Anti-Slavery
Today's Fight for Tomorrow's Freedom
www.antislavery.org
Anti-Slavery was set up in 1839 with the specific objective of ending slavery throughout the world.

Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers
More than 300,000 children under 18 are fighting in armed conflicts in more than thirty countries worldwide
www.child-soldiers.org
The Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers was formed in June 1998 to advocate for the adoption of, and adherence to, national, regional and international legal standards (including an Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child) prohibiting the military recruitment and use in hostilities of any person younger than eighteen years of age; and the recognition and enforcement of this standard by all armed forces and armed groups, both governmental and non-governmental.

Global March Against Child Labour
Giving every child a chance to live and grow without the burden of exploitative work
globalmarch.org
Millions of child labourers around the world live a life of servitude. Get involved in its elimination!

Human Rights Watch
Defending Human Rights Worldwide
www.hrw.org
Children around the world suffer appalling abuses. Too often, street children are killed or tortured by police. Children as young as seven or eight are recruited or kidnapped to serve as soldiers in military forces. Sometimes as young as six-years-old, they are forced to work under extremely difficult conditions, often as bonded laborers or in forced prostitution. They are imprisoned in inhumane conditions.

Amnesty International - Child Soldiers
The Campaign to Stop Child Soldiers
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/childrights/soldier.htm
Children are forcibly abducted to fight in adult wars. Thousands more are enrolled into the armed forces and could be made to fight at any time. The recruitment of children under the age of 18 is a world-wide problem. They are often systematically brutalised and have their childhood stolen from them as they are often forced to participate in, or witness atrocities

The international community has become increasingly concerned about the devastating problem of child soldiers. Over 300,000 children and young people around the world are soldiers. The 10th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in November provides an opportunity to put an end to this practice of using children and young people as soldiers.

United Nation's Children's Fund
Changing the world with children
www.unicef.org
Created by the United Nations General Assembly in 1946 to help children after World War II in Europe, UNICEF was first known as the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund. In 1953, UNICEF became a permanent part of the United Nations system, its task being to help children living in poverty in developing countries. Its name was shortened to the United Nations Children's Fund, but it retained the acronym "UNICEF," by which it is known to this day.