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- Actionwork Film Theatre and Anti-Bullying (UK)
- Anarchy Youth -- "helping kids disobey since 1997."
- The Association for Children's Suffrage (ACS) (Brown University) -- "Though a few professors have written essays on children's suffrage, the ACS may be among history's earliest attempts at an organized children's suffrage movement."
- Bullying on the Playground and on the Battlefield (Atrium Society)
- Children's Rights Information Network (CRIN) - "is a global network that disseminates information about the Convention on the Rights of the Child and child rights amongst non-governmental organisations (NGOs), United Nations agencies, inter-governmental organisation (IGOs), educational institutions, and other child rights experts. The Coordinating Unit is based in London, UK."
- Curfew.Org: Fighting Youth Curfews -- "The idea behind this site is to provide ammunition for teenagers and adults that are looking to battle curfews in their hometown. This website is intended to help fight laws passed in localities, not the rules of malls, stores, or other private venues."
- Fight against Children's Apartheid -- "It has long been acknowledged that discrimination of people based on property held, sex, race and religion is wrong. Now it's time to acknowledge that discrimination on age is just as wrong."
- The Freechild Project: Connecting Young People and Social Change
- Free the Children International -- "Free the Children is dedicated to eliminating the exploitation of children around the world, by encouraging youth to volunteer in, as well as to create programs and activities that relieve the plight of underprivileged children."
- go teen go -- "the online installment of what could and might some day be every girl and boy's favorite teen rag."
- JustAct: Youth Action for Global Justice - " has been a forum for thousands of young people to address global issues such as social inequity, human rights, and environmental sustainability."
- Juvienation - "is written and published by Mark Sorkin, a journalist living in Brooklyn, New York. It is a news site covering developments in juvenile justice, a forum for exploring ideas on how to reform the system, and a resource for anyone interested in or curious about the subject. Along with regularly updated blog posts, Juvienation is also a repository of links to relevant articles, policy papers, websites and books."
- Kids Liberation Coloring Book
- K.I.D.S. Home Page (Portland, Oregon) -- "K.I.D.S. is a youth liberation activist group based in Portland, OR. We formed in December 1998 when a small group of us saw the need in our community to have an organization acting in defense of youth and against ageism. Our group has grown to about 10-15 active members over the past year. We are a collectively run non-hierarchical group. It is very important to us that activism stay fun and creative and we make a point of doing this at our meetings and demonstrations. No boring bureaucracy for us!"
- K.R.Ä.T.Z.Ä. - KinderRÄchTsZÄnker (Berlin) -- "The KinderRÄchTsZÄnker stand up for equal rights for people under the age of 18."
- National Youth and Militarism Program (AFSC) -- "providing youth with alternatives to war."
- New Moon: The Magazine for Girls and Their Dreams -- "a bi-monthly magazine for girls ages 8-14."
- The No Spanking Page -- "Hitting is wrong. To hit someone is a violent thing to do. Violence is a thing one person does to make another person hurt. We want to treat children in ways that do not hurt or harm them. We can. We want to be kind and gentle, not harsh. We want to be tender, merciful and compassionate. There is no situation that changes hitting from a wrong thing into a right thing."
- Peacefire: Open Access for the Net Generation
- Project NoSpank -- "A resource for students, parents, educators, health care professionals, policymakers, and everyone who believes that children's optimal development occurs in nurturing, violence-free environments and that every child has the right to grow and learn in such an environment."
- The Rosenberg Fund for Children (RFC) -- "was established to provide for the educational and emotional needs of children whose parents have suffered because of their progressive activities and who, therefore are no longer able to provide fully for their children. The RFC also provides grants for the educational and emotional needs of targeted activist youth."
- Stand for Children Home Page -- "America's only nationwide grassroots voice for children. Stand for Children's mission is to build a powerful citizen voice to ensure all children have the opportunity to grow up healthy, educated, and safe."
- The Survivors Voice (Child Abuse) -- "Legislative and educational information on physical, sexual, and emotional child abuse, incest, rape, and domestic violence; Headquarters for grassroots activism on child abuse-related issues; Resources for child protection, abuse prevention and education, and reporting abuse; Links to Congress, House of Representatives, Senate, state legislatures, pending bills, legislation, and law codes."
- TCS Parenting: Taking Children Seriously -- "TCS is an educational philosophy. Its most distinctive feature is the idea that it is possible and desirable to bring up children entirely without doing things to them against their will, or making them do things against their will, and that they are entitled to the same rights, respect and control over their lives as adults."
- Teen Voices Magazine -- "because you're more than just a pretty face."
- Wiretap: Youth in Pursuit of the Dirty Truth -- "is the independent information source by and for socially conscious youth. We showcase investigative news articles, personal essays and opinions, artwork and activism resources that challenge stereotypes, inspire creativity, foster dialogue and give young people a voice in the media. The WireTap Web portal provides a new generation of writers, artists and activists a space to network, organize and mobilize."
- The Woodcraft Folk -- "is an educational movement for children and young people, designed to develop self confidence and activity in society, with the aim of building a world based on equality, friendship, peace and co-operation."
- World Revolution: International Socialist Youth Organization
- Young Democratic Socialists (DSA) -- "YDS is the youth section of the Democratic Socialists of America. We are the only US members of the International Union of Socialist Youth, the largest political youth coalition in the world. With members and local organizations across the US, YDS works to transform our society - on the job, in the streets, in the classroom. We are a broad, diverse network of young activists who share a vision of a more humane future. Instead of waiting for some final, magical instant when a utopia appears, we organize and struggle every day to redistribute power. Building democratic socialism is a long struggle, and we take it one step at a time."
- Youth & Civil Liberties Council (ACLU-Wisconsin)
- Youth for Social Justice (Halifax, Nova Scotia) -- "stretches like an elastic band around New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island, Canada to include both rural and urban Maritime youth who are determined to work towards the creation of a more equal, fair, and just society. YSJ is a network of youth, run by youth, who encourage each other to take leadership roles in their communities and schools, to increase understanding of social justice issues relevant to them such as sexism, ageism, racism, homophobia, multiculturalism, and environmental and community development issues."
- Youth for Understanding (YFU) -- "is a non-profit educational organization which offers opportunities for young people around the world to spend a summer, semester or year with a host family in another culture."
- The Youth Law Center (San Francisco) - "is a public interest law firm that works to protect children in the nation's foster care and juvenile justice systems from abuse and neglect, and to ensure that they receive the necessary support and services to become healthy and productive adults."
- Youth Networks Movements Links -- a few links.
- Youth Rights Links -- annotated bibiliography.
- YouthSpeak -- "is a grassroots citizen organization working to empower youth and allow youth to make the democratic choices that affect their lives -- especially through voting. YouthSpeak is the only nationwide organization whose sole purpose is to allow youth the right to vote."
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