Organisation aims and activities: To tell the stories of youth around the world (in their own voice) in mainstream media to affect policy change for children.
Operational level: Community-based
Works with age groups : Children 16 - 18
Organisation type: NGO - non governmental organisation
Organisation mandate: Work directly with children
Areas of expertise: Armed conflict, Child participation, Children and the media, Economic rights, Reporting to and monitoring the CRC
Countries in which this organisation works: United States
Other organisations based in United States:
- ABC Words in Action Corporation
- Adventist Development And Relief Agency
- Advocacy Project
- Advocates for Children and Families
- AECF Annie E Casey Foundation
- African Aid Organization, Inc.
- African American Juvenile Justice Project
- Another Look
- Antarctica University
- Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
- Association for Childhood Education International
- Attorneys for the Rights of the Child
- Better Care Network
- Campaign for US Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Campaign for Youth Justice (CFYJ)
- CARE USA
- Casa Alianza - Covenant House Latin America
- Catholics For a Free Choice
- Center for constitutional rights and survivors’ network for persons abused by priests
- Center for Defence Information
- Center for Human Rights and Justice
- Center for Law and Global Justice USF School of Law
- Center for Reproductive Law and Policy
- Center for the Human Rights of Children
- Center on Children and the Law, American Bar Association
- Center on Disability Studies, University of Hawaii, Manoa
- Centre for Media Education
- Centro por la Justicia y el Derecho Internacional (CEJIL)
- Chab Dai Coalition - U.S. Office
- Chadwick Center for Children and Families
- Child Centered Millennium Project
- Child Fund International
- Child Rights Caucus for the UN General Assembly Special Session on Children
- Child Rights International Research Institute
- Child to Child International
- Child Violence Identification and Prevention
- Child Welfare League of America
- Childhope International
- Children and Violence Caucus for the 2001 United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Children
- Children in Armed Conflict Caucus for the 2001 UN General Assembly Special Session on Children
- Children Internationally Abducted of America
- Children Vaccine Programme
- Children's Forum 21
- Children's Pressline
- Children's Vaccine Program
- Children's Welfare International
- Children, Youth and Environments Center
- Christian Children's Fund - Liason Office
- Christian Children's Fund - USA
- Civitas Child Law Center, School of Law, Loyola University Chicago
- Coalition Against Trafficking In Women - USA
- Coalition of Cuban-American Women
- Code of Conduct for the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation in Travel and Tourism
- Community Information and Epidemiological Technology (CIET)
- Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd
- Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire
- Council for Professional Recognition
- Council on Foreign Relations
- Develop Africa Inc.
- Disability Rights International
- Doctors Opposing Circumcision
- Dreams Can Be Foundation
- EarthAction International
- ECPAT - USA
- End Physical Punishment of Children - USA
- Environment and Health Caucus for the UN General Assembly Special Session on Children 2001
- Equal Justice Initiative
- Espoir Inc
- Espoir pour les Enfants
- Feinstein International Center, Tufts University
- Flying Kites
- Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights
- Friends of Education for African Children Orphaned by AIDS
- Girls Educational and Mentoring Services
- Global Action Network
- Global Fund for Children
- Global Youth Connect
- GoodWeave USA
- GVN Foundation
- Haitian Street Kids, Inc.
- Hariri Foundation
- Harrington Park Press
- Highland School
- Human Rights Advocates Natural Heritage Institute
- Human Rights Congress for Bangladesh Minorities
- Human Rights Educational Initiative
- Human Rights in China
- Human Rights Watch
- Human Rights Watch, Children's Rights Division
- Injustice Studies
- Institute for Families in Society
- Institute of Child Development
- Institute of Human Rights, Emory University
- Institute on Family and Neighbourhood Life
- Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE)
- Inter-American Commission of Women
- Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
- Inter-American Committee for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities
- International Association for the Study of Forced Migration (IASFM)
- International Campaign for Tibet
- International Center for Transitional Justice
- International Child Art Foundation
- International Coalition for Genital Integrity
- International Families
- International Foundation for Children's Education
- International League for Human Rights
- International NGO Council on Violence Against Children
- International NGO Task Group on Legal and Institutional Matters
- International Organization for Adolescents
- International Rescue Committee - USA
- International Social Services - USA
- International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
- Jubilee Campaign - USA
- Juvenile Law Center
- Kabissa
- King County Kids' Court/Office of the King County Prosecuting Attorney
- La Leche League International
- Life for Relief and Development
- Madre, Inc.
- Medical Mission Sisters
- Middle East Children's Alliance
- Modern Discussion
- National Center for Refuge & Immigrant Children, a Program of the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants
- National Coalition for Haitian Rights
- National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
- National Committee for the Rights of the Child USA
- National Council of Churches of Christ USA
- National Council on Child Abuse and Family Violence
- National Economic and Social Rights Initiative
- National Education Association
- National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers (NOCIRC)
- National Resource Center on Children and Families of the Incarcerated
- National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States
- Natural Heritage Institute
- New School University
- NGO Committee on UNICEF
- NGO Working Group on Girls
- Nukanti Foundation for Children
- Office of the Public Defender Northern Judicial Circuit, Georgia
- Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict
- One Child International Inc. (www.1child.net)
- Pangaea
- Parents and Teachers Against Violence in Education
- Peaceways- Young General Assembly Secretariat
- Pegasus Legal Services For Children
- Perhaps...Kids Meeting Kids
- Prison Fellowship International
- Program on Forced Migration and Health, Columbia University
- Progressive Initiative for Cameroon
- Project Grads for Teen Mothers
- Rainbows of Hope
- Randolph Macon College
- Rehabilitation International
- Results
- Save the Children USA
- Shirley Ann Sullivan Educational Foundation
- Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict
- Sports for Hunger/Hunger Resource Centre
- Stop Spanking
- Student Campaign for Child Survival
- Task Force on Children's Nutritional Rights
- Temple of Understanding
- The Advocates for Human Rights (formerly Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights)
- The Applied Research Center
- The New York Times
- The Office of the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative on Violence against Children
- Tibet Justice Center
- TIME
- Try-Again Homes, Inc.
- UN - United Nations
- UN Enable, Division for Social Policy and Development, Focal Point on Disability
- UN Foundation
- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights - New York
- UN OHCHR - Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
- UN Security Council
- UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence Against Children
- UNICEF
- UNICEF - Division of Evaluation Policy & Planning
- UNICEF - Nicaragua
- UNICEF - PNG
- UNICEF Library
- Unitarian Universalist Association
- United Nations - Division for the Advancement of Women
- United Nations Population Fund
- United States Fund for UNICEF
- University of Colorado - Children, Youth and Environments
- University of Iowa - Center for Human Rights
- US Campaign to Ban Landmines
- US Coalition for Child Survival
- Voice of America News (VOA)
- Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict
- Wellspring Advisors LLC
- Winrock International
- Witness
- Women's Refugee Commission
- Working Group on Girls Caucus
- World Bank Group
- World Bank Group - Global Child Labour Programme
- World Coalition for Indigenous Children and Youth
- World Organisation for Early Childhood Education - USA
- World Vision International - USA
- World Vision Relief and Devolopment
- Youth Advocate Program International
- Youthink!
- YouthNet
- Zonta International
Organisations working in similar fields:
- ACTION DES CHRETIENS POUR L'ABOLITION DE LA TORTURE -NORD KIVU
- African Child Association
- African Commission on Human and People's Rights
- African Network for the Prevention and Protection Against Child Abuse and Neglect - Liberia Chapter
- AKSHAYA Rehabilitation Trust
- Anita Home
- Anti-Slavery International
- Arab World Center for Democratic Development ( UNIHRD)
- Artists United 4 Childrewn and Youth Development (AUCAYD)
- Associação Brasileira de Magistrados, Promotores de Justiça e Defensores Públicos da Infância e Juventude
- Association Défis - Jeunes pour le Développement
- Association for the Promotion and Progress of Children in Khenchela
- Autre Vie
- Bangladesh Coalition for Child Rights
- Bangladesh Mohila Unnayan Sanghstha
- Centre For Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC)
- Centre for Human Rights Amos Bitola
- Centro Internazionale Studi Famiglia
- Child Helpline Cameroon
- Child Helpline Somalia (CHS)
- Child Mirror Liberia Incorporated
- Child Rights Brigade International
- Child Rights Information and Documentation Centre
- Child Rights International Network
- Child Rights Legal Centre
- Children Concern Organisation
- Children First - Pakistan
- Children Today Centre
- ChildRight
- Christian Children's Fund - Geneva Office
- Community Children Organisation (COCO)
- Defence for Children International
- Defence for Children International - Costa Rica
- Enfants du Monde - Droits de l'Homme
- First Children's Embassy in the world - Megjashi Republic of Macedonia
- Fortress Nigeria
- Genuine Empowerment of Mothers in Society
- Ghana NGO Coalition on the Rights of the Child
- Global March South Asian Secretariat/CWIN Nepal
- Good Neighbours Care
- Grupo Iniciativa Nacional por los Derechos del Niño, GIN-PERU
- HAQ: Centre for Child Rights
- Hellenic Association Of Poltical Scientists
- HFC Hope For Children UNCRC Policy Center
- Human Rights - First the Child
- Integrated Regional Information Networks - IRIN
- International Centre for Child and Youth Studies
- Jonathan's Child Care Center Sierra Leone
- Kinderombudsman
- Lixbey Environmental Foundation
- Maison des Droits de l'Enfant
- Materi Chechni
- Meerut CHILDLINE
- National Centre for Human Rights
- National Centre For Playwork Education - North East
- National Information Centre on Human Rights
- New Life Foundation of Bangladesh
- NGO/UNICEF Regional Network for Children in Central and Eastern Europe, Commonwealth of Independent States and Baltic States
- Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People
- Office of the Children's Advocate - Jamaica
- Organisation de Developpement et des Droits de l'Homme au Cameroun
- Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
- Pan African Organisation for Research and Protection of Violence on Women and Children
- Parlement des enfants de Côte d'Ivoire section daloa
- Plan Republica Dominicana (PlanRD)
- Plan Tanzania
- Red Iberoamericana de Defensa de los Derechos de la Niñez y la Adolescencia
- Relief Society of Tigray
- Save the Children - Norway
- Save the Children - UK
- Save the Children Norway - Nepal
- Save the Children Sweden
- Save the Children Sweden - Office for the Middle East and North Africa
- Save the Children Sweden - Regional Office for Middle East and North Africa
- Save the Children Sweden - South Africa
- Save the Children Sweden Denmark - Bangladesh
- Save the Children UK - Northern Ireland Office
- Save the Children UK - Sierra Leone Office
- Seyaj for Childhood Protection
- Society for Education and Development/Nepal
- Society for the Protection for the Rights of the Child
- Somali Children Rights Organization
- Somali Council for Children
- South East European Child Rights Action Network
- Southern Africa Child Development Initiative (SA-child)
- Spanish Committee for UNICEF
- St Mary's Orphan Home
- Tanzania Child Rights Forum
- Terre des Hommes - Germany
- The Consultative Group on Early Childhood Care and Development
- The Ombudsperson for Children Republic of Croatia
- UNICEF
- UNICEF - Belgrade
- UNICEF - Bhutan
- UNICEF - Cuba country office
- UNICEF - Ethiopia
- UNICEF - Georgia
- UNICEF - India
- UNICEF - Kenya
- UNICEF - Malaysia
- UNICEF - Papua New Guinea
- UNICEF - PNG
- UNICEF Podgorica
- UNICEF the Netherlands
- UNICEF Togo
- World Vision - Colombia
- Youth Partnership for Peace and Development
Last updated 02/07/2008 09:21:57
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