Child Sex Workers: Victims of A Stolen Childhood

Countless hundreds of thousands of children are traded and misused daily in underground sex markets for activities such as child pornography, prostitution and pedophilia. The global trafficking of children for commercial sex exploitation includes sex tourism, procurement of child prostitutes by pimps, unlawful incarceration of children, mutilation of children and various sexual practices pertaining to initiation rites.

Happy Endings That Almost Didn’t Happen

Gadhafi’s demise may seem inevitable in retrospect, but it wasn’t. The Libyan rebellion had to be rescued in the nick of time.

Japan Vs China

Japan and China have been isolated during the pre-classical period and the post-classical period. They were some of the only empires that were able to preserve their own unique culture.

Reasons Why One Day We Will All Live In Peace

Promoting a Culture of Peace in Chicago is the mission of the Chicago Build Peace Committee. They work to promote the good values, attitude, behavior and also institutions that help build peace among individuals, families, companies and the city as a whole. The committee have worked hard to make sure that an annual event that takes place every September will be a day to remember.

Children of War: The True Victims

Children are often the first casualties of any armed conflict. Since the nineties, attention has been focused upon Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Chechnya, Kosovo, Rwanda, Somalia, Liberia, Cambodia, the former Yugoslavia, Sudan, Sierra Leone, the Democratic Republic of Congo…

The King Is Dead, Long Live the Mob!

Okay so, Moammar Gaddafi is no longer amongst the living. For many this is a cause for celebration, for his staunch supports a real problem, if not a death sentence or future prison sentence to boot. Perhaps, the future as it unfolds will be interesting to watch, and it is definitely a critical juncture in Libyan history.

House of Saud and the Nightmare of Change Management in the Kingdom

One of the most dangerous things to organizational capital in a large corporation is to have changes in management. In fact, there is a whole line of study called “Change Management” to deal with these challenges, which often lead to crisis if there is not a smooth transition. When companies have several changes in a row, successions take their toll and all too often chaos will ensue.

What’s Next For Libya?

Well, Moammar Gaddafi has met his demise, by way of perhaps execution. There may be an investigation as to whether Gaddafi was shot, died of wounds during his capture, or summarily executed by the rebels after his capture rather than having him brought to trial. Well, of course if he was shot execution style; does that mean the NTC or National Transitional Council has lost the moral authority to lead.

The Battle for Africa – Oh My God, How Do You Win That?

Okay so, the United States has committed the modest amount of 100 special force personnel to Uganda to assist in training their army to go after the LRA – Lord’s Resistance Army, a group which has been causing many problems in the border region of South Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, and Kenya for some 3-decades. One might ask; why now? It seems we’ve stayed out of that battle, along with distancing ourselves from the problems in Darfur and during the civil war which broke up Sudan.

Vellupani Prabhakaran and the Eclipse of the LTTE

Vellupani Prabhakaran was a Tamil from Sri Lanka who took up the task of opposing the Sri Lanka government on issues of far-reaching importance. The basic issue was that after Ceylon was given independence by the British, the Sinhala majority passed certain laws that blatantly discriminated against the Tamil minority. Background This discrimination against the Tamil population was bound to have a back lash.