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Action for Orphans
Programs and services can help support orphaned children. Needs of children orphaned by AIDS. Headquarters in the US and Switzerland.
Children's Rights - Human Rights Watch
Information on child refugees, child soldiers, juvenile justice, orphans and abandoned children, from the international organization Human Rights Watch.
Childwatch International
The network is a response of the research community to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, an instrument for changing the focus of research and for ensuring that the perspectives of children are heard.
Development Goals
Targets for reductions in poverty, improvements in health and education, and protection of the environment.
Eye to Eye
The Eye-to-Eye project was developed specifically for the purpose of allowing Palestinian children, who are isolated within refugee camps with little means of communicating with the outside world, to express themselves creatively and share their work with their peers around the world. Eye to Eye is a project of Save the Children UK.
Say Yes for Children - interactive maps
Interactive map that shows childrens' world condition. Say Yes for Children is a global campaign to mobilize people from all walks of life around the issues that affect children's lives.
Street Children-Community Children Worldwide Resource Library
A collection of readings for those concerned about protecting and improving the lives of the world's street children--our community children--and helping them to their full human potential. Site located at Pangaea, in Saint Paul, MN, USA.
Street Kids International
Organization founded in Canada in 1988 with the purpose of empowering street kids around the world.
World Assembly of Youth (WAY)
WAY is the international coordinating body of national youth councils and organisations. WAY has 94 member organizations from all continents, and acts as a bridge between the youth and the UN.
 
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The Children's Rights Centre is committed to establishing a sustainable children's rights culture in the context of human rights principles. South Africa.
Organization dedicated to work with underprivileged children in Mumbai. India.
The Society offers a wide range of services to abused, abandoned and neglected children. It is involved in various projects in the community such as early childhood development programmes and a Life Skills programme for girls. South Africa.
The society was initiated by a group of concerned citizens to "promote the well being of children and protect them from cruelty, neglect or suffering. Zimbabwe.

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Selected news
Infancy and adolescence - Mon Nov 05 2007
Statement on child labour in GAP
Brand buyers have a responsibility to ensure that their sourcing and purchasing practices don’t encourage sweatshop abuses and child labour.
Source: Maquila Solidarity Network

Social Development /Infancy and adolescence /Gender - Mon Dec 11 2006
Gender bias increases poverty
Inequality at home between men and women leads to poorer health for the children and greater poverty for the family. Eliminating gender discrimination and empowering women will have a profound and positive impact on the survival and well-being of children, according to a new UNICEF report.
Source: BBC

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