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| Includes UNICEF news and information, information on the organisation's activities worldwide, child rights information and a link to 'The Progress of Nations' report, ranking countries according to their achievements in child health, nutrition, education, family planning and progress for women. | |
| Report documenting the impact of HIV / AIDS on children, the eradication of polio, prospects facing children entering the next millennium, and the burden of debt throughout the world. | ||
| Not for-profit organisation that seeks to reduce the level of teenage pregnancies through educating children, parents, and youth leaders. Based in Maryland, US. | ||
| National agency for voluntary, statutory, and professional organisations and individuals working with children and their families in Scotland. Includes information on development programmes and policy forums, and a cataologue of agency publications. | ||
| Disseminates timely information on major issues related to children's well being, with special emphasis on providing objective analysis and evaluation, translating existing knowledge into effective programs and polices, and promoting constructive institutional change. | ||
| Cot death charity which aims to prevent unexpected infant death and promote infant health by raising funds for research, supporting families whose babies have died and disseminating information about cot death and infant care among professionals and the public. | ||
| Document charting progress toward goals set at the World Summit for Children in 1990. Describes advances made in registration of births, immunisation, and help offered to adolescents entering adulthood. | ||
| Features the tales of children caught in war zones across the world, told in their own words. Includes quotations, RealAudio selections in a variety of languages, transcripts, and letters organised into categories such as child soldiers, wounded children, lost children, child headed households, and child workers. | ||
| Promotes the interests and well being of children and young people across every aspect of their lives. Offers information on policy formation in a range of children's issues, details holdings in the NCB library, and provides a catalogue of Bureau publications. Resource is keyword searchable. | ||
| The AACAP developed Facts for Families to provide concise and up to-date information on issues that affect children, teenagers, and their families. Available in English, Spanish and French. | ||
| Set of links to selected, evaluated and annotated Internet resources relevant to children. | ||
| UK charity, which aims to alleviate the challenges faced by deaf children and their families through the dissemination of accurate information. This includes medical information, regional and local representatives, downloadable publications in PDF format, welfare rights, a news archive, and events and conferences details. | ||
| European Documentation and Information Centre on childhood policies and children's rights sponsored by a partnership between Glasgow University, Children 1st, Council of Europe, NSPCC, Scottish Office, and UNICEF. Provides access to the public use version of the Monitoring Social Conditions and Public Policy in Central and Eastern Europe database, also known as the MONEE project, and full text of many documents related to child welfare, protection, and abuse from the United Nations and the Council of Europe. | ||
| Aims to boost immunization rates by promoting physician, community, and family awareness of, and responsibility for, appropriate immunization of all children and adults against all vaccine preventable diseases. | ||
| Full text report profiling today's youth, with particular emphasis on sexual and reproductive health. Specific topics covered include education, use of contraception, sexual violence against women, and HIV/AIDS. The report is presented as a PDF file, with data tables given in both PDF and HTML format. | ||
| The Arc (formerly Association for Retarded Citizens of the United States) is a voluntary organisation, committed to the welfare of children and adults with mental retardation, and their families. | ||
| UNICEF report concentrating on the impact and prevalence of AIDS/HIV amongst children. Contains personal commentaries, statistical profiles according to country, and an agenda for vaccination. Available in PDF format. | ||
| Information about an organisation dedicated to providing education, information and encouragement to women who want to breastfeed, as well as education opportunities and research for health care professionals. Features articles, conference information and news. | ||
| Set of links to selected, evaluated and annotated Internet resources relevant to youth welfare. | ||
| Report presenting indicators of young persons' welfare, including economic security, health, behaviour and social environment, and education. Also presents data on demographic measures and includes a feature on children who have difficulty performing everyday activities such as learning, communication, mobility, and self care. Full text report available in PDF format. | ||
| Report examining child labour in sixteen developing nations around the world. Provides an overview of the types of work performed by the estimated 250 million child workers in these countries and their labour conditions. Also reviews child labour laws and enforcement efforts, descriptions of education initiatives aimed at increasing primary school enrolment, and examples of efforts to address the exploitation of working children. | ||
| Provides research based information divided into four sections: 'Child', including resources tackling special needs, literacy, guidance and discipline, abuse, and health and safety; 'Youth', providing material dealing with sexuality, drugs and violence prevention; 'Parent and Family', offering information relating to aging, family policy, lifestyle and parenting education; and 'Community', a section addressing diversity, environmental health and welfare reform. Also includes a selection of resources aimed at professionals, and information about community projects. | ||
| Offers advice on the safe use of Internet chat rooms, with a focus on children and teenagers. Provides a parental guide to the Internet in general, and more detailed information about the attractions and dangers of chat, with suggestions as to how parents can ensure the safety of their children. | ||
| Aims to maintain and enhance the quality of learning, and increase the effectiveness of teaching, through the application of appropriate learning technologies. Provides a directory of social work resources in addiction, homelessness, ethnicity, disability, children, and mental health among other topics. | ||
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