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Struggling to survive: children in armed conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (pdf)

In 2006, DRC continues to endure the world's deadliest humanitarian crisis, with more than 38,000 people dying every month as direct and indirect consequences of the armed conflict. Approximately 45 percent of these deaths occur among children under age 18. In addition, children are targets of human rights violations committed by armed forces and groups on a daily basis. Despite outward signs of progress in DRC, such as the creation of a power-sharing transitional government, the presence of the United Nations' largest peacekeeping operation and billions of dollars granted by donors for postconflict reconstruction, children are subject to killing and maiming, rape and other forms of sexual violence, abduction, denial of humanitarian assistance, attacks on schools and recruitment and use of children. In addition, various other violations, such as forced displacement and torture, also continue to be committed against children and their families. (Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict, April 2006)

http://www.watchlist.org/reports/dr_congo.php

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The End of Child Labour: Within Reach (pdf)

The International Labour Organization's 100-page new report is cautiously optimistic. Child labour, especially in its worst forms, is in decline for the first time across the globe, and could feasibly be eliminated, in most of its worst forms, in 10 years. The report attributes the reduction in child labour to increased political will and awareness and concrete action, particularly in the field of poverty reduction and mass education that has led to a worldwide movement against child labour. Challenges that remain in the fight against child labour are reaching agricultural workers, addressing the impact of HIV/AIDS on child labour, and building stronger links between child labour and youth employment concerns. It is important to keep up the current pace of the decline through concerted action. (ILO, May 2006)

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/relm/ilc/ilc95/pdf/rep-i-b.pdf

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Assyrians Face Escalating Abuses in "New Iraq"

The Assyrian Christian population of Iraq, historically traceable to the Mesopotamian cradle of civilisation, has increasingly become the target of both ethnic and religious attacks since the U.S.-led invasion and the overthrow of the Saddam Hussein regime in 2003. This article reports on patrons and human rights defenders, who say that if the world doesn't wake up to the plight of this people, they will soon be shoved through the door of extinction. (Lisa Söderlindh, IPS News, 3 May 2006)

http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=33109

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UNICEF: State of the World's Children Report 2005 [PDF - 6.5MB]

The UNICEF "State of the World's Children Report 2005 provides a comprehensive overview of the state of the World's Children. As Kofi Annan writes in the forward to the document "The State of the World's Children 2005 makes clear, for nearly half of the two billion children in the real world, childhood is starkly and brutally different from the ideal we all aspire to. Poverty denies children their dignity, endangers their lives and limits their potential. Conflict and violence rob them of a secure family life, betray their trust and their hope. HIV/AIDS kills their parents, their teachers, their doctors and nurses. It also kills them."

http://www.unicef.org/sowc05/english/sowc05.pdf

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The State of the World's Children 2006: Excluded and Invisible [PDF]

This 2006 report by UNICEF assesses the world's most vulnerable children, whose rights to a safe and healthy childhood are exceptionally difficult to protect. Millions of children are growing up beyond the reach of development campaigns and are often invisible in everything from public debate and legislation, to statistics and news stories. In the past, UNICEF has reported extensively on how poverty, HIV/AIDS and armed conflict are undermining childhood itself. These factors, as well as weak governance and discrimination, deprive children of protection from abuse and exploitation, and exclude them from school, healthcare and other essential services at alarming rates. The report outlines concrete actions that can be taken by governments, civil society, the private sector, donors and the media to help prevent these children from falling between the cracks. (UNICEF, 2006)

http://www.unicef.org/sowc06/pdfs/sowc06_fullreport.pdf

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End child exploitation: Faces of Exploitation [PDF]

This report examines three overlapping aspects of child exploitation - the worst forms of child labour, child trafficking and the use of children for commercial sex. Case studies and quotes from young people who have suffered exploitation vividly illustrate some of the horrors behind the sobering facts. The report ends with a description of some of UNICEF's ongoing programmes to combat child exploitation - programmes that UNICEF UK will be seeking to expand and strengthen through its End Child Exploitation campaign.

http://www.endchildexploitation.org.uk/pdf/ECEreport1.pdf

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Poverty and children : lessons of the 90s [PDF]

This report observes that children in least developed countries (LDCs) remain among the most vulnerable in the world, with insufficient resources being availed to them. Yet, viewed against the global flow of resources, comparatively modest amounts are needed to help turn the tide in favour of children in the LDCs. This report illustrates that it is possible to improve the coverage and quality of social services for children through firm political commitment and action, in partnership with domestic and international partners. The pay-off of interventions (ensuring long-term economic growth in the LDCs, achieving the social goals of the Millennium Declaration and realising the rights of every child) makes investing in children excellent economic sense.

http://www.unicef.org/publications/pub_poverty_children_ldcs_en.pdf

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Child farm labour : the wealth paradox [PDF]

By Dr Sonia Bhalotra and Professor Christopher Heady (2003). A Bristol Economics Discussion Paper. This report is motivated by the observation that children in land-rich households are often more likely to be in work than the children of land-poor households. The vast majority of working children in developing countries are in agricultural work, predominantly on farms operated by their families. Land is the most important store of wealth in agrarian societies and it is typically distributed very unequally. These facts challenge the common presumption that child labour emerges from the poorest households.

http://www.efm.bris.ac.uk/economics/working_papers/pdffiles/dp00492.pdf

(Added: Mon Jul 25 2005   Hits: 69)

Changemakers Innovation Award on How to End Human Trafficking

Changemakers.net, an initiative of Ashoka, is hosting an awards competition to discover the most effective, innovative strategies for ending human trafficking. This is the current contest for the Changemakers Innovation Award, which is given in the course of an ongoing series of competitions that Changemakers hosts every two months to identify and refine the best solutions to social problems. For this contest on human trafficking the Changemakers Innovation Awards will include $5,000 cash prizes for each of three winners who are selected by visitors voting at Changemakers.net.

http://www.changemakers.net/

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Coalition To Stop Child Detention

Serves as a major advocacy and lobbying force to stir up local, national, regional, and global awareness and action concerning human rights violations perpetrated against children prisoners within the framework of international human rights law and restorative justice in a sustained and continuing manner Pushes for the enactment of policy and legal measures to respect, protect and fulfill the human rights of children in conflict with the law.

http://stopchilddetention.blogspot.com/

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Ensuring the Rights of Indigenous Children

This Digest discusses the situation of indigenous children in income-rich and income-poor countries alike. It examines the impact on indigenous children of situations in which their human rights are compromised or denied, and identifies innovative programmes and practices designed to protect and promote these rights.

http://www.unicef-icdc.org/cgi-bin/unicef/presscentre/presskit_down.sql?IDEvent=36

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The Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers

The Coalition was formed in May 1998 by six leading non-governmental organizations. Its mission is to 'To prevent the recruitment and use of children as soldiers, to secure their demobilisation and to ensure their rehabilitation and reintegration into society.' The Coalition works toward a straight-18 ban on child soldiering - a ban on all recruitment of children under the age of 18, by any armed force or group (governmental or nongovernmental) - and to ensure the demobilisation and rehabilitatation of all existing child soldiers.

http://www.child-soldiers.org/

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Child Soldiers Series No. 1 - Prevention and reintegration of children involved in armed conflicts i

It is estimated that 120,000 children between 7 and 18 are currently participating in armed conflict across Africa. They are used as porters, messengers, spies or armed combatants. Girls are extremely vulnerable: they are kidnaped and used as "wives" and can also end up on the front lines. These children suffer high physical, social and psychological abuses. They are often orphans or their family ties were destroyed; they commit atrocities in their home villages as part of their "training". Source: International Labour Organization Date: 9 Jul 2002. (ReliefWeb)

http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/ACOS-64CR6Y?OpenDocument

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International Humanitarian Campaign Against the Exploitation of Children

The overall purpose of the campaign is to eradicate the insane and gruesome horror of traffic and abuse of children. Our fundamental belief is that every adult has the responsibility and duty to protect every child on the planet.

http://www.helpsavekids.org

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Mainstreaming child rights

March 2002: This edition of the Child Rights Information Network (CRIN) newsletter considers how to take forward the 'mainstreaming' of child rights and illustrates this process through a selection of case studies

http://www.crin.org/docs/resources/publications/crinvol15e.pdf

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Action for Children and Youth Aotearoa (ACYA)

ACYA is a coalition of NGOs and individuals interested in children's rights in New Zealand. ACYA's main purpose is to promote the wellbeing of children and youth. ACYA's main activities: Education and advocacy for the rights of children and youth; Provide a report from Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) to the United Nations about New Zealand's progress in implementing the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCROC); Promoting opportunities for the voice and participation of children and youth.

http://www.acya.org.nz/

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Ministry for Social Development Aoteoroa New Zealand: Agenda for Children

What is the Agenda for Children? The Agenda for Children is about making New Zealand a great place for children. It will include a plan for Government to help achieve this vision. Some actions in the plan will be about research and others will be about policy and service development.

http://www.mosd.govt.nz/work-areas/children-and-young-people/agenda-for-children/index.html

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Committee for Children

Committee for Children is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the safety, well-being, and social development of children. We conduct research and develop and publish internationally acclaimed research-based curricula to prevent youth violence, bullying, and child abuse and to encourage social-emotional literacy.

http://www.cfchildren.org/

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Stand for Children

Stand for Children's mission is to build a powerful citizen voice to ensure all children have the opportunity to grow up healthy, educated, and safe.

http://www.stand.org/

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The Global Movement for Children

The core of the Movement will be adults and children, working together. It will not be enough for adults to change the world for children -- they must change the world with children. Young people have important things to contribute, and they must be given every opportunity to speak. The Movement realizes that the decisions it makes will affect the lives of children. Children, therefore, must participate at every step of the decision-making processes.

http://www.gmfc.org/

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Children Now

Children Now utilises research and mass communication to make the well being of chlidren a top priority.

http://www.childrennow.org/

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Children's Defense Fund

The mission of the Children's Defense Fund is to Leave No Child Behind® and to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start, and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities.

http://www.childrensdefense.org/

(Added: Fri Mar 01 2002   Modified: Fri Dec 09 2005   Hits: 143)

End Child Prostitution, Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes International (E

A Global Network to Protect Children against Commercial Sexual Exploitation" ECPAT: motivates local communities to find strategies which will protect children; works closely with non-governmental organisations, intergovernmental organisation and other individuals and groups; involves young people in seeking solutions to commercial sexual e xploitation of children, provides training for personnel working to rehabilitate child victims of sex abusers; seeks ways to control the flow of child pornography in shops and on the Internet; provides expert consultancy to governments on legal changes needed to protect children; works closely with Interpol and local law enforcers to ensure laws are implemented; assists the tourism industry in its campaign to end sex tourism; monitors the implementation of the Agenda for Action adopted at the World Congress Against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in Stockholm in 1996.

http://www.ecpat.net

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