Children and War
Organizations, Programs and Campaigns
Amnesty International Children's Campaign: Your War - Our Lives
1999 campaign website. the campaign will focus on protecting children's rights. The political hub of the campaign will concentrate on those violations which children are exposed to in situations of armed conflict and war.
Children in War - UNICEF
International Rescue Committee - Children in Armed Conflict
The IRC has developed effective, targeted and rapidly deployable programs to meet the urgent and special needs of children affected by armed conflict in emergencies and during post-war recovery.
Special Representative to the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict
Olara Otunnu
The Children and Armed Conflict Unit
UNICEF: Children and Conflict
War Child
War Child is a network of independent organisations working across the world to help children affected by war.
War Child Canada
War Child UK
Other Information and Websites
Children and War
OneWorld
Children of Conflict: A Human Rights Issue
BBC World Service reporters visited war zones on several continents to investigate what is happening to children. Here, you can hear the children tell their own stories and read our analysis of the difficulties they face.
BBC World Service
Children, Conflicts and the Military
GlobalIssues.org
The Impact of War on Children Project / Report
The Impact of War on Children, a project of The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), is authored by Graça Machel, an international advocate for children. Drawing on Mrs. Machel seminal 1996 UN report The Impact of Armed Conflict on Children, this book reviews the progress made since then in protecting children from the atrocities of war. (not available online)
UNICEF
WatchList on Children and Armed Conflict
Links Pages & Directories
Guide to Internet sources on Children and Conflict
INCORE
Multimedia
Children of Rwanda's Genocide
A multimedia and photographic feature on the effects on children of the genocide in Rwanda.
New York Times
Other
International Conference on War-affected Children
Winnipeg, Canada, 2000
Int'l Conference on War Affected Children - Photo Gallery
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