updated August 6, 2004
United
Nations Children's
Fund (UNICEF)
Provides international reports on children's news, recent UNICEF
publications, statistics on women and children worldwide, as well as other
global children's rights information.
UNICEF
Convention on the
Rights of the Child
An outline of the United Nations human rights treaty, this document
attempts to implement international standards for children's civil,
political, economic, cultural, and social rights.
The State of the World's Children 2004
UNICEF's annual report on children's well-being.
2004 World Population Data Sheet
Population Reference Bureau's annual demographic report.
Consultative Group on Early
Childhood Care and Development
Gathers, sythnthesizes, and disseminates knowledge about early childhood
development and about programs that affect children's lives around the
world. CG is a a broad partneship of international organizations. Look
for relevant papers and reports in their library database.
Children's
Defense Fund
National children's rights lobbying group discusses health, poverty,
education, and safty issues of U.S. children. Also includes recent news
reports reguarding children's needs and rights.
Stand for
Children
National organization that encourages individuals to improve children's
lives via local advocacy and service initiatives.
Child Trends
A nonprofit, nonpartison research organization.
Children Now
Research-based Lobbying organization.
ChildStats.gov
Official web site of the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family
Statistics.
Luxembourg Income Study Poverty Rates
Child poverty rates for several countries.
ESCR Research Program on Children 5 to 16.
Terrific research projects, bibliographics, and more.
What Kids Can Do
Compelling examples of young people working on real-world issues that
concern them most.