Bibliography of Africa Child-Related Websites
- Arts, Humanities & Music (Language, Literature...)
- Child Soldiers (Refugees,...)
- Countries & Regional
(Sub-Sahara, Central...)
- Education (Distance, Higher, K-12...)
- Economics & Business
(Finance, Sustainable Development, Trade...)
- General & Reference
(Databases, Interdisciplinary, Libraries, Statistics...)
- Girl Child
(Genital Mutilation, ...)
- HIV & Medicine
(Disease, ...)
- Health, Food
(Agriculture, Starvation, Food, ...)
- Human Rights
(Human rights, Law, Military, Government, Justice...)
- Labor
(Labour, Slavery...)
- Science & Technology
(Chemistry, Internet, Transportation...)
- Social Sciences
(Anthropology, Culture, History, Migration, Recreation...)
- Street Children
(Child labor, Children's Rights,...)
- Water & Environment
(Geography, Geology, Earth Science, ...)
Through a Child's Eye
Through a Child's Eye: Photos of and by African Children on the Internet showcases the work of two outstanding Ford Foundation grantees.
Children's Literature.
Links to sites on African children's literature.
Children's Literature.
Links to sites on directory and bibliography of African Children's Literature.
The Augusta Baker Collection of African-American Children's Literature and folklore.
Links to twentieth-century children's authors and illustrators.
Center for Defense Information
This web site provides information on facts of child soldiers, events dealing with the problem, videos, policy, and other useful links.
GINIE: Global Information Network in Education
Links to sites on child soldiers. Search for articles.
Land-mines: A deadly inheritance.
Impact of armed conflict on children. Links to other sites, go search.
Soldierchild.
Aiding war affected children in Northern Uganda. Links to audio and visual sites.
Coalition to stop the use of child soldiers
Links to factsheets on children affected by war.
SASPCAN: South African Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
Provides information and training; influences policies against child abuse and neglect.
The Children's Rights Division of Human Rights Watch
Provides information about child labor, child soldiers and the situation of children in the United States. It also contains information on the International Criminal Court, juvenile justice, refugee and street children.
Defense for Children International
This site is run by an independent non-governmental organization that promotes and protects the rights of the children.
Amnesty International Children's Action
Provides latest reports on children's rights and Amnesty's 11 steps to every government for the protection of children's rights.
OAU: Organization of African Unity
Organization Information and Search site.
Africa charter on children's broadcasting
Links to other sites.
AFRICA: Africaonline
Search by Regions: North, West, East, Horn of Africa, Central and Southern Africa.
Early child development: Africa
Links to several child care.
Early child development bibliography.
Focus on Africa. Go search
CRIN: Child rights information networks
Links to several publications on child rights.
ADEA: Association for the Development of Education in Africa.
An organization promoting partnership between Ministries of Education in Africa and funding agencies.
COL: Commonwealth of Learning: Africa regions
This site gives information on COL programs including African countries.
SangoNet: Education
Site provides links to South Africa, international organizations and resources.
UNESCO
Provides access to relevant information on UNESCO activities; links to African countries.
Africa: Education, communication and development
The site mainly comprise annotated list of links to relevant sites of interest, with emphasis on distance education.
Africa: South African Businesses Directory
Categorized businesses by industry or product. Includes business services, marketing and recruitment
Sunday Times: Business in South Africa
Top Ten Companies and Analysis
Africaonline: Business and Economy
Africa: North, West, Central, East, South. Search for information
Business Africa-BBC World Service
Business Africa and African Business News
AFRICAONLINE
Current news from the African continent.
Africa Institute of South Africa
AISA is an independent think-tank focusing on Africa in its research, publications, and resource library.
Youth Advocate Program International
Aims at improving the lives of children with particular emphases on advocacy, education and youth participation on issues that affect them.
UNICEF
Provides access to relevant information on UNICEF; links to factshhets on Africa's children.
NetAid
NetAid matches those that want to help with those that need support in an effort to build an active network of people and organizations in developed countries committed to ending extreme poverty around the world.
OAU:Organization of African Unity
Organization Information. Search for news update.
Women Issue-3rd World: Resource for News and Issues on Women in the 3rd-World.
Links to sites on children and women in Africa.
Save the children.
SCF: Bridging the gap between the reality and the ideal of child rights.
United children's fund.
Addressing the needs of children in East Africa. Links to other sites.
Plan International.
SCF:Making a world of difference through community based solutions for children. Links to other sites.
Global Issues
This site provides users with up to date articles from issues such as trade, human rights, geopolitics and the environment.
One World
This site houses over 120 partner organizations that cover a great deal of information regarding various global issues.
War Affected Children
This Web site provides interactive multimedia information on the events related to the International Conference on War-affected Children.
The WomenÌs Commission
A resource and advocacy organization for issues concerning refugees and displaced women, children and adolescents.
Rising Daughters Aware:FGM Organizations working hands-on in affected communities; Female Genital Mutilation Index.
This site contains information on medical, social, legal and cultural issues surrounding FGM practised in Africa.
Captive Daughters
Presents an extensive on-line library of information on sex trafficking of children, current articles and issues in the news about the topic, a list of educational books and videos, and ways to take action to solve the problem.
Washington Post: African lives.
Features on illegal early marriages of the girl child in Africa.
YAP-I: Youth Advocate Program International.
Links to sites on discrimination against the girl childchild practices in Africa.
Female Genital Mutilation:Index of New Stories on FGM
Go search for articles.
TULANE
A Good starting point for Research on FGM.
AEGIS:The HIV Daily Briefing
The largest HIV/AIDS web site.
Health and development networks
This site helps in mobilizing effective response to AIDS/HIV by improved communication, information and debates.
Search for articles.
Children's Liver Disease Foundation.
Go search at the links.
Malaria and infectious diseases in Africa.
Links to sites of other tropical diseases.
WHO: World Health organization.
Weekly epidemiological information with links to health issues of children in Africa.
Columbia University African Studies.
Links to health organizations on Africa.
SAMHSA: Substance abuse and mental health services administration; national clearing house for alcohol and drug information.
This site is rich in health related information and drugs of abuse.
Go Browse for articles.
USAID: Reports on children and HIV/AIDS
Reports on needs of children affected by HIV/AIDS and prevention of mother to child transmission
UNAIDS Reports on HIV/AIDS
Reports on HIV/AIDS with links to several sites and factsheets on African children affected and orphaned by HIV/AIDS.
Malaria Foundation International
A major childhood killer disease in Africa.Links to several sites and factsheets.
AMREF: African medical and research foundation: Promoting health for all in Africa"
Links to sites of several medical services.
(APOC) African programme for onchocerchiasis control.
Links to sites on treatment and control of the disease.
ALLAFRICA
News on health and medicine in Africa with link to a separate new page on HIV/AIDS in Africa daily.
Global ChildNet
Makes available databases and other sources of information on issues related to the well being of the worldÌs children.
AFRO-NETS: African networks for health research and development.
Network of health professionals and services.
Links to several sites.
SATELLIFE: A global non-profit health organization with focus on developing world.
Links to several sites on diseases affecting African children.
Health and development Themes
Links to selected readings.
FAO: Food and Agriculture Organization.
Site on the right to food, a fundamental human right with links to other related sites.
The Hunger Site
A "click-to-donate" site on the web. Donations of staple food made through this site go to the aid of hungry people in over 74 countries. The site also offers facts and figures on hunger and links to other ÏclickÓ programs.
Agricultural research organizations.
Directory of organizations and universities working in agricultural research. Links to African institutions
HRI: Human Rights international
Links to sites on the rights of the child.
Search for articles on African child and other continents.
UNICEF: Convention on the Rights of the Child
Universal rights of survival, development, protection and participation of children.
UNHCR: African Refugees
Links to country reports on refugees, asylum seekers and human rights organizations.
Amnesty's Children's Human Rights Network.
Deals with a broad range of human rights issues including petitions, education, advocacy, lobbying and working with child welfare groups.
Equality Now
Features information on human rights violations against women and young girls
Human Rights Watch Africa (HRW)
Exposes childrenÌs rights issues in countries with a history of human rights abuses.
Human Rights Education Associates
An information and resource center for human rights activists, educators and other interested groups. The website is rich in electronic resources including databases, forums, and a library of downloadable documents.
CRIN: Child Rights Information Network
This site provides information on the promotion and implementation of the convention on the rights of the child. Find articles.
International committee of the Red Cross.
International humanitarian law and publications. Links to sites on Africa.
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Human rights internet: Your gateway to human rights on the web
Browse for information.
The American Antislavery Group
This site is dedicated to abolishing slavery worldwide. It monitors, documents, and publicizes the plight of slaves around the globe.
Global March Against Child Labor
This web site features a Global Action Week for Education, a report on the Worst Forms of Child Labor, and recent news on child labor.
International Labor Organization:
International Program for the Elimination of Child Labor - This site reflects ILO policies towards abolition of child labor.
CRIN: Child Rights Information Network
This site contains information for the support and implementation of the convention on the rights of the child.
Science and Technology
Science and Technological Profile for South Africa.
South African White Paper on Science and Technology
Preparing for the 21st century in Science and Technology.
African Technological Forum
Practical information on science and technology in Africa.
CSIR
Innovation, Research, Technological, Industrial Development and Implementation
UN Population Fund.
State of World Population. Data on African children.
Soma-net: Social Sciences and Medicine Africa Network
Bridging the gap between social science and medicine. Links to institutions and agencies working in health and sociology.
Constituency for Africa.
A non-profit project on progress and people of Africa.
World Population Data Sheet.
Latest population estimates, projections and indicators for all member states of the UN. Links to sites on Africa.
The Youth Enterprise Foundation.
A program to meet the needs of South African youth and school leavers.
NCGIA: National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis
African Population Database Documentation
H-Africa: Learn about Africa
An A-Z of African Studies.
Pangaea.
Pangaea provides resources on street children from different world regions.
Streetkid.
A group of musicians, artists, authors and actors who seek to bring awareness to the plight of street children.
Streetkids International.
Street Kids International works across borders to help kids help themselves. The website contains papers on street kids, facts about the problem and ways to help.
Kids Can Free Children.
This site was started by a 12 year old and seeks to free children from poverty, exploitation and abuse.
The African Water Page:
Site dedicated to promotion of sustainable water resources management and use (development, utilisation and protection) in Africa and other developing regions.
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