Website
List
Partner
Websites
On Children and Armed Conflict
On War and Human Rights
On Military Spending and Policy
On Nuclear Issues
On Specific War Affected Countries
News Organizations
General
On Peace
Partner
Websites
Kids
Can Free the Children - www.freethechildren.org
Homepage of KCFTC and of our Children's Ambassadors for Peace Website!
Leaders
Today - www.leaderstoday.com
Homepage of Leaders Today, KCFTC's sister organization and partner
in Leadership Academies for Peace.
UN
Office of the Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict
-
www.un.org/special-rep/children-armed-conflict
Mr. Olara Otunnu's office.
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On
Children and Armed Conflict
Canadian
Center For Foreign Policy Development -
www.cfp-pec.gc.ca/nationalforum/elementary/english/childsoldiers
Accessible and youth-friendly information on child soldiers.
Children
and Armed Conflict Unit - www2.essex.ac.uk/c&acu/default.htm
Provides country-by-country resources on war-affected children and
has a vast archive of news coverage on the topic. Offers an exceptionally
useful links page.
Children
of War Project - www.ppu.org.uk/children
Some useful basic information, as well as a good piece on war toys
and violence.
Coalition
to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers - www.child-soldiers.org
Offers good background information on child soldiers and connects
it as an issue of child labor.
Global
Issues - www.globalissues.org
Provides information on important global issues, including children
and armed conflict, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sierra
Leone, Ethiopia/Eritrea, Burundi, Sudan, Chechnya, East Timor, Kosovo,
Israel/Palestine, and the Arms Trade. Also has a good links page.
UNICEF
- www.unicef.org/voy/meeting/war/warhome.html
Voices of Youth web page with information and actions surrounding
war-affected children.
United
Nations High Commissioner On Refugees - www.unhcr.ch/children/index.html
UN organization working with refugees throughout the world. Good
information on refugee children.
U.S.
Campaign to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers - www.us-childsoldiers.org
Good information and useful links on the issue of child soldiers.
War
Affected Children - www.waraffectedchildren.gc.ca
Information and multimedia on children of war. Also has an excellent
photo gallery and a "youth zone."
War
Child - www.warchild.org
War Child Canada
- www.warchild.ca
Works to help children in armed conflict and also to help work toward
holistic rehabilitation post-conflict.
Youth
Advocate Program International - www.yapi.org/book2.htm
An excellent, youth-friendly pamphlet on child soldiers.
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War and Human Rights
Amnesty International
(AI) - www.amnesty.org
AI
Kids www.amnestyusa.org/aikids www.amnestyusa.org/children/about.html
Clean
Diamonds - www.amnestyusa.org/diamonds
www.amnestyusa.org/children
web.amnesty.org/web/links.nsf
www.amnesty.ca/child/introwar.htm
The world's largest human rights organization, Amnesty offers reports,
articles, and actions on pertinent issues. AI also has an "AI
Kids" division, a Children's Rights section, and a "Clean
Diamonds" section.
Genocide
Research Project - www.people.memphis.edu/~genocide/
Offers a bibliography of books and articles on the many genocides
and an extensive and useful links page.
Holocaust
and Genocide Studies - www.webster.edu/~woolflm/holocaust.html
Incredibly comprehensive links page to many of the genocides including
Rwanda, Burma, Armenia, The Balkans, The Holocaust, Cambodia, E.
Timor, Burundi, and Sudan.
Human
Rights Watch Children's Rights - www.hrw.org/children/
Human
Rights Watch Links - www.hrw.org/links.html
Human Rights Watch is one of the best and strongest Human Rights
organizations in the world. The Children's Rights division has excellent
resources and links, including some on refugees and child soldiers.
Madre
- www.madre.org
An international women's human rights organization. Offers useful
fact sheets on Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Balkans,
the Middle East, and U.S. foreign policy. Offers an online newsletter.
Youth
Center: Human Rights Internet - www.hri.ca/children/youth/index.shtml
Organization helping youth to understand human rights and offering
ways for youth to become involved.
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On
Military Spending and Policy
Center
For Defense Information - www.cdi.org
A group dedicated to conducting research on and monitoring U.S.
and world military spending. Offers a weekly newsletter called "The
Defense Monitor" which can be accessed online. Offers an extensive
video library, including some free. Also has a useful page on child
soldiers, including resources and links.
Center
For International Policy - www.ciponline.org
Center For International Policy Facts - www.ciponline.org/facts
Organization dedicated to demilitarization and particularly with
a critical eye toward U.S. policy. Focus on Colombia, Haiti, Africa,
Latin America, and Landmines. Also offers a country-by-country guide
to U.S. defense and security assistance in Latin American and the
Caribbean.
Council
For a Livable World - www.clw.org
Working for disarmament and providing information about military
spending and the arms trade.
Peace
Action Network and Student Peace Action Network - www.webcom.com/peaceact/
www.gospan.org
Works to promote global nuclear disarmament, reduced military spending,
and an end to the arms trade. The student branch, SPAN, is located
on 80 college campuses.
School
of Americas Watch - www.soaw.org
Dedicated to closing down the School of Americas, a military training
institution in Georgia that has trained numerous Latin American
leaders who, in turn, have committed atrocities against their people.
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On
Nuclear Issues
A-Bomb
Online - www.csi.ad.jp/ABOMB
Deals with the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and offers several excellent
sections with stories of children.
Nuclear
Age Peace - Foundation www.wagingpeace.org/students/index.html
Organization fighting for the abolition of nuclear weapons. Many
resources on nuclear issues and others, such as child soldiers,
peace, and youth empowerment.
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On
Specific War Affected Countries
Children
of Rwanda's Genocide -
www.nytimes.com/library/world/africa/index-rwanda-children.html
Photos, stories, and links on Rwanda.
Cyber
Cambodia - www.cybercambodia.com/dachs
Power Point presentations on Cambodia today and the "Killing
Fields," including survivors' stories.
Dith
Pran Holocaust Awareness Project - www.dithpran.org
Mr. Pran's life was the subject matter of the movie "The Killing
Fields." Teaches students about the Cambodian genocide and
the site offers speakers, a free book, and a comprehensive Cambodian
links page.
East
Timor Action Network - www.etan.org
Organization working for awareness and action for East Timor.
Free
Burma Coalition - www.freeburmacoalition.org
Organization working for awareness and action for Burma.
Friends
of Tibet- New Zealand - www.friends-of-tibet.org.nz/
Provides good information on Tibet, the Dalai Lama, and Tibetan
children as well as some good links.
Students
For a Free Tibet - www.tibet.org/sft
Youth organization with over 500 chapters on junior high, high school,
and college campuses to create awareness and action surrounding
the situation in Tibet.
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News
Organizations
BBC
World Service - www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/people/features/childrensrights/childrenofconflict
Information from the BBC on children affected by war and good links
on how to help.
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Fairness
and Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) - www.fair.org
The seminal media-watch group. Monitors the media on what is and
is not being included in their coverage. War-related issues are
among their concerns. FAIR publishes "Extra" magazine
and "Action Alerts."
IGC
Internet - www.igc.org/igc/gateway/index.html
IGC
Peace Net - www.igc.org/igc/gt/PeaceNet/
An exceptionally comprehensive links and organization site, including
"Peace Net." Many major peace organizations are hosted
on this web-server.
Modern
World - www.thismodernworld.com
Cartoon archive of Tom Tomorrow, a progressive cartoonist.
Skipping
Stones - www.efn.org/~skipping
A nonprofit children's magazine addressing multicultural and global
issues.
Web
Genocide Documentation Centre - www.ess.uwe.ac.uk/genocide.htm
Offers links on Cambodia, East Timor, Kosovo, Armenia, Holocaust,
Sierra Leone, Macedonia, Rwanda, and Burundi. Also offers links
to statutes, conventions, and human rights documents on genocide.
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On
Peace
Noam
Chomsky - www.zmag.org/chomsky/index.cfm
Links to articles, books, interviews, etc. from Noam Chomsky, a
leading progressive political analyst on issues relating to militarism
and global inequality.
Nonviolence
Web - www.nonviolence.org
A portal for many important peace organizations. Important articles,
links, and resources on peace, nonviolence, and issues related to
war.
Peace
Incorporated - www.peaceinc.org
An international organization of youth working to increase peace
locally, nationally, and internationally.
Peace
Protest - www.pax.protest.net
A central listing of anti-war protests. Also provides some articles
and links.
Resource
Center For the Americas www.americas.org
Comprehensive site to issues surrounding countries in Central America.
Seeds
of Peace www.seedsofpeace.org
Seeds of Peace is an organization that helps teens from regions
of conflict learn the skills of making peace.
Soldier
Child www.soldierchild.org
Organization concerned with the impact of war on children in Uganda.
Y
& M Magazine www.afsc.org/militarismnews.htm
Monthly online magazine about youth, peace, and war from the American
Friends Service Committee.
Z
Magazine www.zmag.org zena.secureforum.com/cartoons
Online magazine with contributions from many of the major progressive
thinkers, excellent analysis and articles, useful "courses"
and instructionals, a cartoon archive, and important links and resources.
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