https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/12/20/ten-good-news-stories-kids-2022
"Despite enormous challenges facing many children around the globe, 2022 also
brought good news. As we approach the end of the year, here are 10 areas of
progress for children we can celebrate:
* Zambia and Mauritius banned all corporal punishment of children, while
Comoros banned corporal punishment in schools, and Cuba banned it in the home
and alternative care. Sixty-five countries now prohibit all violent punishment
of children. Forty years ago, there was only one.
* Cuba, England, Mauritius, Wales, and Zambia ended all child marriage.
England, Mauritius, and Wales eliminated exceptions that allowed children under
18 to wed, while Cuba’s new Family Code raised the marriage age from 14 to 18.
* The World Professional Association for Transgender Health recommended
deferring medically unnecessary and often harmful surgeries on intersex
children until patients can consent for themselves.
* In response to student protests, the Polish president announced he would veto
a bill that would limit access to comprehensive sexuality education and
antidiscrimination classes in schools.
* Several governments and companies removed surveillance tracking from their
online learning products, better protecting the privacy of millions of children
in their online classrooms in Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Pakistan,
and the United States.
* [...]"
Via
Future Crunch:
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https://futurecrunch.com/good-news-tropical-diseases-womens-china-miyawaki-amazon/>
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
