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Act Now! Support the Child Soldier Prevention Act of 2007 and Limit US Military Assistance to Governments Using Children as Soliders

Today, an estimated 250,000 children are serving in armed conflict in 20 countries around the world. These "child soldiers" include boys and girls, sometimes as young as eight years old, serving in government armies, government-linked militias, and armed opposition groups. Although many child soldiers are found in non-governmental armed opposition groups, the State Department reports that governments in ten countries are implicated in child soldier use. The US government provides military assistance to nine of them. (Human Rights Watch)

http://hrw.org/campaigns/crp/child_soldiers/takeaction.htm

(Added: Mon May 28 2007   Hits: 169)

Act to end Discrimination Against Palestinian Arab Children in Israel's Schools

Palestinian Arab citizens of Israel make up nearly one-quarter of Israel's schoolchildren. Yet Palestinian Arab children receive an education that is inferior in nearly every respect when compared to Jewish children. Write to the Israeli Minister of Education. Contact key members of the Israeli Knesset.

http://hrw.org/campaigns/israel/schools/index.htm

(Added: Tue Oct 03 2006   Hits: 282)

An international call for action to end violence against children: establish a Special Representative to the UN Secretary-General on Violence against

Violence is a daily reality for millions of children around the world, affecting girls and boys of all ages, all social contexts, and all nationalities. In every part of their lives -their homes and families, schools, institutions, workplaces and communities - children may be beaten, sexually assaulted, tortured, and even killed. The perpetrators of this violence are often the very individuals who are responsible for protecting children - their parents, guardians, teachers, employers, the police and security forces. Violence is a global epidemic of scandalous proportions, violating every child's right to a safe and healthy environment. (CRIN).

http://www.crin.org/violence/petitions/petition.asp?petID=1004

(Added: Fri Jul 06 2007   Hits: 166)

Child Labour petition - International Confederation of Free Trade Unions

Yes, I am signing this petition, which is my vote against child labour and for education for all children. Sign up here.

http://www.icftu.org/petition.asp?Name=childlabour

(Added: Fri Dec 14 2001   Modified: Tue Jun 20 2006   Hits: 346)

Child Soldiers Ratification Campaign: Fiji

Fijian troops have served in many peacekeeping operations around the world, yet Fiji has not yet signed the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child which establishes 18 as the minimum age for conscription, forced recruitment, or participation in armed conflict. Write to the Fijian government now to encourage it to adopt the protocol.

http://hrw.org/campaigns/crp/action/fiji.htm

(Added: Tue Oct 03 2006   Hits: 252)

Empowering Young Women to Lead Change [pdf]

Empowering Young Women to Lead Change is an easy to follow resource manual designed to enable young women to prepare and facilitate training on a host of issues that are important to them. A joint publication of the World YWCA and UNFPA, the manual was developed by young women and contains modules on young women's leadership, economic justice, HIV and AIDS, human rights, peace, self esteem and body image, sexual and reproductive health and violence against women. (UNFPA, 2006)

http://www.unfpa.org/upload/lib_pub_file/628_filename_empowering-young-women_eng.pdf

(Added: Fri Sep 01 2006   Hits: 315)

Sign up for a GuluWalk and Be a Reason for Hope in Northern Uganda!

U.N. Under-Secretary General of Humanitarian Affairs Jan Egeland has called the situation in northern Uganda "the world's most neglected humanitarian crisis" and "one of the biggest scandals of our generation." As many as 40,000 children walk from their rural villages into the town of Gulu and other urban centres to sleep in relative safety and avoiding abduction by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) for use in the country's 20-year civil war. The plight of the children sparked the idea for GuluWalk, which has now grown into an international tool for public engagement and active global citizenship. It has also become a fundraising initiative to support children's programs in northern Uganda, which focus on education, rehabilitation and youth outreach.

http://www.guluwalk.com/

(Added: Fri Aug 18 2006   Modified: Fri Aug 25 2006   Hits: 228)

Sponsor a Babel Exhibit

Sponsor a Babel Exhibit Help youth build cultural bridges through art

http://www.dev-zone.org/downloads/Sponsor%20a%20Babel%20Exhibit.pdf

(Added: Tue Sep 04 2007   Hits: 90)

Stop the Export of U.S.-Funded Abstinence-Only HIV/AIDS Programs

'Abstinence-only' programs teach that abstaining from sex until marriage is the only effective way to prevent contracting HIV through sex. They deny young people critical information about condoms and other safer sex strategies, and promote marriage as a safeguard against HIV infection. These programs do not work, they violate kids' right to complete information about HIV/AIDS and leave young people at risk of contracting HIV in marriage, particularly women and girls. But the U.S. government is exporting them all over the world as part of President Bush's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. Support Ugandan AIDS activists by adding your name to a sign-on letter to their Ministry of Health. Write to President Bush and Ambassador Randall Tobias

http://hrw.org/campaigns/aids/2005/uganda/

(Added: Tue Oct 03 2006   Hits: 309)

Taking It Global

TakingITGlobal (TIG) is about encouraging young people to believe in themselves and their ability to make a difference in the world. They create environments where people are exposed to new thinking, a diversity of voices, and new opportunities. Driven by youth, our goal is to foster a sense of leadership and social entrepreneurship through the innovative use of technology, creating meaningful experiences for young people around the world. In partnership with the Global Youth Action Network, they offer recognition for youth action and support for youth voice.

http://www.takingitglobal.org/

(Added: Tue Nov 19 2002   Modified: Tue Sep 19 2006   Hits: 324)