Childwatch Projects
Research Resources
- Eldis - Resource Guide on Youth Employment - Includes School to Work Transition and Informal Sector Employment
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Identifying and Recognising the Needs of Young Carers – New Questionnaire and Screening Tool
Research Institutions and Networks
- Nordic Youth Research Information
- Research Program on Infancy and Childhood, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Mexico
- Fundación Paniamor Costa Rica
- CINDE, The International Center for Education and Human Development Colombia
- The International Center for Research and Policy on Childhood (CIESPI) Brazil
- Caribbean Child Development Centre Consortium for Social Development and Research University of the West Indies Jamaica
- Children's Research Centre, Trinity College Ireland
- Norwegian Centre for Child Research (NOSEB) Norway
- Department of Social Work - Charles University Prague Czech Republic
- The Catalan Interdisciplinary Research Network on Children's Rights and Children's Quality of Life (X.C.I.I.I.) Spain
- Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Bombay India
- Child and Youth Research and Training Programme, University of Western Cape South Africa
IGO and NGO resources
- International Youth Foundation
- dgCommunities: Youth for Development: includes knowledge resources focused on development issues and an interactive space where youth can share their own work, participate in discussions, find people with similar interests and more. More than 60,000 reports, best practice documents, events, websites, news items, online discussion forums.
- Youth to Youth Community Y2Y is a network of young employees within the Bank working together with external youth with an aim to mainstream youth issues in development. (external link)
- YouThink! website for youth about global issues that matter to young people today. Explore the research, knowledge and experience gathered by World Bank experts on issues like poverty, development, and conflict.
- Global Youth Network - UNODC. Facilitates communication between youth groups and UNODC, collects and disseminates information on good practices and builds the capacity of youth groups across the world to conceptualise and implement drug abuse prevention projects. (external link)
- UNPF - Supporting Adolescents and Youth. Promotes health, access to sexual and reproductive health information, education, commodities and services and expands access to youth-friendly services, livelihood and employment programmes, advocates for youth friendly policies. Website includes publication and special reports. (external link)
- The World Federation of United Nations Associations Youth (WFUNA Youth) is the youth section of the World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA) and thus the global umbrella organization for all United Nations Youth Associations and UNA Youth Sections/Programmes around the world. It is a youth-led NGO entirely consisting of young volunteers
- HandsonScotland - Toolkit of helpful responses to encourage children and young people's emotional wellbeing
International Standards:
- African Youth Charter (2006)
- UN Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice (The Beijing Rules) (1985)
- UN Guidelines on the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency (Riyadh Guidelines) (1990)
- UN Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty (the JDLs) (1990)
- Recommendation (2003) of the Committee of Ministers of CoE to member states concerning new ways of dealing with juvenile delinquency and the role of juvenile justice
- Ibero-American Convention on Young People’s Rights (March 2008). The Convention, which is the only international treaty of its kind, sets out specific rights for young people between 15-24 years old and recognises them as strategic actors in development.