Children Legal Centre
The Children and Armed conflict unit of the Children Legal Centre was established to carry on the work of Graca Machel, the former UN expert on the impact of armed conflict on children. The aim of the unit is: To heighten the protection and recognition of children’s rights and to lessen the long-term impact of armed conflict on children’s childhood, life chances and opportunities; To provide humanitarian agencies with analyses of children’s needs within an area of armed conflict, particularly those of especially vulnerable children, and to provide good practice guidelines for agencies working with children in areas of armed conflict; To enable both national and international agencies to plan programs for children within a child’s right context & framework, and To develop mechanisms for the effective delivery of those programs.
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Children Legal Centre
The University of Essex
Wivenhoe Park Colchester
Essex CO4 3SQ
UK
Phone: 44(0)1206 873 483
Fax: 44 (0)1206 874 026
Website: http://www2.essex.ac.uk/c&acu/
Email: armedcon [at] essex [dot] ac [dot] uk
Child Rights International (CRIN)
CRIN investigates, collate and publishes incidents of abuses of the rights of infants, children and young persons; encourages the discussion of problems relating to the rights of infants, children and young persons; creates awareness of the rights of infants, regional human rights instruments and the Constitutions of States; promotes and encourages the enforcement of the rights enshrined in aforesaid instruments by infants, children and young persons; cooperates, liaise and enters into any arrangement with any association or agency engaged in activities similar to the ideals of this organization and to endow or establish any program aimed at educating and uplifting the living standards of the infants, children and young persons worldwide.
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8 Akure Street (Old Gra) Port Harcourt
Rivers State, G. P.O. Box 13674
Nigeria
Phone: (00234) 84 230 238
Fax – (00234) 84 230 238
Website: http://www.wecaretoo.com/Organizations/NIG/crin.html
Email: crin [at] gtemail [dot] net
International Islamic Committee for Woman and Child
The Committee aims to preserve the Islamic identity of Muslim women and children, and face all plans aiming at stripping them of it; to present the prestigious value of women in Islamic Sharia’a; to improve and promote Muslim women in all areas through symposia and training programs; and to unify exerted efforts of Muslim women organizations and entities that represent women and children. Human Rights/Political Status of Women Children and Youth Reproductive Issues Support Groups Refugees
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P.O. Box 684 Orman Giza
Cairo 12612
Egypt Phone: 20.2.761.6260
Fax: 20.2.761.6260
Website: http://www.iicwc.org
Email: iicwc [at] gega [dot] net
United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF)
UNICEF helps children get the care and stimulation they need in the early years of life and encourages families to educate girls as well as boys. It strives to reduce childhood death and illness and to protect children in the midst of war and natural disaster. UNICEF supports young people, wherever they are, in making informed decisions about their own lives, and strives to build a world in which all children live in dignity and security. Working with national governments, NGOs (non-governmental organizations), other United Nations agencies and private-sector partners, UNICEF protects children and their rights by providing services and supplies and by helping shape policy agendas and budgets in the best interests of children.
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UNICEF House 3 United Nations Plaza New York
New York 10017
U.S.A.
Phone: (212) 326.7000
Fax (212) 887.7465
Website: http://www.unicef.org/
Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children
The Women’s Commission is an expert resource and advocacy organization that monitors the care and protection of refugee women and children, International Rescue Committee. Website resources include reports and investigations, newsletters, guidelines on internal displacement, studies, events and links.
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Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children
122 East 42nd Street, 12th Floor New York
NY 10168-1289
USA
Phone: 212-551-3088, 212-551-3111
Fax 212-551-3180
Website: http://www.womenscommission.org/
Email: info [at] womenscommission [dot] org