Orphans need special trauma care

Mar 12, 2013

Orphans need special trauma care

by Ayako Mie

Hundreds orphaned by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami remain vulnerable two years later because of insufficient government support. Last June, the Diet passed legislation to help disaster-affected children and women, but details are hazy. Instead of waiting for the government to take action, ...

India 'mistreats, humiliates' child sex victims

Feb 8, 2013

India 'mistreats, humiliates' child sex victims

Children sexually assaulted in India often find themselves humiliated by the police and mistreated by doctors when they pluck up the courage to report abuse, Human Rights Watch said Thursday. In a report released amid continuing anger at the handling of sexual assault cases ...

Jan 29, 2013

Fukushima kids' thyroids said safe

Radiation levels in the thyroid glands of 1-year-old children living around the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant are estimated to be less than 30 millisieverts in most cases, a research team at the National Institute of Radiological Sciences said Sunday. The figure ...

Kids' role in U.S. gun debate disputed

Jan 17, 2013

Kids' role in U.S. gun debate disputed

The move by the White House on Wednesday to feature four children at President Barack Obama’s gun-control news conference set into motion a new debate over the role of young people on the political stage. In unveiling his proposals to address gun violence, Obama ...