From the Digital Asia Library
Return to South Asia Web Sites Worth Considering
Children
- Alliance Against Traficking in Women and Children in Nepal
http://www.makuro.net/aatwin/index.html- The Alliance Against Traficking in Women and Children in Nepal is a network of NGOs and individuals organized to fight traficking in women and children from Nepal. The website contains the mission statement of the network, profiles of members, links to national and international organizations working on related issues.
- Bangladesh Institute of Child Health
http://www.bich-dsh.org/- Website of the Bangladesh Institute of Child Health and Dhaka Shishu (Children's) Hospital, established in 1983 by the government. Contains information about research and training programs, goals, faculty and staff
- Central Board of Secondary Education
http://www.cbseindia.org/- The website of the Central Board of Secondary Education (standards X-XII) provides an overview of the board, the curriculum offered in schools affiliated to the board, research, training and the centers of the Board all over the world. official circulars, examination results, and a list of publications
- Child labor in India
http://www.indianembassy.org/policy/Child_Labor/childlabor_2000.htm- Indian Government policy statement on child labor, issued by the Indian Embassy in Washington website. Contains official statement the Indian Government's position on child labor.
- Children's Book Trust
http://www.childrensbooktrust.com/- Children's Book Trust of India, founded in 1957, primarily publishes childrens books in India, operates a library, dolls museum and publishes a journal Children's World. Website describes these activities and contains a list of available titles in English and Hindi
- Concerned for Working Child
http://www.workingchild.org- Concerned for Working Child is a non profit organization working on child labor abolition in Karnataka through a variety of interventions and lobbying efforts. The website contains information on programs with child labor unions and economic interventions to stem rural to urban migration of children in search of employment
- Cultural Dimension of Education
http://ignca.nic.in/cd_06.htm- Part of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts website. It contains the electronic version of an edited volume of 16 essays on cultural dimension of education and ecology, and a list of other online titles produced by the Centre.
- CWIN-NEPAL
http://www.cwin-nepal.org/- Child Workers in Nepal Concerned Center is an NGO concern with child rights, particularly child labour, street children, child marriage, bonded labour, trafficking of children, children in conflict with laws and commercial-sexual exploitation of children. The website lists programs of the Center, publications, contacts and links to associate organizations in the network
- Free The Children India
http://www.ftcindia.org/- Free The Children India began in 1995 as a part of Center for Communcation and Development, which began in Calcutta in 1978. The website covers all areas of child rights in India providing information on the organization, its history, ongoing projects, clippings from the media, and documenting child right violations.
- J.Krishnamurty and the rajghat Educational Center Varanasi, India
http://www.jkrishnamurti.org/- The website provides information on the four alternative educational centers run by the Krishnamurty Foundation of India. The centers are communities that also include medical facilities, vocational training, and farms
- MVFoundation
http://www.mvfindia.org- A prominent NGO working towards eradication of child labor. Website contains the organization's mission statement, information on programs, and an overview of recent activities
- World beat India and Nepal
http://www.captive.org/Site/organizationalpages/OC2f_india.htm- Contains selections from newspapers and magazines on sex traficking focusing on India and Nepal. Part of Captive Daughters, a California NGO which works on issues of sex traficking, particularly in girl children.