The secretary of the Joventut de la Generalitat, Eugeni Villalbí, has been in favour of young people voting at 16 and, as explained in an interview with ACN, will work to include this premise in the National Pacte per la Joventut. Spain’s Government will propose lowering voting age to 16 years The secretary of the […]
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Spain proposes lowering voting age to 16 #16tovote
Australian Greens call for lower voting age #16tovote
The Australian Greens have used a Senate report on electoral matters to advance their case for lowering the voting age to 16. An upper house committee made up of Labor, Liberal and Greens senators released its findings on two electoral bills on Thursday. One would require more detailed authorisations to be printed on how-to-vote cards, […]
Voting rights urged for 16 and 17 year olds in UK #16tovote
The voting age should be dropped to 16, according to a major think-tank. Demos claims that one million people aged 16 and 17 are disenfranchised by "outdated" attitudes, and that the case for change is "stronger than ever". Demos director Richard Reeves said at 16 young people were old enoug to work and pay tax […]
"Above all, do no harm"
by Maureen Costello Some things that happen in school are just not right. It’s not right for a six-year old boy to be handcuffed and shackled to a chair by an armed security officer because he “acted up” in school. But that’s exactly what happened at the Sarah T. Reed Elementary School, in New Orleans, […]
Debate Looms Over Teens' Privacy Rights on the Web
A proposed change to federal regulations designed to help parents control the information websites collect from their children is stirring a national debate about how much free speech and privacy American teenagers should have on the Internet. For 10 years, the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) has required websites aimed at children under 13 […]
UK Teachers To Use Physical Force On Students
Teachers are to get tougher powers - and clearer guidance on using physical force - to deal with unruly pupils, the Government will announce. Courts will be told to heed new guidlines on force being used to remove youngsters from classrooms or restrain troublemakers. Search powers are to be beefed up too, allowing kids to […]
High School Graduates Continue Fight Against Censorship
The Tattler is the school newspaper at Ithaca High School in New York. It has over a hundred year history and is student staffed and written. A faculty adviser is assigned to the students who oversees publication and has the authority to censor inappropriate or offensive material. In 2004, there were two occasions where the […]
Australian woman sells 13-year-old daughter for fuel
Sydney: A woman sold her 13-year-old daughter to a truck driver for a load of diesel. The woman, only known as NJJ, sold her daughter while in a drug-fuelled haze. The Downing Centre District Court sentenced NJJ to a maximum nine years jail with a minimum 51/2-year term. The mother and driver were found guilty […]
D.C. Police Warn Kids About Summer Curfew
But do curfews actually work? The D.C. Metropolitan Police Department is doing a big campaign to let the city’s youngest residents know that if they’re out on the streets just one minute past midnight this summer, they’re in trouble. Posters asking “Are U In?” warn that it’s breaking curfew for anyone under 17 to be […]
Student victory affects government’s credibility
The government’s credibility and strategy were battered by the student’s overwhelming victory which had paralyzed the entire University of Puerto Rico system and surprised everyone with technological and judicial superiority, its willingness to resist the police, and its model of direct democracy which made the national political institution look bad. After suffering losses that the […]
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