Shane Dunphy: The Irish state is a very bad parent when its children turn 18 they often end up on the streets.

Shane Dunphy is a child protection expert, author and broadcaster. He is Head of the Social Studies Department at Waterford College of Further Education. The first time I met James* it was at the beginning of the Christmas season, and he was being thrown out of a pub for causing a disturbance. He had arrived early that evening and had already consumed more than was good for him as the first of the work parties were coming in for their seasonal festivities.

Brave Rebeca Gyumi fought Tanzania’s child marriage laws and won.

She is widely known as the woman who fought for an end to child marriages in Tanzania and won. Tanzania is one of the African countries with the highest rates of child marriage in the world two out of every five girls marry before their 18th birthday with a prevalence rate of 37% nationwide, according to the country’s national demographic and health survey of 2015/16.

Lynching is finally a federal crime in America.

The news that lynching has been made a crime in America in 2018 got many people by surprise as they wondered why it took so long for this to be achieved. The bill was introduced by three black senators: Sens. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Tim Scott, R-S.C.The bill, which was introduced earlier in the year, indicates that at least 4,742 people were reported lynched between 1882 and 1968.

Margaret Ekpo International Airport in Calabar, Nigeria the only airport in Africa named after a woman.

Margaret Ekpo International Airport in Calabar, Nigeria, was named after a salient politician, nationalist and women’s rights activist in the West African country who rose to fame in the 1950s during the country’s political struggle for independence.

A school bully threatened to sell a black teen into slavery, parents want swift action.

A school in Indianapolis has come under fire for inadequately handling a bullying case where a student told another student that he would sell them to slavery if she fails to do what he had wanted. The Horizon Christian School was accused by Alexander Wortham, a parent who stated that his daughter, Imani, has been asking to stay back home more often than usual.

Six Habits of Highly Empathic People.

Are We Living in the Age of Empathy?: If you think you’re hearing the word “empathy” everywhere, you’re right. It’s now on the lips of scientists and business leaders, education experts and political activists. But there is a vital question that few people ask: How can I expand my own empathic potential? Empathy is not just a way to extend the boundaries of your moral universe. According to new research, it’s a habit we can cultivate to improve the quality of our own lives. But what is empathy? It’s the ability to step into the shoes of another person, aiming to understand their feelings and perspectives and to use that understanding to guide our actions.

Melania Trump’s red Christmas trees compared to characters from The Handmaid’s Tale.

First Lady Melania Trump’s newly-unveiled red Christmas trees have been likened to characters in dystopian drama The Handmaid’s Tale. Mrs Trump shared photos and videos of the 2018 White House decorations Monday morning, with a row of bright-red trees lining one corridor soon compared to enslaved women in the hit Hulu adaptation.

HSE launches new crisis pregnancy website to give women information on abortions.

THE HEALTH SERVICE Executive has launched a new website to provide information to women who are considering terminating their pregnancies.

What is the psychological impact of Christmas?

In the 1930s, US President Calvin Coolidge made the following observation on the annual yuletide festivities: “Christmas is not a time nor a season,” he said, “but a state of mind.”For sure, Christmas affects the human mind in many ways, capable of stimulating joy, nostalgia, excitement, trepidation, and stress occasionally all at the same time.

Teen Greta Thunberg tells climate negotiators they aren't mature enough.

Greta Thunberg, a 15-year-old student from Sweden, captured the attention of the world recently when she shamed climate change negotiators at a United Nations climate summit in Poland."You are not mature enough to tell it like is," she said at the COP24 summit, which ended late Saturday night after two weeks of tense negotiations.