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Philip Edmond Veerman is een kinderrechtenexpert, orthopedagoog en gezondheidszorgpsycholoog. Hij was de initiatiefnemer van diverse organisaties en pogingen veranderingen te introduceren in de Nederlandse jeugdwelzijnszorg en op het gebied van de (internationale) kinderrechten. Veerman werd in 2015 benoemd tot Officier in de Orde van Oranje-Nassau voor 40 jaar werk voor rechten van het kind.
In 1972 richtte hij de Stichting Browndale Nederland op (welke volgens een model dat Veerman had leren kennen in Canada kleine gezinshuisachtige vormen introduceerde als alternatief voor grote inrichtingen). Hij introduceerde de pleeggrootouders (ouderen die als ‘opa’ of ‘oma’ vrijwilliger zijn in inrichtingen, een concept dat Veerman in 1970 in Wisconsin had gezien) en de therapeutische gezinsverpleging in de regio Rotterdam (pleeggezinnen die intensief werden begeleid en waar kinderen geplaatst werden vanuit kinderpsychiatrie, wat Veerman op verzoek van kinderpsychiater Jannie Sanders-Woudstra ging opzetten in Rotterdam). Ook richtte hij in 1982 de Janusz Korczak Stichting op om het werk van de Pools-Joodse pedagoog kinderarts en kinderrechten pionier Janusz Korczak (1987-1942) in Nederland bekendheid te geven. Hij promoveerde in 1991 aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam bij pedagoge Lea Dasberg op het proefschrift The Rights of the Child and the Changing Image of Childhood. Dit werd in 1992 gepubliceerd door de uitgever Martinus Nijhoff (Brill). Deze uitgever ging ook het International Journal of Children’s Rights uitgeven waartoe Veerman het initiatief had genomen.
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The BBC reports that 10 years after their kidnapping of the 276 girls in the Nigerian town Chibok (you remember #BringBackOurGirls) 180 escaped or have been freed, but are not taken care of well now. The Bono State government in Nigeria should do more!!! ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cp…
The board of the Foundation Minister of Children which lobbys fior such a Minister in the Dutch government is renewed and met yesterday
Today The Dutch PM received a delegation of young victims of the childcare benefits scandal. I was honored to accompany them.Needs and problems of these young people were neglected too long.
Children should not do dangerous work and be in school. See: Mississippi slaughterhouse to blame for death of migrant teen, OSHA says nbcnews.com/politics/immigra…
Is this juvenile justice? No it is racism. See: Race played role in sentencing of Black child, 10, for urinating in public, lawyer says nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/race…
Childlabour in the USA.see: L.A. poultry firm hired kids as young as 14 to work with sharp knives, Labor Dept. says nbcnews.com/news/us-news/los…
An important letter. See: 1,000 child psychologists, trauma experts urge the release of children - Israel News - The Jerusalem Post jpost.com/israel-news/articl…
In one of the richest countries of the world this should be a thing of the past. See: Federal agents found more than two dozen minors working in Ohio poultry plant nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fed…
Attention of the world is needed for 30 children!! See: Israel says 30 Gaza hostages are children, IDF strikes in Lebanon | The Jerusalem Post jpost.com/arab-israeli-confl…
Well done Fresno, important that more City Councils and Parliaments follow!! See: Fresno becomes second U.S. city to ban caste discrimination nbcnews.com/news/asian-ameri…
An American disease: Hundreds of children, teens have been victims of gun violence this year - ABC News abcnews.go.com/US/hundreds-c…
At the 22 september we had a succussful meeting at Nieuwspoort pleading for a Minister of Children in our next government. And to do child impactassessments (what does this decision mean for children ) and a generation check (what will this decision mean for the next generation).
A worrying development and against the spirit of the CRC: Ukraine war: Pro-war ideology is drilled into Russia's children as playgrounds become parade grounds | CNN cnn.com/2023/09/24/europe/ru…
A ggod reason NOT to vote for Vivek Ramaswamy is he says he'll deport children of undocumented immigrants born in the U.S. nbcnews.com/politics/2024-el…
Children and War conference in Geneva. Happy to havedelivered a paper today at the Polish Mission to the UN in Geneva organised by the International Janusz Korczak Association and the Korczak Center in Israel. The chair of the CRC Committee Ann Skelton honoured us to be there.
Germany charges 98-year-old former Nazi camp guard in juvenile court. In juvenile court because between 1943-1945 when he worked in the concentrationcamp Sachsenhausen he was still a minor. Justice matters even after all those years! cnn.com/2023/09/01/europe/ge…
The epidemic of gun injuries continues in the US. See: Gun injuries claimed a record number of children's lives in 2021, study finds nbcnews.com/health/kids-heal…
The start of taking child influencers more seriously and get a good debate what is child labor? See: Illinois passes a law that requires parents to compensate child influencers | CNN Business cnn.com/2023/08/16/tech/kid-…
What? “slaves benefitted from slavery” what a nonsence will they teach in Florida schools? See: Protesters march through Miami to object to Florida’s Black history teaching standards nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/prot…
Bestuur Stichting Minister van Kinderen
Jubileum 40 jaar werk voor kinderen en hun rechten in 2015
Met jongeren slachtoffers v d toeslagenaffaire bij MP Rutte. Ouders kregen vask geld maar door de toeslagenaffaire zijn relaties vask verbroken, kinderen uit huis geplaatst etc. Daar is door de nstionale en lokale overheden te weinig rekening mee gehouden.
Met mensenrechten ambaddadeur Wim Geerts
Jan van Zanen (burgemeester Den Haag) kwam om te horen wat hij kan doen om dakloosheid van jongeren te verminderen