wet shine” lipstick and skimpy clothing. A report released yesterday by think tank the Australia Institute, Corporate Pedophilia, found tweens — pre-teens — were increasingly being sexualised in sophisticated ad campaigns as retailers, [...]
Foster parents to be given salaries (UK)
Telegraoh 09 Oct 06 Foster parents could be paid salaries for the first time as part of a Government package unveiled to improve the lives of children in care. Alan Johnson, the Education Secretary, said it was “inexcusable and shameful” that the care system all too often reinforces the disadvantage suffered by children taken from [...]
Rising violence blamed on sex revolution
NZ Herald 9 Oct 06 Rising rates of domestic violence should be blamed on the “sexual revolution”, says a visiting British expert. Psychiatrist Anthony Daniels, who writes under the name Theodore Dalrymple, says his hospital in Birmingham saw a “huge” increase in injuries to women in the past 20 years, paralleling a doubling of arrests [...]
