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  Women and Children First - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Women and Children First is the third album by American hard rock band Van Halen, released in 1980 (see 1980 in music).
It basically continues the trends laid out on the first two albums, relying on the vocals of David Lee Roth and the guitar playing of Eddie Van Halen.
This is the first Van Halen album to feature all original band compositions.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Women_and_Children_First   (253 words)

  
 Save the Children: Press Release October 14
But very little is directed to help protect women and children from such attendant horrors of war as rape and mutilation, trafficking and prostitution, recruitment of children into the military, psychological trauma, family separation and physical abuse in refugee camps.
Save the Children has made passage of the legislation a key part of its One World, One Wish campaign, which is designed to raise public awareness of the needs of women and children during war time and to raise additional public and private funds to protect them from the ravages of war.
The children most vulnerable to war are those most in need - including children who live in extreme poverty or abusive situations, who have been displaced from their homes by war, or who have been orphaned or separated from their families and communities.
www.savethechildren.org /news/releases/statement_oct14.asp   (1230 words)

  
 The Children's Encyclopedia
While The Children's Encyclopedia was never sold in the United States, it was re-edited for the US market and retitled The Book of Knowledge.
As such the book is widely recognised as being very influential for several generations of British and Commonwealth children, and has become the subject of study by social historians, as it gives a great insight into the social values of the society that created it, and which in turn was influenced by it.
The encyclopedia began as a serialised article in The Children's Newspaper, which was editied by Mee, and the series was first published in March, 1908.
encyclopedia.codeboy.net /wikipedia/t/th/the_children_s_encyclopedia.html   (480 words)

  
 WomenOf.com:Report: Put Women and Children First in War and Conflict Response
Save the Children, a leading relief and development organization, is calling for increased attention to the devastating impact of war on millions of women and children, the critical connection between a mother's well-being and the survival of her children, and the role mothers can play in rebuilding war-torn societies and sustaining peace.
State of the World's Mothers 2002: Mothers and Children in War and Conflict reveals that women and children are increasingly the casualties of deliberate and systematic violence against entire populations.
The Index uses six indicators measuring the status of women in the areas of health, literacy, use of contraception, and political participation; and four indicators covering the well-being of children, which are infant mortality, nutritional status, primary school enrollment, and access to safe water.
www.womenof.com /News/cn5602.asp   (645 words)

  
 Lesson: Industrial Revolution - Coal Mine Workers (Women in World History Curriculum)
Women and children at first worked alongside men in the coal mines, although there were differences in jobs they did.
Illustrations like these were used to solicit outrage against the use of women and children in mine work.
I have been married 23 years and had nine children, six are alive and three died of typhus a few years since.
www.womeninworldhistory.com /coalMine.html   (499 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | World Have Your Say | Women and children first
By exposing children to such atrocities without counselling or by educating them not to get involved in violence, we simply prepare a generation full of hatred, seeking revenge for the loss of their loved ones and a normal childhood.
Women and children in the areas of the Middle East conflict are being given a very raw deal.
Children who should normally be guaranteed education and care are denied all basic amenities and are left to their own devices.Politicians should be ashamed of their ineptitude to govern well!
www.bbc.co.uk /blogs/worldhaveyoursay/2006/08/women_and_children_first.html   (769 words)

  
 Women And Children First? Why?
Full marks to director James Cameron and the cinematographic experts - from the wonderful opening scenes on the docks to the ocean shots and of course the mayhem once the iceberg had been struck, it was as accurate a representation of the history of the story as you could hope for.
Women got jobs, nannies became the new Mums and the world changed in the blink of an eye.
I still support the concept of women first, however, largely because it has been built into me from a young age that men respect and care for women.
www.tashitagg.com /smoke/01152.asp   (1193 words)

  
 'Put women, children first!'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
WOMEN'S Manifesto Network has called on political parties to put women and children's issues on top of their election agenda.
The network of women's organisations said women and children's concerns need to be considered seriously in politics, human rights, education and training, health and reproductive rights, the economy, social welfare, environment, media and maintenance of peace.
Now the organisation wants the electorate to consider issues important to women and children when selecting a candidate or party for the upcoming presidential and general elections.
www.namibian.com.na /Netstories/October99/put.html   (268 words)

  
 Women and Children First   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
With difficulty, the women and children were transferred to one of the cutters.
Twenty minutes after first striking the rock, all that remained of the Birkenhead was the top of her mainmast protruding above the surface, to which 40 oil-smeared survivors clung in desperation.
There were 207 survivors, among them every one of the women and children for whose sake so many had been prepared to lose their lives.
www.angryharry.com /reWomenandChildrenFirst.htm   (1911 words)

  
 Did You Know...? / Wed 09 Nov 05: Women and Children First Respond to NYT article
I have a huge crush on Women & Children First and am friends with at least a few of their employees.
Our Storytime has several simple rules, which the children all recite at the beginning, and which we feel are the minimum necessary for avoiding chaos in a group that usually numbers 30-40 kids from 0-5.
Being one of those children who asked “Why?” an awful lot, I was often told by frustrated adults: “Curiosity killed the cat.” Imagine my surprise and delight when I finally read the next line in the saying: ”...but satisfaction brought it back.” Witness my curiosity and my satisfaction.
www.poise.cc /didyouknow/archives/20051109.php   (682 words)

  
 Women and Children First UK
Women and Children First (WCF) improves the health and welfare of women and children in poor communities, with a particular focus on pregnancy and the first month of life.
WCF ensures that women have a say in the decisions that influence their health.
WCF currently works in Bangladesh and Malawi, and has just completed a programme in Nepal.
www.wcf-uk.org   (182 words)

  
 Women and children first? [Archive] - SpaceBattles.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
the "women and children first" comes from a time where it was percived, rightly or wrongly, that a man's responsibilities included protecting women, and children were the responsibility of their parrents (or other addults).
Children have most if not all of their lives to look forward to, and they don't have the strength to survive out in the cold.
Children should be first off the ship, and they will need guidence as they wouldn't survive on the sea or back on land on their own (I love Lord of the Flys).
kier.3dfrontier.com /forums/archive/index.php/t-9380.html   (4494 words)

  
 Children Encyclopedia Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
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 World's MPs told to put women and children first   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Putting children at the centre of the HIV/AIDS agenda was one of the main issues for delegates at the interparliamentary assembly during the six-day conference.
Orphaned children are also more likely to drop out of school, and the lack of education puts these children - especially girls — at greater risk of contracting HIV.
Women and children in Africa also struggle for access to proper healthcare.
www.irinnews.org /print.asp?ReportID=53322   (980 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Women and Children First: Music: Van Halen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
"Women and Children First" is also one of VH's most musically eclectic efforts with songs ranging from Black Sabbath style riffing to cajun(ish) blues to lala pop...
The band blew their wad in the first five years, and this record is the pinnacle of said wad.
Although "Women and Children First" is not the band's most well known album, it is still a classic and a must have for any Van Halen fan, or fan of hard rock or classic rock in general.
www.amazon.com /Women-Children-First-Van-Halen/dp/B00004Y6OA   (2541 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / Local / Women and children first
In 1892, civic-minded women from the Merrimack Valley created an organization to provide housing and other services to women arriving from area farms or as immigrants to work in Lawrence's mills and shops.
''It's enhancing the transitional housing [for] women and families that are going through a tough time." He said it was also helping with the city's revitalization by placing ''a nice new attractive structure" on what had been an empty lot.
She said that the YWCA's experience has shown that housing is a ''critical element" for the women and families involved in that quest.
www.boston.com /news/local/articles/2005/04/10/women_and_children_first?pg=2   (457 words)

  
 Women and Children First: 20 Staggering Facts
Children born to mothers below 18 are 1.5 more likely to die before five than those with mothers age 20 - 34.
Last year alone, 2 million men, women and children in Africa died from the disease.
If women have 2.5 children on average, the world population may reach 27 billion by the year 2150.
www.ifpa.ie /wcf/wcf8.html   (533 words)

  
 "WOMEN and CHILDREN FIRST" Not Dead [Free Republic]
Of course, in a day in age in which military women are flying bomber missions over Baghdad and bunking with boys in Bosnia, it may seem strange to speak of men sacrificing for women.
The opposite of women and children first is Darwinism -- the struggle for survival of the fittest.
It includes treating women with respect, protecting women, children and the defenseless (which could even extend to the peasantry), showing respect for one's enemies, and even incorporated the concepts of noblesse oblige, formalized liege-vassal relationships, honor and romantic love.
www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3ad95c873837.htm   (5275 words)

  
 Women & Children First
The Center against Family Violence (formerly Advocates for Battered Women) was founded in 1978 to provide shelter and services to battered women and their children.
The mission of Women and Children First is to empower women and their children to live independently, free from domestic violence by providing crisis intervention, safe shelter, social and legal advocacy and support services.
Our vision is to improve the lives and life chances of women and children who are victims of domestic violence.
www.wcfarkansas.org   (160 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / Local / Women and children first
She said the addition of the new residence -- the first major construction project for the organization since an addition was built to its Lawrence Street headquarters in the 1960s -- furthers that founding mission, which also includes eliminating racism.
An Italian immigrant who was widowed as a young mother with three children, Fina was able to raise the family herself, eventually paying off the mortgage on their home.
Hall was inspired to pursue a career with the YWCA from the struggles and the strength of her grandmother.
www.boston.com /news/local/articles/2005/04/10/women_and_children_first?mode=PF   (964 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited | Guardian daily comment | Women and children first
Nicola Rogers says that she believes the children are no longer seen as children, but simply as an extension of the adult, the scum, the leech.
So although women make up only a small minority of those in detention, stories of ill-treatment and injustice involving women and children are becoming more frequent.
But she and her baby were taken to the immigration centre at Croydon and then, in a boiling hot van, to Oakington detention centre, her baby sobbing itself hoarse; even when they got there, she was given no suitable food for the baby.
www.guardian.co.uk /comment/story/0,3604,1282920,00.html   (1265 words)

  
 The Manila Times Internet Edition | WEEKEND > Women and children first
In most cases, the victims of domestic violence are women and children with little physical strength to defend themselves from the painful blows, and little or no economic means to stand on their own.
These services aim to empower the women to rise from being victims to survivors and eventually become advocates against family violence in general, and violence against women and children in particular.
Through the Children’s Room, whose construction was funded by personal-care company The Body Shop, the children-survivors have a special space where they can freely express their feelings through art or play, which facilitates healing from the trauma of abuse.
www.manilatimes.net /national/2006/june/18/yehey/weekend/20060618week1.html   (1894 words)

  
 Women and Children First
Women and Children First marked the first time Van Halen completely filled an album with original songs, and David Lee Roth gave perhaps his best vocal performance as a member of Van Halen.
This marked the first time a keyboard was used on a Van Halen record.
Eddie wrote the acoustic intro during the "Women and Children First" sessions and recorded it on a 12-string electric guitar
www.classicvanhalen.com /albums_wacf.shtml   (749 words)

  
 Crosswalk.com - Women And Children First
Prenatal problems among the poor are especially acute and those poor women who do not address them frequently cause harm to themselves and their babies.
Several studies of pregnancy resource centers with ultrasound machines have found that nearly 90 percent of abortion-minded women choose to have their babies after seeing the shape and movement of the child in their wombs.
In fact, it is abortion that has diminished women and the entire culture because it cheapens life and leads to a disregard for other lives and relationships.
www.crosswalk.com /news/1119584.html   (690 words)

  
 Women and Children First March-April Schedule
Women and Children First Bookstore is located in the Andersonville neighborhood at: 5233 N. Clark St. Chicago, IL 606040 (773)769-9299
One of the ways we observed Women's History Month last year was by dramatizing the words of famous women of the past.
Her excellent new novel, The Peppered Moth, is the story of four generations of women, with each woman reflecting on her connection to her mother and her past.
www.uic.edu /orgs/cwluherstory/CWLUNew/womenandchildren.html   (1949 words)

  
 Women and Children First
Women and children first is the moral stance that we all need to take on this issue.
Joost brought the children to the office of the Solicitor General to file their retractions to support Fitzgerald.
The children, now over 18, were lured out of the Preda Children's Home, and with their their parents consent are now prostituted in the brothels of Subic.
www.preda.org /archives/2000/r00030201.html   (545 words)

  
 Women and Children First
There is a certain adrenaline rush that goes with juggling multiple children of different ages, not unlike the high after an arduous group bike ride or a night of constant emergency as a hospital chaplain.
The number of these women continues to grow as fewer and fewer doctors are being trained to perform abortions and fewer and fewer states are allowing abortions.
As long as women continue to provide the only safe place for a fertilized egg to grow into a human being, women’s role in procreation will continue to be vastly more complicated and more dangerous than a man’s.
rachele.rosi-kessel.org /weblog   (1368 words)

  
 "AIDS: Women and Children First?"
The number of afflicted women is already larger than the number of affected men in sub-Saharan Africa.
Men are at more risk of HIV infection through IV drug use, but women are at risk through unprotected sex with drug users.
AIDS is becoming a disease of youth as well as one of women, the report predicts--at least half of all those infected are under 25 years old.
www.aegis.com /news/ads/1990/AD901176.html   (394 words)

  
 Women And Children First by Van Halen CD
WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST reached #6 in April 1980 and shows a band progressing towards their eventual peak.
For those of you that think the first VH and 1984 are the best because that is all you have really listened to, Women and Children First is the bomb.
The first four songs are typical vintage Van Halen hard rock, but the last five songs, except maybe for In A Simple Rhyme, are just B side material.
www.cduniverse.com /productinfo.asp?pid=1102438&cart=176466939&style=music&frm=lk_weboshawa   (722 words)

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