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Child Rights Information Centre, Moldova

Children being left behind when their parents migrate in search of work to sustain their families, are the focus of the Child Rights Information Centre in Moldova (CRIC). Some of these children grow up in in institutions. For them, with particular...

Estonian Union for Child Welfare

A well established and broad child rights organisation with local branches. The leading organisation in the Estonian Convention on the Rights of the Child Coalition. It runs an information centre on child rights publications, that professionals,...

Memorial, Russia

Roma children are defended against discrimination by the Anti-Discrimination Centre Memorial. It is an independent non-governmental organization, belonging to the network of International Memorial. The focus of Memorial of St Petersburg is to overcome...

Nobody’s Children Foundation, Poland

Abused children, their families and caregivers can get a broad scope of services from Nobody’s Children Foundation. As the national coordinator of the Awareness project implemented within the European Commission’s Safer Internet programme the foundation...

Women and Children First, Russia

Russian orphans and at-risk youth need independent living and training of social skills. Women and Children First is developing programs for this. In addition, the organization runs a motherhood training program for young single mothers and their...

Women’s Consortium of Ukraine

Children have rights is the key stone for the Women’s Consortium of Ukraine, an umbrella organisation for mainly women’s non-governmental organisations in Ukraine. The organisation is involved in drafting the alternative report to the UN Committee on...

The European Network of Masters in Children’s Rights

This network was established in 2005, and now has a strong child rights basis for its work . The network is has increased the interest among universities to have child rights as a specific topic and more universities are considering the establishment...

Save the Children Romania

A sister organization to Save the Children Sweden with the aim to promote and protect child rights. Treat boys and girls alike is the main message of a training for teachers, looking at attitudes and believes regarding child education. Another...

Save the Children Lithuania

A sister organization to Save the Children Sweden with 30 branches in many cities and regions of Lithuania. The organization works to make Lithuania suitable for children. Friends Across Borders is a project to put the spotlight...

Centre Against Abuse, "Dardedze",Latvia

The Centre asissts children who have suffered from abuse, as well as to their families. The centre’s provides counselling, rehabilitation, support, information and training of children, parents and professionals. Friends Across Borders is a...

Centre for Social Policy Initiatives, Croatia

Separated children, children in institutions, children in foster family care, and their social and legal protection are the focus of The Centre for Social Policy Initiatives (CSPI). In 2009 the government of Croatia is obliged to report on how they...

Child Rights Centre Belgrade, Serbia

Children’s rights must be taken into account by the government and other authorities! That is the mission of the Child Rights Centre Belgrade. Their tools are research, education and information and their goal is the development of Serbia’s child...

Interesting reading

Back to Basics

As one of the leading child rights organisations worldwide, Save the Children Sweden has made education one of its priorities. Based on our experience, as well as on the provisions of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, we have developed...

Child Migration and the Construction of Vulnerability

This report is the first report on migration which attempts to look beyond the current emphasis of child migration as mainly trafficking of children for sexual purposes, unaccompanied asylum seekers and refugee children, to consider the broader context...

Child Rights Monitoring at Local Level

A pre-study on the monitoring process of children’s rights at local levels in Estonia, Lithuania, Moldova, Romania, Serbia and Sweden. Local monitoring will become increasingly important in order to assess the impact on children’s rights. Consideration...

Empowered to Cope - children left behind

This is an independent review of the “Social Inclusion of Children Left Behind by Migrating Parents” Project, implemented by the Child Rights Information Centre, Moldova. The review is commissioned by Save the Children Sweden. The evaluation is...

If someone violates our rights, we should know that this is not a normal thing

This study describes and analyses the situation regarding child rights training inputs in schools in five European countries: Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Estonia and Sweden. Download the report>>

The Mechanics of Marginalisation: the Gypsies and genocide, 1900-2009

The date is 19th May 1944. The image is one that is familiar to many - the haunting face of a young girl, gazing out from the doors of a transport train moments before they are closed by a man in overalls. Her name was Anna Maria "Settela" Steinbach,...

Alla olika alla fantastiska (All different all amazing)

Alla olika, alla fantastiska (All different, all amazing) The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child emphasizes, as do all human rights documents, the principle of non-discrimination (CRC, Art 2). This publication is about discrimination of Roma...

Questions and answers on children's right to influence

The right to influence A much discussed aspect of the Convention on the rights of the Child is the concept of participation: a child, who is capable of forming his or her own views has the right to express those views freely in all matters affecting...