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This was a big month for the Child Rights in Practice social network. There are now over 240 members in over 90 countries and the number of visits has increased over 100% since the CRIP Learning Forum conference. It seems fitting that this first month would include the… Continue

We'll it's been a week since the Child Rights in Practice conference. Our social network has over 200 members and visitors from over 80 countries! How can these connections strengthen and develop the work we shared and created at the CRIP Learning Forum? The network gives us access to colleagues who can become allies for moving our work forward, personally and… Continue

The "Child Rights in Practice - Measuring Our Impact" conference in Whistler, British Columbia has begun. The theme for the conference is Measuring Our Impact. We want to include you and are interested in your input. If you have any questions or comments, please post them on the CRIP Learning Forum group on the site. You can put them in the Group Comment Wall and we will ask the… Continue

The open net initiative has been watching for technical solutions to deal with child pornography online. These are filtering systems that have come to pass in the UK, Australia and now Germany. Here is the article from OpenNet.

When I was invited to give this speech, I was asked if I could give a simple short talk that was "direct, naked, taut, honest, passionate, lean, shivering, startling, and graceful." Boy, no pressure there. But let's begin with the startling part. Hey, Class of 2009: you are going to have to figure out what it means to be a human being on earth at a time when every living system is declining, and the rate of decline is accelerating. Kind of a mind-boggling situation... but not one… Continue