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...birthmarks and other identifying details. Marie de la Soudière, who is coordinating the Haitian registry, says that in the 30 years she has spent helping children in disaster and war zones around the globe, the vast majority of kids - child soldiers included - have an immediate or extended family member who, once contacted, is willing to take them in. (See pictures drawn by children for Haiti's survivors...
...sense of betrayal runs deep in victims who joined the military to be part of a loyal team pursuing a larger cause; experts liken the trauma to incest and the particular damage done when assault is inflicted by a member of the military "family." Women are often denied claims for posttraumatic stress caused by the assault if they did not bring charges at the time. There are not nearly enough mental-health professionals in the system to help them. Female vets are four times more likely to be homeless than male vets are, according to the Service Women's Action...
...Some 17,000 people turned out on Feb. 24 in cities across Australia to eat dinner at Indian restaurants as part of Vindaloo Against Violence. The mass-dining campaign started as a 100-person Facebook event but soon grew into a show of solidarity with Australia's 450,000-member Indian community. Violence against Indians, including the suspected race-related murder of a graduate student on Jan. 2, has been on the rise in the past year...
...member drafting committee spent the last month revising their recommendations after delegates voted to postpone a final vote at the previous session...
John Pitkin, a member of the drafting and planning committee, said that these working groups will be largely responsible for implementing plans at the community level...