Infancy and adolescence
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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.
NGO sites
Concerned for Working Children - CWC
CWC empowers working children so that they may be their own line of defence and participate in an informed manner in decisions concerning themselves.
Defence for Children International - Palestine Section
Independent organization affiliated with the Geneva-based Defence for Children International, DCI/PS endeavors to promote and protect Palestinian children's rights as articulated in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child as well as in other international human rights instruments.
Early Childhood Resource Centre
An initiative dedicated to address the needs of the Palestinian community in the field of early childhood education care and development. Palestine.
Education and Information Center for Child Rights (KKSP)
KKSP Online provides information around children's life and thier problems. Indonesia.
Family Support Trust
The Trust aims to assist government in ensuring that children who have been sexually abused have access to a multidisciplinary medical and psychological treatment service in the country. Zimbabwe.
Fiji Women's Crisis Centre (FWCC)
The Centre's work addresses all forms of violence against women including rape, beating, sexual harassment and abuse of children. Fiji.
Girls Power Initiative - GPI
Development organisation that equips adolescent girls between the ages of 10 to 18 with sexuality, human rights, reproductive health/rights information; leadership, economic and other life skills. Nigeria.
Humanitarian Assistance for the Women and Children of Afghanistan (HAWCA)
HAWCA is a making organization of Afghan women aiming to enhance the well-being of Afghan women and children and, hence, empower and encourage women's participation in the reconstruction and development of Afghanistan.
Just Children Foundation
The Foundation has assisted hundreds of children back to school, and 200 have been reunited with their families. Zimbabwe.
Kgaitsadi Society of Botswana
The Kgaitsadi Society works to enhance HIV/AIDS awareness campaign programs and establish a center to house and educate orphans and street children in Botswana.
Krousar Thmey
Foundation assisting deprived children. Krousar Thmey ("New Family" in khmer) provides deprived Cambodian children with material, educational and social support in harmony with their environment and respectful of their traditions and beliefs. Cambodia.
MV Foundation
Established in memory of Prof. Mamidipudi Venkatarangaiya, an eminent educationist and historian in Southern India, MVF works to achieve its twin objectives of eradicating all forms of child labor and universalizing education. India.
National Centre For Missing Children
A non political, non profit making and a non-governmental organization offering the services free of charge. Its MissingIndianKids.com site is presented for the parents, guardians, law enforcement agencies, free of charge, on a one to one manner as an alternative and unconventional method for locating a missing child who is lost or is suspected of having been kidnapped or is a runaway. It serves as a complement for the conventional methods and is not intended to interfere with the system's procedures or to promote false hope. India.
Nelson Mandela Children's Fund
Fund to support organizations implementing programmes and projects that empower children and youth from impoverished backgrounds to improve the quality of their lives. Headquarters in Johannesburg, South Africa
News Agency for Children´s Rights (ANDI)
ANDI is a non-governmental organization whose mission is to contribute for raising awareness, within the media, towards the promotion and defense of children's and adolescents rights, considering that the democratization of their access to basic social rights is a fundamental condition for social equity.
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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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