2010-11-11

Partners in Saving Children from Sexual and Labor Exploitation

When Ms. Dottie Laster, host of the radio show Trafficked invited YHRI to speak on her show recently, President Mary Shuttleworth readily accepted. Ms. Laster is a noted expert on human trafficking and executive director of Million Kids, a nonprofit organization...

2010-11-10

An Education Initiative to Stem the Tide of Human Rights Abuse in Mexico

Youth for Human Rights International educates thousands of Mexican school children on their 30 fundamental rights given in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights

In Mexico—a nation long considered a human rights crisis zone by the international community—Youth for Human Rights International (YHRI) has created an extraordinary movement. Its aim is nothing less than eradicating human rights abuse across the entire Mexican landscape.   

2010-10-08

Youth for Human Rights Founder speaks out at Regional Security Conference in Europe

Youth for Human Rights International (YHRI), Founder Mary Shuttleworth, Ed.D, joined government officials, diplomats and representatives of other NGOs at a conference hosted by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)—the largest regional security...

2010-10-02

Bringing Attention to Human Rights Through Art

Youth for Human Rights International teamed up with local artists and festival goers to create a 50-foot long mural depicting each of the thirty articles of the UN Declaration of Human Rights.

Youth teams, festival goers and local artists learned their human rights today, as they wielded paint brushes and together created a 50-foot long mural during the annual arts festival in Alexandria, Virginia. Illustrating each of the thirty articles of the United Nations Universal...

2010-09-26

Italian Human Rights Advocates Unite to Save African Youth from Child Abuse

Dancing celebrates the  grand opening of a school in Twewaa, Ghana, funded by YHRI project, UNITED for Africa.

Keenly aware of widespread human rights violations in West Africa, a team of impassioned volunteers in Milan, Italy, has raised more than just a rallying cry on behalf of those most vulnerable to violations of their human rights.

In the West African nation of Ghana,...