"Affect and the Rise of Right-Wing Populism: Pedagogies for the Renewal of Democratic Education, suggests ideas about affective pedagogies for educators to use (along with recognizing the risks involved) to renew democratic education"
Wow this book is great! I didn't know about necropolitics before, and now I've got a clear explanation of this new (to me) concept and its connection to sentimentality. Now I can explain why pleas for greater empathy for children's suffering is problematic if they are not connected to the expansion of children's agency (not "interests") and adult's responsibilities toward children (not paternalism or "deciding what's best").
Attorneys for the Rights of the Child (ARC) AMA, May 4, 2024, 10 AM - official thread : r/Intactivism
"Steven Svoboda and David Wilton will be taking questions for about an hour and then returning periodically throughout the day to answer further and follow up questions.
🧒Children are among the most vulnerable to the impacts of the climate crisis, facing increased risks of malnutrition and infectious diseases due to changes in food access, water quality, and maternal care. #ChildrensHealth#ClimateCrisis#SocialJustice (1/4)
🌳 Extreme weather events and poor air quality limit outdoor recreational opportunities for children, impacting their physical and mental well-being. Climate action is needed to create safer and healthier environments for children to thrive. #ClimateAction#ChildrensRights
Circumcision as Child Abuse: The Legal and Constitutional Issues
W Brigman, 23 J. Fam. L. 337 (1984-1985)
"This paper will examine the medical and psychological case against routine neonatal circumcision and will discuss the potential legal and constitutional barriers to treating the practice as child abuse."
Basically, they are being deprived of their right to education & health. A report prepared on the #children of #SexWorkers in several brothels in the state revealed the fact of deprivation of rights.
The report will be submitted to the #UnitedNations soon.
#Malaysia's #Assam state has scrapped an 89 yr old law allowing marriage involving #underage#Muslims, against opposition from leaders of minority community who called the plan an attempt to polarise voters on religious lines ahead of elections.
Assam, which has thighest percentage of Muslims among #Indian states at 34%, has previously said it wants to implement uniform #CivilLaws for marriage, divorce, adoption & inheritance.
Female Genital Mutilation is a violation of human rights and a form of violence against girls and women.
Their lives are at risk, their human rights are violated and they suffer lasting physical and psychological trauma.
There is simply no justification.
Statement ↓ https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23EndFGM
I'd say something about what happens next in a country that starts jailing people for having a book the government doesn't like, but we all already know.
"West Jordan Republican Rep. Ken Ivory introduced HB417, which would allow teachers and other public school employees to be charged with a class A misdemeanor if they keep materials specifically deemed “objectively sensitive” available to students.
If found guilty, they could be charged a fine of no less than $500 and could be jailed for a term lasting no fewer than 30 days, according to the bill.
... a single book would be removed from all Utah schools if at least three school districts banned the same book for being “objectively” sensitive, or at least two school districts and five charter schools did.
That means less than 10% of Utah school districts and charter schools combined could trigger a book’s statewide removal"
The good news (school district data shows students are catching up after pandemic losses) + the bad news (inequality is increasing and threatening to get further baked in).
"Achievement gaps between high- and low-poverty districts widened during the pandemic, with students in high-poverty districts losing the most ground."
“In many states, the recovery is being led by wealthier districts, which lost the least during the pandemic"
"...regarding two bills that are currently pending and on which testimony will be heard on January 25th: HB1683-FN (Children’s Body Autonomy Act stopping Medicaid funding of circumcision) and HB1706-FN (Circumcision Transparency Act requiring that New Hampshire parents be fully informed before agreeing to having their son circumcised)."
Family Values: The Ethics of Parent-Child Relationships
by Harry Brighouse and Adam Swift (2014)
"Family Values provides a major new theoretical account of the morality and politics of the family, telling us why the family is valuable, who has the right to parent, and what rights parents should—and should not—have over their children."
A ritual circumcision of a 17-month old boy is being investigated in Iceland for child assault.
Referencing a 2013 statement(1) by The Children's Ombudsman "Circumcision involves an irreversible intervention in a child's body and is not compatible with Article 12. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, which deals with the right of children to influence their own lives."
"Marotta appears to be one of King's indifferent whites, happy to adopt a color blind mindset but not happy when oppressed people demand more than mere access and opportunity. Now, if Marotta so badly misrepresents MLK Jr. in just the first few pages of his book, are you curious about what else Marotta has misrepresented?"
Principles over Propositions: Or, How to Reject Metaphysical Neutrality in Bioethics (2021)
"Secular bioethics does not require—and should not demand—certainty about the truth or falsity of an endless number of religious beliefs within its practice. They need only assert that the one life everyone agrees children will live must, when seriously threatened, be prioritized over the metaphysical or religious commitments of their parents."
Love Does Not Abuse: The Parenting Philosophy of bell hooks
R.L. Stollar
"part of undoing patriarchy in the context of a family must involve rejecting the use of domination as a parenting or caretaking principle. “Whenever domination is present,” hooks warns, “love is lacking.” Domination comes from living in “white supremacist capitalist patriarchal cultures,” where “children do not have rights.” "
The American Right Hasn’t Adopted Children’s Rights — They’ve Redefined and Weaponized Them
R. L. Stollar for Religion Dispatches (2023)
"a new approach to children’s rights has emerged. While portions of the American Right have begun to embrace the language of children’s rights, they are using that language to promote their anti-child agenda. These efforts have been successful on many fronts..."
1/2 Enraged Israeli spokes people are a very common sight on Western TV these days, but this exchange between Sky's Kay Burley and Israel's Eylon Levy seem to set a new low.
Speaking to Levy about Israel's decision to handover 150 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for 50 Israeli children and babies, Burley said she had spoken “to a hostage negotiator” about the discrepancy in the numbers. He made the comparison between the 50 hostages that Hamas has promised to release as opposed to the 150 prisoners that are Palestinians and Israel has said that it will release, [...] Does Israel not think that Palestinian lives are valued as highly as Israeli lives?"
#BanalityOfEvil [repost] “A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: A Palestine Story”
About the Palestinian children Israel sent to jail. An edited extract from “A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: A Palestine Story”, which was recently published by Allen Lane.
“In her work as a doctor with #UNRWA, the UN relief and works agency for Palestinian refugees, Huda saw things that made her afraid for her sons. She had witnessed a soldier shoot a boy who threw a stone at a tank. The soldiers stopped her from going to help him as he fell to the ground. At home in Sawahre, listening to the nightly news of West Bank killings and closures, she had trouble sleeping. She knew Hadi was out throwing stones.”
Kannattaa käydä katsomassa #elokuva Sound of #Freedom. Oli todella vaikuttava, pysäyttävä ja ahdistava kuva! Pisti tämän tytön hiljaiseksi. Kannattaa odottaa 2 min elokuvan loppumisen jälkeen sillä Jim Caviezel pitää puheen katsojille.
You should definitely go see the movie #SoundOfFreedom. It was a really impressive #movie, but it also made me sad and anxious! When the movie ended, it was worth waiting 2 minutes, because Jim Caviezel gave a speech to the audience. #childrensrights#awareness
'Notwithstanding clause' to be invoked today for #ScottMoe's #Bill137
#Saskatchewan's Children's Advocate has criticised the move:
"We agree it's best for parents to be involved in significant decisions of their children. That's a worthy aspect of the policy... However it has to uphold the #ChildrensRights and not effectively veto their rights, because these are human rights that we all have."