Links

Article 2 - Youth for a Change
Using young people’s ideas, talents and personal skills to make a difference in the world they live.
E-mail: article2group@yahoo.com

Australian Children's Television Foundation
Developing and producing innovative and educational television programmes for children.
E-mail: info@actf.com.au

BOES - Children's Rights Across the World
Providing multilingual information on the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
E-mail: action@boes.org

Butterflies Programme for Street and Working Children
Making the Convention on the Rights of the Child a reality for vulnerable children in India.
E-mail: butterflies@butterflieschildrights.org

Casey Journalism Center on Children and Families
Based at University of Maryland, encouraging and recognising exemplary reporting of children.
E-mail: info@cjc.umd.edu

Center for the Protection of Children's Rights (Thailand)
Working with young people, usually girls and young women, who have suffered abuse. Site in Thai.
E-mail: cpcr@internetksc.th.com

Centre for the Study of Children, Youth and Media
Based at the Institute of Education, University of London.
E-mail: d.buckingham@ioe.ac.uk

Child Rights Information Network (CRIN)
A network sharing information on child's rights amongst non-governmental organisations worldwide.
E-mail: info@crin.org

ChildHope
Protects children and promotes child participation in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
E-mail: info@childhope.org.uk

Childline
The free helpline for children and young people in the UK.
E-mail: mediaoffice@ncpcc.org.uk

ChildNet International
An organisation working to help make the internet a safe place for children.
E-mail: info@childnet-int.org

Children and Armed Conflict Unit
The project works to improve the situation for children caught up in armed conflict worldwide.
E-mail: armedcon@essex.ac.uk

Children Go Online
Researching and assessing the risks posed to children by the internet.
E-mail: s.livingstone@lse.ac.uk

Children Now
A US based organisation concerning the priority of children in public services.
E-mail: children@childrennow.org

Children's House
An online directory of resources concerning children's rights and development.
E-mail: tom@child-abuse.com

Children's Institute
Research, advocacy and education on children's rights, based at the University of Cape Town.
E-mail: ci@rmh.uct.ac.za

Children's Pressline
A young people's news agency which gives them a voice and the power to use it.
E-mail: cpl@cplmedia.org

Children's Resource Centre
Started in 1983 to help children to organise themselves into a Children’s Movement.
E-mail: crcchild@telkomsa.net

Children's Society
Provides help and support to children facing danger, discrimination or disadvantage.
E-mail: media@childrenssociety.org.uk

Children’s Television Foundation of Bangladesh
Non-profit organisation to articulate children’s meaningful participation in the television arena.
Email: info@ctfbd.org

Childwatch International Research Network
A non-governmental network of organisations engaged in research for children.
E-mail: childwatch@uio.no

Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers
Works to prevent the recruitment and use of children as soldiers.
E-mail: info@child-soldiers.org

Committee on the Rights of the Child
Independent monitoring of the implementation of the Convention of the Rights of the Child.
E-mail: press-info@ohchr.org

The Concerned for Working Children
Works with local governments and communities in India to end child labour.
E-mail: cwc@pobox.com

Consultative Group on Early Childhood Care & Development
Global network of agencies focusing on young children and their families.
E-mail: info@ecdgroup.com

Defence for Children International
Set up during the International Year of the Child (1979) to promote and protect the rights of the child.
E-mail: dci.is@bluewin.ch

Droit a l'enfance
Campaigning for the rights of children, and protecting them from abuse. Site in French.
E-mail: contact@droitalenfance.com

Early Child Development - World Bank
Source designed to assist policy makers in promoting the healthy development of children.
E-mail: myoung3@worldbank.org

Education International
Protects the rights of 30 million teachers and education workers, and every student they educate.
E-mail: headoffice@ei-ie.org

Empowering Children & the Media Project
Monitoring how children are represented and the implication for children’s rights in the South African news media.
E-mail: mmpinfo@mediamonitoring.org.za

End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and the Sexual Exploitation of Children (ECPAT)
Encouraging the world community to eliminate the commercial sexual exploitation of children.
E-mail: info@ecpat.net

European Union Youth in Action Programme
Providing education to young people with limited opportunities.
E-mail: sg-info@cec.eu.int

EveryChild
Works to protect the rights of the world's vulnerable and marginalised children.
E-mail: paul.dimmick@everychild.org.uk

Glocal Youth
Website of media education, to encourage young people to become more media aware.
E-mail: info@glocalyouth.net

Headliners
Formally Children's Express, a UK-wide news agency producing new, features and comment by young people.
E-mail: enquiries@headliners.org

Human Rights Internet - Children's Rights Division
Working with organisations worldwide to combat violations of children's human rights.
E-mail: hri@hri.ca

Human Rights Watch Children's Rights Project
Monitors human rights abuses around the world and campaigns to end them.
E-mail: hrwnyc@hrw.org

International Centre of Films for Children and Young People
International network for high quality and cultural diverse children’s film, television and new media.
E-mail: info@cifej.com

International Committee of the Red Cross
Recognises international humanitarian law concerning the protection of children in hostilities.
E-mail: press.gva@icrc.org

International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU)
Works with trade unions worldwide to end child labour.
E-mail: internetpo@icftu.org

International Federation Youth Commission of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Aadvisory body working to promote youth related issues.
E-mail: secratariat@ifrc.org

International Labour Organisation - International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC)
Sets a framework for the longer-term objective of the effective abolition of child labour.
E-mail: ipec@ilo.org

International Save the Children Alliance
The world's largest independent organisation for children.
E-mail: burkhard@save-children-alliance.org

International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN)
Provides support for individuals and organisations working to protect children from abuse and neglect.
E-mail: ISPCAN@ispcan.org

International Youth Foundation
Established in 1990 to bring worldwide resources to young people in need.
E-mail: youth@iyfnet.org

Kids Helping Kids
Yearly UNICEF campaigns that give children a chance to raise funds to help other children worldwide.
E-mail: info@unicef.ie

Kidscape
The first charity in the UK established specifically to prevent bullying and child abuse.
E-mail: experience@kidscape.org.uk

Listen Up!
A youth media network for young filmmakers, students and artists.
E-mail: info@listenup.org

LoveLife
South African organisation which raises awareness and educates young people about HIV and AIDs.
E-mail: talk@lovelife.org.za

Master of Advanced Studies in Children’s Rights (MCR)
Postgraduate programme on children's rights, organised by the University of Fribourg & the Institut Universitaire Kurt Bösch (IUKB)
E-mail: emcr@iukb.ch

Media Activities and Good Ideas by, with and for Children (MAGIC)
Projects all over the world enabling children and young people to take part in radio, TV and media.

Media Awareness Network
Canadian organisation promoting media literacy, particularly among children and youth.
E-mail: info@media-awareness.ca

Media Smart
Media literacy initiative for UK primary school children. (Not updated since 2003)
E-mail: info@mediasmart.org.uk

MediaRelate
Producing & evaluating teaching materials about sex & relationships in the media for 12-15 year olds.
E-mail: d.buckingham@ioe.ac.uk

Medzasi
Founded in 1992 in Macedonia, the First Children's Embassy of the World
E-mail: first@childrensembassy.org.mk

National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC)
Aims to protect children from cruelty, support vulnerable families and raise awareness about abuse.
E-mail: help@nspcc.org.uk

Office of the Children's Commissioner (New Zealand)
Speaking out on behalf of all children to ensure their rights are respected and upheld.
E-mail: children@occ.org.nz

Phillips Community TeleVision
A non-profit organisation empowering youth to engage with their communities through making media.
E-mail: pctv@mtn.org

Project HappyChild
Offers free educational resources and links children and schools worldwide.
Email: penny2007@happychild.org.uk

Radijojo
First German non-commercial, non-profit radio station for and by children aged 3-13.
E-mail: troehlinger@radijojo.de

Shout Out
A newspaper by and for teens, based in California.
E-mail: shoutout@psicc.org

Street Kids International
Canadian based agency helping homeless children to make a better life for themselves.
E-mail: ski@streetkids.org

Taking It Global (TIG)
Online community connecting young people and insipring them to take action in their communities.
E-mail: info@takingitglobal.org

Talking With Kids
Offers practical tips and advice for talking easily with young children aged 8-12 years.
E-mail: talk@talkingwithkids.org

UCLA Center on Child Welfare (CCW)
Agency providing training to child welfare workers from the Los Angeles Child and Family Services.
E-mail: wballeng@ucla.edu

UNESCO International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media
Aims to enhance childrens and young people's media literacy and media competence.
E-mail: clearinghouse@nordicom.gu.se

UNICEF (United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund)
Educating, protecting and working with families and children worldwide.
E-mail: info@unicef.org

UNICEF (UK)
One of the 37 UNICEF National committees raising funds for UNICEF's international work.
E-mail: helpdesk@unicef.org.uk

Videotivoli
International Children and Youth Video Festival.
E-mail: videotivoli@videotivoli.fi

Voices of Youth
UNICEF forum for young people to make their voices heard and to take action on global issues.

War Child International
Network of organisations helping children affected by war.
E-mail: info@warchild.org.uk

World Health Organisation - Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Development
Responsible for interventions concerning health, growth and development for children.
E-mail: cah@who.int

World Radio Forum
Radio programming made for, with and by children and young people.

World Summit on Media for Children Foundation ndation
Established in 1999 to discuss issues surrounding media for children.
E-mail: nerissa@5wsmc.com

Young Asian Television (YATV)
Engaging young people in discussing development, environment and human rights issues.
E-mail: info@yatv.net

Young Media Australia
Works to research and improve the affects the television and the media have on children.
E-mail: info@youngmedia.org.au

Young People Now Magazine
Information for those working with young people.
E-mail: ypn.editorial@haymarket.com

Young Readers
Intitative of the World Association of Newspapers, with network and an annual prize.

Youth Media & Communication Initiative (YMCI)
Nigerian organisation developing the involvement of children and youth in the media.
E-mail: info@ymci.info

Youth Media Days
For the creation and the enforcement of a Europe wide network of young emerging journalists.
E-mail: office@youthpress.org