Mois : avril 2010

nourish, nurture, grow

Alive & Thrive (A&T) is dedicated to improving the health of children and the future of families and communities by improving infant and young child nutrition. Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Viet Nam have large populations of undernourished children. Their different cultural and economic environments provide rich settings for learning how to improve infant and young child feeding (IYCF). A&T will share learnings from the three focus countries to inform policies and practices around the world … (full text Our Approach).

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Address: Alive & Thrive, Academy for Educational Development, 1825 Connecticut Avenue, NW Suite S680, Washington, DC 20009-5721, USA;
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About: Alive & Thrive (A&T) is a 5-year initiative (2009-2013) to improve infant and young child nutrition by increasing rates of exclusive breastfeeding and improving complementary feeding practices. A&T aims to reach more than 16 million children under 2 years old in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Viet Nam.  Continuer la lecture de « Alive and Thrive »

The Mission of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV) is to organize for collective power by advancing transformative work, thinking and leadership of communities and individuals working to end the violence in our lives … (about 1/2).

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Get help; Fact Sheets; Awareness; Priorities; Events; Join; Jobs;  Sponsors; Donate;
Address NCADV’s Main Office: 1120 Lincoln Street, Suite #1603,Denver, CO 80203, USA;
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About 2/2: … NCADV believes violence against women and children results from the use of force or threat to achieve and maintain control over others in intimate relationships, and from societal abuse of power and domination in the forms of sexism, racism, homophobia, classism, anti-Semitism, able-bodyism, ageism and other oppressions. Continuer la lecture de « National Coalition Against Domestic Violence NCADV »

Parents Anonymous Inc. is the nation’s oldest child abuse prevention organization, dedicated to strengthening families and building caring communities that support safe and nurturing homes for all children. (about).

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Address: Parents Anonymous, 675 West Foothill Blvd., Suite 220, Claremont, CA 91711-3475, USA;
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Mission and History: As the nation’s premier child abuse prevention organization, Parents Anonymous® Inc. is a community of parents, organizations and volunteers committed to:  Continuer la lecture de « Parents Anonymous »

The Children’s Right Centre is a non-profit organisation based in Durban that strives to transform South Africa through our vision of a child-friendly society. We work towards this vision by:

• Building in civil society and state the capacity to take action around children’s rights through training, information services and advice and referrals
• Monitoring the situation of women and children & raising awareness
• Advocacy initiatives
• Facilitating a movement for children’s rights
• Enabling Children’s Participation
• … (full text about).

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Issues; Vision, Mission; History & Legal Status; Staff; Governance, Board; What we do; Reports; Take action;
Address: Children’s Right Centre, 22nd Floor, Eagle Building, 353 Smith Street, Durban, 4000, South Africa;
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CHILDREN’S RIGHTS TOPICS AND ISSUES: For ease of reference we have made categories of topics and issues related to children’s rights. Continuer la lecture de « Children's Right Centre CRC, Durban »

Children’s Rights in a globalized world: from principles to practice

Linked with Call for applications for the International Interdisciplinary Course, Children’s Rights in a Globalized World 2010.

• The course consists of three clusters. In a first cluster, a multidisciplinary introduction to children’s rights is offered. Children’s rights experts from educational sciences, sociology and law will contextualise children’s rights within their respective disciplines. Through this multidisciplinary introduction, some of the challenges children’s rights face, in light of globalisation and the varying contexts children’s rights are mobilised in, will be explored … (full text course structure).
• The International Interdisciplinary Course on Children’s Rights is jointly organized by the University of Antwerp, Ghent University, the University College Ghent and the K.U.Leuven/Leuven University in close cooperation with the Children’s Rights Knowledge Centre … (full text course convenors).

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General Information: In 1989, the General Assembly of the United Nations unanimously adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). Continuer la lecture de « International Course on Children’s Rights »